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LIBRARY 

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UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 
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GENERAL 


NOTICE. 


Absolute  accui-acy  in  a  work  of  this  kind  will  readily  be  admitted 
to  be  impossible,  but  only  those  who  have  attempted  a  similar  task 
can  appreciate  the  difficulty  of  securing  even  approximate  accuracy. 
In  the  endeavor  to  reach  this,  the  Committee  has  exhausted  every 
available  source  of  information,  but  is  painfully  conscious  that  the 
first  reader  may  detect  something  that  has  been  overlooked,  or  stated 
incorrectly.  If  each  person  who  discovers  an  error,  or  is  possessed 
of  information  beyond  that  which  is  given,  in  regard  to  any  pupil  of 
the  School  whose  name  is  recorded  here,  will  at  once  notify  the 
Secretary  of  the  Boston  Latin  School  Association, 


Gkenville  H.  Noeceoss,  Esq., 

35  Congress  Street,  Boston, 

or  the  Rev.  Henry  F.  Jenks, 

Canton,  Mass., 


he  will  confer  a  favor  upon  the  Committee,  and  also  contribute  to 
render  another  edition  of  the  book,  when  it  shall  be  called  for,  more 
perfect  and  worthy  of  the  support  of  the  pupils  of  the  School. 


or  THE     '^ 

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f.         OF 


CATALOGUE 


OF  THE 


BOSTON  PUOLIC  LATIli  SCHOOL 


ESTABLISHED  IN  1635. 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH, 


PEEPAKED  BY 


HENRY  F.  JENKS. 


"(Blirn  Kctpttbltcae  JPraesititum/ 


BOSTON : 
PUBLISHED  BY  THE  BOSTON  LATIN  SCHOOL  ASSOCIATION. 

1886. 


CONTENTS. 


Preface,  ..... 

Historical  Sketch  of  the  Boston  Public  Latin  School, 

Preface  to  the  Catalogue  of  1847, 

Head  Masters, 

Masters, 

Sub-Masters, 

Ushers,   . 

Special  ^Masters,  .... 

Junior  Masters,  .... 

Writing  Master,  .... 

Instructors  (French,  German,  Music,  Military  Drill) 

North  Grammar  School  Teachers, 

Officers  of  the  Boston  Latin  School  Association, 

Chapter  I  (1635-1734), 

Chapter  n  (1734-1774), 

Chapter  m  (1774-1781), 

Chapter  IV  (1776-1805), 

Chapter  V  (1801-1805), 

Chapter  VI  (1805-1814), 

Chapter  VII  (1814-1828),  ... 

Chapter  VIII  (1828-1837), 

Chapter  IX  (1837-1885), 


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173 

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APPENDIX. 

A.  Possible  Pupils  before  1734,  .... 

B.  Ezekiel  Cheever,    ...... 

C.  Ezekiel  Cheever's  Petition,  .  . 

D.  Votes  about  the  Construction  of  the  Scliool  and  the  School  Mas 

ter's  House,  ..... 

E.  Cotton  Mather's  Funeral  Sermon  on  Ezekiel  Cheever,    . 


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266 
268 

268 
271 


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CONTEXTS. 


F.  Notice  of  Nathaniel  Williams  and   Extract  from  liis  Funeral 

Sermon  by  Thomas  Prince,  .... 

G.  Extract  from  a  Poem  by  Mr.  Nathaniel  Gardner, 
H.     Extract  from  Leach's  and  Edes's  Diaries, 

I.      Robert  Treat  Paine's  Reminiscences  of  Mr.  Biglow, 

J.     Private  Schools  and  Schools  for  Girls  in  Boston, 

K.  Poem  by  Robert  Grant  read  at  the  Dinner  of  the  Boston  Latin 
School  Association  in  1h79,  .... 

L.  The  System  of  Public  Education  adopted  by  the  Town  of  Bos- 
ton, 15tli  Oct.  1789,  ..... 

M.    Tabular  View  of  the  Exercises  of  the  School  for  the  Year  1876, 

N.     Scholars  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 

O.  Ode  by  E^jcs  S.  Dixwell,  on  the  Occupation  of  the  WaiTcn  Ave- 
nue School-House, 

P.    The  Lloyd  Medal 

Q.     Franklin  Medal  Scholars,  ...... 

R.  Poem  by  Wm.  Everett,  read  at  the  Dinner  of  the  Boston  Latin 
School  Association  in  1877,  .... 

S.    Memorandum  of  some  Teachers  and  Pupils  of  tlie  Latin  School, 

T.     Roster  of  the  Latin  School  Battalion,        .... 

U.  List  of  Scholars  of  the  School  given  in  a  Report  of  the  Bimker 
Hill  ^lonument  Association  whose  names  do  not  appear 
in  the  Catalogue,  .  .  .  .  .  . 

V.    List  of  Portraits  owned  by  the  Boston  Latin  School  Association, 

W.  Extract  from  the  Records  of  King's  Cliancl,  giving  the  Con- 
tracts and  Specifications  for  tlie  Erection  of  the  Nev;' 
School-House  in  School  Street, 

Index  to  Historical  Sketch, 

Index  of  Teachers, 

Index  of  Pupils, 

Addenda,     .... 


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330 
389 


PREFACE, 


Ox  the  twenty-third  day  of  April,  1885,  the  two  hundred  and 
fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  foundation  of  the  Boston  Public  Latin 
School  was  celebrated  in  the  new  School  House  on  Warren  Avenue, 
At  the  end  of  its  first  quarter-millenium,  the  Committee  to  Avhich 
had  been  entrusted  the  preparation  of  this  Catalogue  has  great 
pleasure  in  offering  it  to  the  ]3ui3ils  of  the  School,  and  to  all  who 
are  interested  in  the  annals  of  the  town  and  city  of  Boston  as  a 
fit  memorial  of  its  oldest  School. 

It  may  seem  a  long  period  since  this  work  was  begun  by  the 
Committee.  But  as  W(  have  said,  once  and  again,  in  our  annual 
reports,  it  was  not  worth  doing  at  all  unless  we  did  it  as  well  as  we 
could.  What  we  have  desired  was  to  make  the  best  Catalogue  jiossi- 
ble  of  the  teachers  and  scholars  of  the  School  since  the  beginning. 
New  material  has  offered  itself  once  and  again,  sometimes  from 
unexpected  sources;  yet  the  elucidation  of  the  broken  record  has 
always  required,  as  will  readily  be  seen,  careful  research,  and  one 
obdurate  name,  for  which  there  was  any  hope  of  more  light,  has 
often  set  back  the  compiler  many  weeks  in  the  work  of  printing. 

Frequently  when  a  page  has  been  supposed  to  be  complete,  new 
information  has  been  received,  which  has  required  all  that  had  been 
done  to  be  cast  away  and  the  whole  work  to  be  begun  afresh,  thus 
greatly  adding  to  the  labor  and  increasing  the  cost  of  the  book ;  and 
if  any  investigator,  searching  the  Records  of  the  Association,  thinks 
the  expenses  of  the  years  during  which  this  Catalogue  has  been  in 
press,  have  been  unduly  exorbitant,  he  can  justly  ascribe  them  to  the 
cost  of  correcting  old  or  doing  new  work  which  was  made  necessary 
by  the  acquisition  of  important  information  for  the  Catalogue,  which 
arrived  too  late  to  be  used  in  the  original  i^reparation  of  the  pages. 

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So  cart-less  was  the  ]»a8t  in  preserving  lists  of  school-boys,  that 
when  the  Latin  School  Association  was  formed,  as  lately  ^is  18-14,  we 
had  no  catalogue  of  our  former  scholars.  At  that  time  the  late 
Judge  Davis  gave  to  one  of  the  officers  of  the  Association  a  transcript 
which  James  Lovell  had  made,  in  his  own  handwriting,  from  John 
Lovell's  comj)lete  list  of  the  boys  who  were  under  his  instruction 
from  1734  to  1774.  Mr.  William  Bentley  Fowle  furnished  a  copy 
made  from  the  same  list,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Homer  of  Newton,  of  our 
Class  of  17G6.  From  these  two  cojiies  from  Jolm  Lovell's  list,  from 
one  or  two  manuscript  lists  of  particular  years  in  Master  Hunt's  and 
Master  Biglow's  rule,  and  the  printed  Annual  Catalogues  which 
began  in  1S19  under  Master  Gould,  the  Committee  appointed  at  an 
early  meeting  of  the  Association,  based  their  work.  They  had  no 
list  before  Lovell's  appointment  in  1734,  and  they  had  long  gaps 
between  the  day  of  the  battle  of  Lexington  in  1775  and  Mr.  Gould's 
appointment  in  1S19.  That  Committee  published  in  1847  these  lists, 
with  such  additions  as  they  had  been  able  to  make  from  other  quar- 
ters. It  will  be  seen  that  almost  everything  before  1734,  and  every- 
thing between  1774  and  1814  was  necessarily  fragmentary.  But  Mr. 
Gould  and  Mr,  Dillaway,  for  their  sketches  of  the  history  of  the 
School,  had  collected  quite  full  memoranda  of  the  names  of  the 
teachers. 

That  Committee,  therefore,  very  properly  called  its  work,  published 
in  1847,  "Materials  for  a  Catalogue  of  the  Masters  and  Scholars  who 
have  belonged  to  the  Public  Latin  School,  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
from  1035  to  1846."  In  tlieir  preface  they  acknowledged  its  frag- 
mentary character,  and  pointed  out  the  sources  where  light  might  be 
looked  for,  and  urged  its  completion. 

In  the  year  1875  a  fortunate  stimulus  was  given  to  such  study  in 
the  discovery  by  Mr.  E.  S.  Dixwell  of  the  full  Catalogue  of  Samuel 
Hunt,  including  the  boys  who  were  under  him,  both  at  the  North 
Grammar  School,  and  after  his  transfer  to  our  School.  The  same 
manuscript  showed  that  the  holiday  after  the  battle  of  Lexington 
was  not  so  long  as  had  been  sujjposed,  but  that  the  School  was 
©ijened  again  immediately  after  "Washington's  entrance  into  the  town. 
Encouraged  ))y  this  happy  discovery,  the  Association  at  once  ordered 
tlie  ])re]iaration  of  a  new  and  enlarged  Catalogue,  and  appointed  for 
the  ]mr]»oso  a  special  Connnittee,  of  which  Edward  E.  Hale  was 
made  Chairman,  and  tlio  late  Joseph  Healy,  then  Secretary  of  the 
Latin  School  Associati<m,  Secretary.  This  Committee  was  authorized 
to  add  to  its  own  numbei*,  and  has  been  continued  from  year  to  year 


to  the  present  time,  and  has  consisted  of  the  following  gentlemen 
beside  those  named  above :  Epes  Sargent  Dixwell,  the  Rev,  Cazneau 
Palfrey,  D.D.,  Moses  Merrill,  Ph.D.,  John  J.  May,  John  D.  Bryant, 
Prof.  Henry  W.  Haynes,  William  T.  R.  Marvin,  Horace  E.  Sciidder, 
Rev.  Henry  F.  Jenks,  John  T.  Hassam,  J.  Russell  Reed,  and 
Grenville  PI.  Norcross. 

We  have  felt  ourselves  fortunate  in  being  able  to  entrust  the 
details  of  our  work  to  one  of  our  number,  the  Rev.  Henry  F.  Jenks, 
of  our  Class  of  1854,  whose  historical  tastes  admirably  qualified  him 
to  undertake  it;  so  that  while  all  the  members  of  the  Committee 
have  aided  as  they  could,  it  has  been  understood  on  all  hands  that 
the  research,  the  compilation,  and  the  preparation  for  printing  have 
been  the  especial  charge  of  Mr.  Jenks,  with  whom  this  has  been,  we 
will  not  say  a  labor,  but,  almost  entirely,  a  work  of  love. 

Meanwhile,  in  determining  who  is  who,  in  lists  of  boys  whose  sur- 
names only  are  recorded,  —  and  in  dating  rightly  their  entrances  and 
their  exits  on  our  stage,  new  materials  for  our  modest  history  have 
been  gathered.  In  publishing  the  Catalogue  of  our  boys,  the  Com- 
mittee has  determined  to  publish  also  these  memoirs  of  the  School's 
life.  From  various  reports  to  the  Association,  from  public  addresses 
and  articles  in  the  journals,  Mr.  Jenks  has  collected  and  preserved 
such  memorials,  and  we  print  them  in  this  book  as  the  proper  intro- 
duction to  the  Catalogue  of  our  Alumni. 

There  is  still  the  possibility  that  other  gajDS  in  our  record  may  yet 
be  filled.  Some  lad  in  New  Hampshire,  looking  under  the  eaves  for 
a  bit  of  paper-hanging  with  which  to  make  a  bob-tail  for  his  kite, 
may  light  on  a  precious  scroll  with  the  names  of  Pormort's  boys  and 
Maude's.  A  letter  from  Fairfax  to  Essex,  in  the  heat  of  the  English 
civil  war,  may  prove  to  have  been  written  on  the  back  of  a  list  of 
Woodbridge's  scholars  sent  from  John  Hull's  father  to  General 
Sedgwick.  A  Judge  of  Probate  in  Indiana  may  find  Woodmansey's 
catalogue  tied  in  with  the  inventory  of  the  estate  of  Susan  Stoddard. 
Among  the  Tomsons  of  Alaska  there  may  be  found  the  precious 
parchment-covered  book,  in  which  Benjamin  Tompson  preserved  the 
names  of  his  pupils.  But  these  prosj^ects  are  so  vague,  that  it  has 
not  seemed  best  to  defer  printing  what  we  have,  in  hope  of  their 
realization.  Still  serious  search  ought  to  be  made  by  all  those 
numerous  descendants  who  are  proud  to  call  Ezekiel  Cheever  and 
Nathaniel  Williams  ancestors, — for  the  list  which  Cheever  began,  and 
which  his  successor  doubtless  continued.  However  vague  the  hopes 
for  the  earlier  years,  it  is  more  than  probable  that  these  catalogues 


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even  yet  exist  to  furnish  to  Mr.  Jenks  new  material  for  his  untiring 
industry. 

Many  of  the  gentlemen  whose  names  are  recorded  on  pages  x  and 
xi  as  having  aided  the  Committee  which  prepared  the  Catalogue  of 
1847  were  still  living  when  the  present  work  was  undertaken,  and 
have  placed  its  successors  imder  equal  obligations  which  mc  are 
glad  to  acknowledge.  "Whatever  assistance  we  have  sought,  has  been 
rendered  with  alacrity  and  interest,  whether  we  have  applied  to 
our  fellow  j^upils,  or  to  those  whose  only  interest  in  the  School  was 
because  it  was  the  Alma  Mater  of  some  ancestor  or  descendant, 
or  a  cherished  institution  of  their  native  town.  Among  those  pupils 
of  the  School  who  have  died  during  the  progress  of  tlie  work,  who 
have  taken  especial  pains  to  supply  us  with  information,  are  the 
Rev.  John  L.  "Watson,  D.  D.,  formerly  of  Boston,  and  subsequently 
of  Orange,  N.  J.,  of  our  Class  of  1805,  and  Ebenezer  Tliayer,  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  of  our  Class  of  1806.  The  latter,  who  was  born 
in  the  shadow  of  the  first  School-house  on  the  present  site  of  the 
Parker  House  in  School  Street,  was  particularly  solicitous  to  have 
the  engraving  presented  of  that  building,  which  was  drawn  from 
description,  correspond  with  his  recollections,  and  again  and  again 
forwarded  to  us  rough  jDlans  and  carefully  scrutinized  the  artist's 
work.  Among  the  living,  thanks  are  due  to  ex-Head  Master  Charles 
K.  Dillaway,  Prof.  Henry  W.  Torrey,  who  carefully  read  the  proof 
sheets  of  the  Historical  Sketch,  Samuel  F.  McCleary,  and  Thomas 
Gaffield,  the  latter  of  whom  collected  a  large  sum  of  money  to  meet 
the  cost  of  publication,  and  many  others.  Of  gentlemen,  never  pupils 
of  the  School,  the  Committee  has  received  much  valuable  assistance 
from  the  Hon.  Samuel  A.  Green,  M.  D.,  ex-Mayor  of  Boston,  the 
Hon.  Thomas  C.  Amory,  the  Hon.  Mellen  Chamberlain,  the  Rev. 
John  Langdon  Sibley,  Augustus  T.  Perkins,  Clement  Hugh  Hill  and 
John  Ward  Dean. 

The  Committee  has  been  in  correspondence  with  gentlemen  who 
graduated  in  1835,  and  cannot  learn  that  any  note  of  tlie  Second 
Centennial  was  taken  in  tlie  public  exercises  of  the  day  of  their 
graduation.  It  may  be  feared  that  the  Centennial  of  1735  ])assed 
equally  unnoticed. 

EDWARD   E.   HALE. 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH, 


PREPARED  BY 


HEE'ET    F.    JEE"KS. 


BOSTON  PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


The  Boston  Public  Latin  School  is  the  oldest  educational  institu- 
tion, with  continuous  existence,  in  the  country.  It  antedates 
Harvard  College  by  some  years,  and  from  the  time  when  the  earliest 
students  received  their  preparation  for  college  at  the  School,  and  thus 
justified  the  remark  of  a  well-known  graduate  of  both,  that  "  the  Latin 
School  dandled  Harvard  College  on  her  knees,"  down  to  the 
present,  the  stream  of  pupils,  passing  from  one  to  the  other,  now 
narrowed  now  widened,  has  never  ceased,  and  the  names  of  not  a 
few  of  the  most  distinguished  graduates  of  the  College,  who  have 
done  her  honor  in  literature,  art,  science,  or  jDolitics,  are  borne  upon 
the  rolls  of  the  School,  which  also  claims  a  share  in  their  glories, 
a  reflection  of  the  lustre  of  their  names. 

It  was  founded  by  an  agreement  among  the  first  citizens  of  Boston, 
led  by  the  first  Governor,  Winthrop  ....  From  this  establishment, 
itself  the  example  and  seed  corn,  the  whole  American  system  of  free 
education  grew.  There  is,  indeed,  fair  reason  for  question  whether 
that  system  would  ever  have  taken  on  its  breadth  of  range  if  this 
school,  the  first  free  school,  had  not  at  the  very  beginning  been  a 
school  for  the  higher  education,  instead  of  one  confined  merely  to  the 
elements  of  instruction.  Among  the  theorists  of  to-day  there  is  a 
handful  who  argue  that  the  utmost  the  State  is  bound  to  furnish  to 
its  children  is  a  knowledge  of  the  three  R's;  that  the  study  of  the 
classics,  of  the  higher  mathematics,  and  sciences,  is  to  be  classed  among 
specialties,  and  as  the  State  does  not  teach  its  children  how  to  play 
the  organ,  or  how  take  a  j^hotograph,  it  ought  not  to  teach  them 
Latin,  or  Greek,  or  algebra.  But  John  Winthrop  and  the  other 
founders  had  no  such  doubts.  Their  wish  and  determination  was  to 
beat  Satan  in  each  and  all  of  his  lairs,  and,  knowing  that  ignorance 
was  the  darkest  of  these  lairs,  into  that  first  they  threw  the  light 
from  their  reflectors.  As  the  j^oorest  boy  in  the  meanest  hovel  on 
the  unknown  slope  of  Beacon  Hill  might  prove  to  be  he  who  should 

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PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


have  the  best  gift  for  language,  to  that  boy  also  as  a  matter  of  the 
common  defence,  and  for  the  general  welfare,  should  the  classical 
languages  be  tauglit  at  the  common  charge. 

Governor  "NVinthrop's  History  makes  no  reference  to  the  planting 
of  the  first  free  school,  but  under  date  of  1645  we  find : 

Divers  free  schools  were  erected,  as  at  Roxbury  (for  maintenance  whereof 
every  inhabitant  bound  some  house  or  hmd  for  a  yearly  allowance  forever), 
and  at  Boston  (where  they  made  an  order  to  allow  forever  50  pounds  to  the 
master  and  an  house,  and  30  pounds  to  an  usher,  who  should  also  teach  to 
read  and  write  and  cijjher,  and  Indians'  children  were  to  be  taught  freely), 
and  the  charge  to  be  by  yearly  contribution,  either  by  voluntary  allowance, 
or  by  rate  of  such  as  refused,  etc.,  and  this  order  was  contirmed  by  the 
General  Court.  Other  towns  did  the  like,  providing  maintenance  by  several 
means.     WinthroiiS  Uistory  of  N.  E.,u,p.  215. 

In  1647  the  General  Court  passed  the  following  order  establishing 
free  schools,  the  preamble  giving  the  reason  for  requiring  that  they 
should  be  classical  schools  : 

It  being  one  chief  project  of  the  old  deluder,  Satan,  to  keep  men  from 
the  knowledge  of  the  Scriptm-es,  as,  in  former  times,  by  keeping  them  in  an 
xmknown  tongue,  so,  in  tliese  latter  times,  by  persuading  from  the  use  of 
tongues,  that  so  at  least  tlie  ti-ue  sense  and  meaning  of  tlie  original  might  be 
clouded  by  false  gloss  of  saint-seeming  deceivers ;  now,  tliat  learning  may 
not  be  buried  in  the  gi-ave  of  our  fathers,  in  the  Church  and  Commonwealth, 
the  Lord  assisting  our  endeavors  ; 

It  is,  therefore,  ordered,  tliat  every  township  in  this  jurisdiction,  after  the 
Lord  hath  increased  tliem  to  the  number  of  fifty  householders,  shall  then 
forthwitli  appoint  one  witliin  their  town  to  teach  all  such  children  as  shall 

resort  to  huu,  to  write  and  read and  it  is  fuither  ordoi'ed,   that, 

where  any  town  shall  increase  to  the  number  of  one  hundred  families  or 
householders,  they  shall  set  up  a  grammar  school,  the  master  thereof  being 
able  to  msti'uct  youth  so  far  as  tliey  may  be  fitted  for  tlie  university,  pro- 
vided tliat  if  any  to^vn  neglect  the  performance  hereof  above  one  year,  that 
every  such  town  shall  pay  £5  to  the  next  school,  till  they  shall  perform  this 
order.* 

In  1679  a  recommendation  was  passed  that  those  Avho  send  their 
children  to  school,  and  are  able  to  pay  something,  shall  contribute  for 
the  encouragement  of  the  master.  At  the  same  time  it  is  provided 
that  Indian  children  shall  be  taught  gratis. 


*Mr.  Geo.  B.  Emcrsoa  in  his  lecture  in  the  MoasacbusctU  Historical  Society's  volume 
on  the  Early  History  of  MassuchusctUt  says  :  A  grammar  school  was  then  understood  to  be 
a  school  iu  wliich  the  Latin  ami  Greek  languages  wore  taught. 


HISTOKICAL   SKETCH. 


The  following  interesting  article  by  the  Rev.  Robert  C.  Waterston, 
in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  for  Feb- 
ruary, 1873,  gives  reasons  for  believing  that  the  establishment  of 
this  School  was  largely  due  to  the  influence  of  the  Rev.  John  Cot- 
ton, who  came  to  this  country  in  1633  from  Boston  in  Lincolnshire, 
England. 

On  the  fourth  day  of  September,  1633,  in  the  shij)  '  Griffin,'  of  three 
hundred  tons,  came,  among  others,  John  Cotton,  who  for  many  years  had 
been  a  powerful  and  intiuential  pi'eacher  in  connection  with  St.  Botolph's  in 
Boston,  Lincohishire.  He  was  in  eveiy  respect  a  man  of  mark,  and  destined 
to  exert  a  powerful  influence  upon  these  shores. 

It  Avas  acknowledged  that  his  coming  formed  a  new  era  in  the  history  of 
the  colony.  In  the  language  of  Dr.  Increase  Mather,  "  Botla  Bostons  have 
reason  to  honor  his  memory,  and  New  England  most  of  all,  which  oweth  its 
name  and  being  to  him  more  than  to  any  other  person  in  the  world." 

This,  then  is  a  fact  worthy  of  observation ;  two  years  after  the  arrival  of 
John  Cotton,  (or,  strictly  speaking,  one  year  and  five  mouths)  we  find  the 
establishment  of  a  free  school,  and  this  school  we  know  to  be  the  Latin 
School,  whose  history  continues  to  this  day,  and  whose  prosperity  and 
efficiency  were  never  greater  than  at  the  present  time.  One  peculiar  fact  in 
the  establishment  of  this  first  free  school  was,  that  usual  methods  are  re- 
versed ;  our  fathers  did  not  commence  with  a  school  for  elementary  insti'uc- 
tion ;  they  provided  at  the  very  beginning  for  the  higher  branches  of  study. 

Now,  I  think  it  is  interestmg  to  ask  if  there  are  any  reasons  why  it 
would  be  natural  to  comiect  the  establishment  of  this  School  with  John  Cot- 
ton? One  sti'ong  reason  for  so  doing  would  be,  that  he  was  not  only 
distinguished,  before  he  came  to  these  shores,  for  ability  and  learning, 
but  fi'om  the  moment  he  landed  here  he  was  miiversally  welcomed  and 
became  the  acknowledged  centre  of  vast  influence  both  in  ecclesiastical  and 
civil  aftairs.  Thus  it  was  that  the  famous  Thursday  Lecture,  which  all 
through  our  early  colonial  history  held  so  conspicuous  a  place,  and  also  the 
accompanying  Market  Day,  sanctioned  by  order  of  the  Court,  had  their 
origin  in  him ;  and  they  both  alike  had  their  antecedents  in  his  jjersonal 
experience  at  Boston  in  Lincolnshire.  Was  there  then  anything  correspond- 
ing with  the  idea  of  such  a  school  as  this  earliest  school,  at  Boston,  in  Lin- 
colnshire, where  for  so  many  years  Cotton  had  labored  ? 

As  early  as  1554,  Queen  Mary,  in  the  fii'st  year  of  her  reign,  made  a  grant 
to  the  corporation  of  Boston,  "/or  the  xncr];)Ose  of  establishing  and  maintain- 
ing a  Free  Grammar  School  in  the  town."  Thus  we  know  as  a  matter  of 
history,  that  there  was  a  Fi'ee  Grammar  School  in  Boston,  Lincolnshire. 

But  is  there  any  reason  to  supj)ose  that  Latin  was  taught  in  such  a  school  ? 
It  may  be  said  in  answer :  This  is  the  last  thing  which  one  might  expect 
would  be  taught  in  a  school  so  established.  Yet  in  the  Corporation  Records 
(some  of  which  I  personally  examined  on  a  visit  to  that  ancient  place)  there 
is  this  cm'ious  entry,  which  proves  to  us  that  Latin  was  taught. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


In  1578  it  was  agi'ecd  that  a  "  Dictionarye  shall  be  bought  for  }"«  Scollars 
of  y«  Free  Scoole  and  the  same  boke  to  l)e  tjed  in  a  cheyne  and  set  upon  a 
deske  in  y«  scoole  whereunto  any  scoller  may  have  accesse  as  occasion  shall 
serve  ;''  and  in  IGOl  the  Corporation  purchased  two  dictionaiies — one  Greek, 
tlie  other  Liitiu — for  the  school,  "  the  schoolmaster  to  keep  the  same /or  the 
use  of  the  scholars.'''' 

Thus  we  find  that  in  Boston,  Lincolnshire,  tliere  was  a  Free  Grammar 
School,  in  which  Latin  and  Greek  were  taught,  and  it  is  natural  to  presume 
Unit  a  lover  of  learning  like  Cotton,  who  had  been  appointed  to  the  Vicai-age 
of  that  town  in  1612,  and  had  been  active  there  in  all  good  ways  and  works 
for  more  tlian  twenty  yeai'S,  should  have  been  not  only  acquainted  but  very 
familiar  witii  such  a  school.  Still,  if  there  were  no  evidence  of  such  a 
knowledge  on  Cotton's  part,  it  would  be  mere  conjecture  with  us.  Is  there, 
then,  any  positive  evidence  that  John  Cotton  did  know  of  this  school? 
Singularly  enough  I  find  this  record :  — 

"  In  1613  a  committee  consisting  of  Dr.  Baron,  Rev.  Joirx  Cottok,  and 
two  others,  was  appointed  to  examine  Mr-  Emnitli  and  report  whether  he  be 
fit  to  exercise  the  office  of  Usher  in  this  school." 

Thus  we  have  direct  proof  that  the  Rev.  John  Cotton  was  so  identified  in 
thought  with  that  school  that  he  was  nominated  to  examine  an  usher,  and 
decide  upon  liis  fitness  for  the  place  ! 

Leaving,  then,  England,  as  he  did,  in  1633,  and  exchanging  the  Old  for 
the  New  World,  how  natural  that  this  scholar  (wlio  had  gi*aduated  from 
Trinity  College,  Camljridge.  and  had  afterwards  been  elected  to  a  fellowship 
in  Emmanuel  College),  taking  up  his  abode  here  in  this  then  almost  wilder- 
ness settlement,  should  have  recalled  all  tliat  Wiis  precious  in  his  memoiy, 
as  suggestive  of  what  might — in  some  larger  and  better  way — become 
ti'ansplanted  here. 

Thus,  the  old  Lectui'e,  dear  for  so  many  j'cars,  when  the  Thursday  came 
round,  would  recur  to  Jiis  mind,  ^^^ly  should  he,  then,  not  have  a  similar 
lecture  here?  The  oMurket  Day,  when  tlic  people  gathered  from  the  eountiy 
around,  buying  and  selling  commodities — why  not  have  that  also?  As  soon 
as  suggested,  the  Couit  approved  ;  and  this  also  became  as  important  a  fact  on 
this  side  of  the  Atlantic  as  it  had  been  on  the  other.  In  the  same  way  when 
he  saw  tlie  children  growing  up,  he  thought  of  the  school,  the  free  school,  to 
which  all  could  go;  and  with  his  own  love  for  classical  literature,  and  his 
partiality  for  the  i^rivileges  of  a  collegiate  education,  the  memory  of  a  free 
gi'annnar  school,  where  Latin  and  Greek  were  taught,  may  have  risen  in  his 
mind,  and  he  may  have  said.  Here  also,  where  the  trees  of  the  forest  are  not 
yet  felled,  and  the  wild  Indian  is  at  our  doors,  hero  let  such  a  school  be 
established,  to  become  as  gootl,  and  as  much  better  as  wo  can  m:ike  it.  And  let 
that  one  be  the  forerunner  of  a  thousand  more  that  shall  follow — free  for  all, 
and  where  not  only  the  simple  rudiments  of  learning  may  be  st-iured,  but 
some  rea-sonable  introductory  knowledge,  at  least,  of  the  ancient  languages. 

There  is  another  coincitlenco  l)etween  John  Cotton's  new  and  old  homo. 
The  records  of  the  English  Boston  of  1642,  show  that  the  m:ister  of  the 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH. 


gi-ammar  school  had  "a  house  rent  free;"  and  in  the  American  Boston 
we  find  that,  in  1645,  it  was  ordei-ed  that  fifty  pounds  be  allowed  to  the 
master,  and  "  a  house  for  him  to  live  in." 

As  an  indication  of  how  small  a  place  Boston  was  at  that  period,  it  is 
only  necessary  to  remember  that,  although  the  inhabitants  were  character- 
ized by  their  religious  zeal,  one  small  meeting-house  answered  for  the  whole 
community,  and  continued  to  do  so  until  1648.  The  simplicity  of  their  first 
place  of  worship  is  suggested  by  the  fact  that  it  had  "mud  walls  and  a 
thatched  roof."  This  primitive  building,  situated  on  what  is  now  the  south 
side  of  State  Street,  was  replaced  by  a  more  commodious  wooden  structure 
in  1640,  in  Washington  sti'eet,  nearly  opposite  State  street,  which  edifice 
lasted  seventy  years,  when  it  was  destroyed  by  fire.  During  1631  only 
ninety  persons  came  over  from  England,  and  in  1632  not  above  two  hundred 
and  fifty  new  settlers  arrived.  Thus  the  one  Free  School,  dating  from  1635, 
answered  the  need  of  the  people,  not  only  at  that  time,  but  for  forty  years 
after.  In  a  community  so  limited,  every  suggestion,  from  a  man  of  the 
acquirements  and  influence  of  John  Cotton,  must  have  had  great  weight. 
We  can,  therefore,  hardly  imagine  that  such  a  school  as  this  could  have  been 
established  without  his  active  co-operation,  and  we  think  we  have  given  some 
verj''  conclusive  evidence  that  this  School  may  have  owed  its  origin  to  him 
more,  perhaps,  than  to  any  one  else. 

Mr.  Cotton's  first  child,  a  son,  born  at  sea,  on  board  the  "Griffin,"  had 
received  on  that  account  the  name  of  "  Seaborn."  A  father's  thoughts  would 
even  more  impulsively  turn  to  the  education  of  the  young.  Cotton  died 
Dec.  23,  1652,  fi-om  illness  caused  by  exposure  in  crossing  the  ferry  over 
Charles  River,  being  on  his  way  to  preach  to  the  students  at  Cambridge. 

After  his  death  it  was  found  that,  on  certain  contingencies,  he  had  ar- 
ranged by  his  will,  that  one-half  of  his  whole  estate  should  revert  to  Har- 
vard College,  and  the  other  half  be  devoted  to  the  support  of  the  Free 
School  in  Boston.  Thus  we  have  most  satisfactory  evidence  of  the  deep 
and  abidmg  interest  cherished  by  John  Cotton  in  whatever  pertained  to 
the  work  of  instruction;  and  sufficient  reasons  (have  we  not?)  for  asso- 
ciating his  name,  in  an  especial  manner,  with  the  establishment  of  the 
first  free  school,  and  with  that  educational  system  wliich  has  become  our 
joy  and  our  pride. 

Mr.  Gould,  writing  of  the  early  history  of  the  School,  in  the  fourth 
number  of  the  Prize  Book^  says :  — 

The  General  Court  of  Massachusetts  having  at  a  previous  period 
granted  to  the  Town  of  Boston  several  of  the  Islands  in  the  harbor, 
the  Records  state,  that,  in  1641 :  —  "  This  10th  of  the  11th  moneth. 
It's  ordered  that  Deare  Island  shall  be  improved  for  the  maintenance  of 
a  Free  schoole  for  the  Towne,  and  such  other  occasions  as  the  Townsmen  for 
the  time  being  shall  thinke  meet,  the  sayde  schoole  being  sufficiently  pro- 
vided for."    Capt.  Edward  Gibbon  was  soon  after  intrusted  with  the  care 


10  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


and  use  of  the  island,  "  until  the  Towne  doe  let  the  same."*  Accordingl}'  in 
1644  it  was  let  for  throe  years,  at  the  rate  of  seven  pounds  per  anniun. 
expressly  for  the  use  of  the  School. t  In  li]-i7,  at  the  expiration  of  tliis  lease, 
it  was  again  let  for  seven  j-ears,  and  the  rent  was  now  "  fourteen  i)ound  per 
annuiu  for  the  scoole's  use  in  provision  and  clothing !''  X  This  lease  was  extended 
in  164:8  to  twenty-one  years,  at  tlie  same  rate  of  rent.§  The  next  year  Long 
Island II   and  Spectacle  Island^  were  placed  on  a  similar  footing,  and  tlie 

*DEER  ISLAND. 

This  31st  of  the  11th  moneth,  1641.  It's  Agreed  for  the  satisfaction  of  John  Rugglc, 
senior,  conceruin;jf  71.  lo(f.  oi/.  charges  in  building  expended  at  Deare  Inland,  that  C'apt. 
Gibones  (who  hath  undertaken  it)  shall  pay  the  sayd  sume  to  our  Bro.  Rur^gle,  and 
in  lieu  thereof  shall  have  the  present  use  of  the  sayd  Hand  untill  the  Towne  doe  let  the 
same,  and  then  the  said  sume  of  7/.  15s.  ad.  is  againe  to  be  repayd  unto  him  by  the  Towne. 

t  This  30th  of  lOlh  mo.,  1644.  Deaie  Island  is  let  to  hire  unto  James  Penn  and  John 
Oliver  for  these  three  years  next  ensuing  papng  unto  the  Use  of  the  Sehoole  seaven  pounds 
per  yeare 

+  The  3l3t,  11th  mo.,  1647.  Deare  Island  is  lett  to  Edward  Bcndall  of  Boston,  with  all 
the  profits  their  of  whatsoever,  for  the  tcrme  of  seaven  j'ears  next  ensuing  the  date  hereof. 
In  Consideration  whereof  he  is  to  pay  to  the  Towne  of  Boston  the  sum  of  fourteen  pounds 
per  annum  for  the  scoole's  use  of  the  sayd  Towne  in  provision  and  clothing 

^  The  26 :  12  mo.,  164S.  It  is  ordered  upon  consideration  of  one  Bro.  Bendall's  request 
about  Dear  Hand,  which  the  towne  let  to  him  for  seven  years,  it  is  granted  to  him  that  his 
seven  years  shall  be  made  up  twenty  and  one  years  payinge  I'cnt  of  14/.  per  annum,  ac- 
cording to  former  agreement,  provided  that  he  shall  leave  a  suply  of  wood  for  the  main- 
tenance of  one  family  for  ever,  as  also  whatever  fruit  trees  he  [corner  torn  otf]  plant  their 
he  or  his  hayrs  shall  leave  standing  at  the  end  of  his  [torn  olT].    See  Sutfolk  Deeds,  ii,  121. 

The  26,  4Tn  Mo.,  1G49.  Edward  Bcndall  hath  Deare  Island  for  twenty  years  and  lie 
and  his  to  paj'  14/  per  annum  and  his  successors,  to  the  Towne  of  Boston  for  the  schools 
use  as  bye  evidence  will  appcare. 

II  LONG  ISLAND. 

9:2:mo.,  [-]G49.  John  Jackson,  Gamalliel  Waight  (and  35  others)  doth  bind  them- 
selves and  there  successors  to  pay  sixe  pence  an  accre  for  theire  land  at  Long  Hand  bye  the 
yeare  for  ever :  and  that  to  be  for  the  use  of  the  scolc,  that  so  it  mayebc  proprietye  to 
them  for  ever,  and  they  are  to  bringe  in  there  pay  to  the  towncs  treasurer  the  fii-st  of  fcb- 
ruaryc  for  ever,  or  else  there  land  is  forfeit  unto  the  townes  disposinge. 

30 :  9 :  57.  Whereas  there  is  a  parcell  land  upon  Long  Hand  of  the  towncs,  .... 
containing  two  acres  more  or  less;  the  said  two  aci-cs  of  land  so  bounded  is  left 
to  Wra.  Winburne  for  ever,  paying  a  bushel  of  merchantable  barly  malt  yearly  to 
the  schooles  use,  every  first  day  of  March 

m  SPECTACLE   ISLAND. 

The  12th,  1  mo.,  1649.  It  was  further  ordeied  that  the  select  men  of  the  towne  shall 
take  order  aboute  Longe  Island  and  Spectacle  Hand,  with  tlicin  that  now  lu)ld  it,  to  instate 
it  on  them  for  Inheritance,  upon  paying  aj-early  rent  upon  evrye  accre  for  the  Schools  use. 

[Corner  torn.] 
9:  2:  mo.,  [-]0i9.  John  Barrill,  John  Odlin,  Wm.  Ludkiu,  James  Browne,  Bcuiaraiu 
Negoose,  Ralph  Masson,  James  Davise,  Edward  Diuis,  Tho.  Munte,  Rich.  Carttcr, 
Abell  Porter,  Tho.  (jrube,  John  Strange,  Tho.  Wcyborne,  James  Jcmson,  doth  bind 
themselves  and  their  successors  to  pay  sixpence  an  accre  per  jearc  for  tlieir  land  at 
Spectacle  Hand  for  ever  to  the  use  of  the  schole,  tliat  so  it  may  be  proprietye  to  ihcra 
for  ever,  and  thej'  arc  to  bringe  in  their  pay  to  the  townes  treasurer  the  first  of 
February  forever,  or  clae   there  land  is  forfeit  into  the  towuc's  disspossiugo. 


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11 


Selectmen  were  to  take  order  tliat  they  be  leased,  paying  a  yearly  rent  on 
every  acre,  rated  afterwards  as  sixpence,  for  the  use  of  the  School. 

It  seems  to  have  been  the  design  of  the  community  to  endow  their  Free 
School,  as  they  delight  to  name  it,*  with  bequests  in  their  wills,  lands  x'ented 
on  long  leases,  and  similar  sources  of  income,  in  preference  to  a  direct 
support  fi'om  the  public  treasury.  Thus,  in  1649,  Wm.  Phillips  "  agreed  to 
give  ISs.  id.,  per  ann.  forever  to  the  use  of  the  Schole  for  the  land  that 
Christopher  Stanley  gave  in  his  will  to  the  Schol's  use.'''t  Forty  shillings 
per  annum  for  tlae  same  use  were  secured  by  lease  of  500  acres  of  land  at 
Braintree,  J  and  several  other  sums  on  different  lands  belonging  to  the  Town,§ 
at  about  the  same  date. 


*  Mr.  Henry  Barnard,  in  an  article  on  EzEKIEL  Cheever  in  the  first  volume  of  the  Amer- 
ican Journal  of  Education,  (p.  299,  et  seq.,)  explains  that 

The  Free  Schools  of  England  were  originally  established  in  towns  where  there  was  no 
old  Conventual,  Cathedral,  Royal,  or  Endowed  Grammar  School.  With  very  few  excep- 
tions, these  schools  were  founded  and  endowed  by  individuals,  for  the  teaching  of  Greek 
and  Latin,  and  for  no  other  gratuitous  teaching.  The  gratuitous  instruction  was  some- 
times extended  to  all  the  children  born  or  living  in  a  particular  pai-ish,  or  of  a  particular 
name.  All  not  specified  and  provided  for  in  the  instruments  of  endowment,  paid  tuition 
to  the  master ;  and  by  Free  School  and  Free  Grammar  School,  as  used  in  the  early  records 
both  of  towns  and  the  General  Court  in  Connecticut  and  Massachusetts,  was  not  intended 
the  Common  or  Public  School,  as  afterwards  developed,  particularly  in  Massachusetts, 
supported  by  tax,  and  free  of  all  charge  to  all  scholars,  rich  and  poor ;  neither  was  it  a 
charity  school,  exclusively  for  the  poor,  but  a  Grammar  School  unrestricted  as  to  a  class 
of  children  or  scholars  specified  in  the  instruments  by  which  it  was  founded,  and  so  sup- 
ported as  not  to  depend  on  the  fluctuating  attendance  and  tuition  of  scholars  for  the 
maintenance  of  a  master.  The  "free  schools  "  of  New  England  were  endowed  by  grants 
of  land,  by  gift  and  bequests  of  individuals,  or  by  "  allowance  out  of  the  common  stock 
of  the  town ; "  were  designed  especially  for  instruction  in  Latin  and  Greek,  and  were 
supported  in  part  by  payments  of  tuition  or  rates  by  parents.  These  schools  were  the 
well-springs  of  classical  education  in  this  country,  and  were  the  predecessors  of  the  in- 
corporated academies  which  do  not  appear  under  that  name  until  a  comparatively  recent 
period. 

The  early  votes  estabUshing  and  providing  for  the  support  of  the  "free  schools"  in 
Boston,  as  well  as  in  other  towns  in  Massachusetts,  while  they  recognize,  by  grants  of 
land  and  allowance  out  of  the  common  stock,  the  interest  and  duty  of  the  public  in 
schools  and  universal  education,  also  provide  for  the  payment  by  parents  of  a  rate  or 
tuition. 

t9:  2:  mo.,  [-]649.  Wm.  Philips  hath  agreed  to  give  13s.  4d.  per  annum  forever  to 
the  use  of  the  schole  for  the  land  that  Christopher  Stanley  gave  in  his  will  for  the  schols 
use ;  the  rent  day  began  the  1  of  March  1649. 

%  Moses  Paine,  of  Braintry,  hath  let  to  him  500  Accers  of  land,  to  be  layd  out  at  Braintry, 
painge  forty  shillings  per  annum  for  ever,  for  the  schols  use ;  and  to  begin  his  rent  day 
on  the  first  of  Maye,  1649,  to  be  paid  on  the  first  of  the  first  mo.  for  ever,  in  corne  or  porke 
at  the  prize  curant,  and  that  to  be  payd  into  the  town  treasuree  successivlye. 

^30:  5:  55:  Itt  is  ordered  that  Edward  GreenliS"  shall  have  liberty  to  sett  a  house  of 
eighteen  feet  deepe  and  12  foote  to  the  Front  from  the  end  of  Mr.  Batts  tan  house  paying 
two  shillings,  sixpence  per  annum,  to  the  scholes  use,  as  long  as  hee  improves  itt  for  a 
dying  house. 


12  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


In  165-i  "  it  is  ordered  that  the  ten  jjounds  left  by  legacy  to  ye  sckoole 
of  Boston  by  Mis  Hudson  deceased,  shall  be  lett  to  Capt.  tJanies  Olliver 

31st  9th  mo.  1649.  Accordinfre  to  order  of  the  Townc  in  Genciall,  whoc  (rave  power 
to  the  select  men  of  the  towne  to  sell  the  Reversion  of  the  Dock  or  Cove  Called  by  the 

name  of  Bendall's  Docke, tlie  Selectmen  of  the  Townc  have  sold  the  Revcrssion 

to  James  Evirill.  ever  painge  to  the  Schoole  use  sixc  pounds  sixteen  shillinjjs  ten  pence  p. 
Annum  for  ever,  etc.  Sec  SufiFolk  Deeds  i.  114  ;  also  Ibid  ii.  259. 

31:1:  1656.  The  peece  of  land  formerly  <rranted  to  Edward  Greenliff  by  the  spring:  is 
lett  to  Matthew  Coy,  from  ycare  to  yeerc  while  the  town  pleases,  for  two  shillings,  sixe 
pence,  per  yeare  for  the  schooles  use. 

23:  12  :  r)6.  There  is  lett  to  Capt.  James  .Johnson  all  the  wast  land  belonging:  to  the  towne 
on  the  southside  of  the  Creeke  b}- Mr.  Winthrop's  warehouse  and  adjoyning  to  the  land 
already  lett  to  Ben  Ward,  to  enjoy  the  same  forever,  liee  paying  foure  pounds,  ten  shillings 
per  annum  for  ever  to  the  schoole  of  Boston,  alw.iyes  reserving  highways  tlirough  the  same 
land  for  the  townes  use,  and  the  said  laud  to  be  bounded  on  all  parts  and  to  be  specifyed 
in  covenants  expressly,  and  the  land  to  bee  bound  for  security  of  payment,  which  is  to  bee 
paid  every  first  of  the  first  mo.  and  to  begin  the  first  Marcli,  iu,  on  forfeiture. 

The  following  votes  of  the  Town,  passed  some  fifty  years  later,  are  of  the  same  tenor, 
and  may  be  included  with  those  just  given  : — 

On  the  13th  of  March,  1711,  at  a  meeting  continued  by  ac^ournment  from  the  day  before, 
it  was 

Voted,  That  the  Present  Selectmen,  vizt  Addington  Davenport,  Esqr,  Mcsurs  Isaiah 
Tay,  Daniel  Oliver,  Thomas  Cushing,  Dr.  Oliver  Noyes,  Joseph  Wadsworth,  and  Edwd 
Hutchinson,  or  any  five  of  them,  be  a  Comittee  to  Sell  the  Towne's  Lands  in  Braintree, 
and  that  they  have  full  power  to  sign  &  execute  Deeds  for  3'c  same,  i.t  yt  they  Lay  out  ye 
sd  money  in  Some  Real  Estate  for  the  use  of  the  Publick  Latin  Scliool,*  that  ye  stock 
be  not  exhausted  Provided  ye  Town  be  advised  wth  before  ye  money  be  disposed  of. 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  Free  liolders  and  other  Inhabitts  of  the  Town  of  Boston,  duly 
qualified  and  warned  Accordingly  to  Law  being  Convened  at  the  Town  House  the  9th  of 
May  1711. 

Voted,  That  the  Sume  of  the  Thirteen  hundred  pounds,  part  of  the  purchas  money  for 
the  Towns  Land  in  Brantrcy,  Sold  to  Menassah  Tucker  &c.,  of  Milton,  by  yc  present 
Select  men  appointed  and  impowcrcd  a  comittee  for  that  purpose,  to  be  paid  by  Sevei-al 
payments  into  ye  Town  Treasury,  according  to  the  Tenor  of  the  conditions  of  Cci-taiu 
Bonds  or  writeings  Obligatory  by  them  passed  to  Joscpli  Prout,  Gent.,  present  Town 
Treasur  or  his  Successor  in  that  Otfice  (Together  witli  the  Two  hundretl  pounds  already 
received  towards  the  Sd  purchace)  Be  Invested  and  Layd  out  in  some  Real  Estate  for  the 
use  of  the  Publick  Lattin  School,  by  the  aforesaid  Comittee  of  the  present  Select  men,  or 
any  five  of  ym,  pursuant  to  the  Towns  Vote  of  the  13tli  of  March  past,  or  by  such  other 
Comittee  as  the  Town  may  hereafter  raise  and  sul)stitute  for  that  service. 

The  aforesaid  money  wlien  in  the  Treasury,  to  be  diawn  forth  by  onler  of  the  Comittee, 
and  by  them  invested  and  Layd  out  As  aforesaid,  Providetl  the  Town  bo  advised  with 
before  the  disposal  thereof,  the  Annual  Rent  and  Incomes  of  such  Investiture  to  be 
imployed  to  and  for  the  support  of  the  Publick  Grammar  School  the  principidl  stock  not  to 
be  diminished. 

•  *«•••••• 

Voted,  That  the  proposall  made  by  the  Ilonble  Samll  Sewall,  Esqr  for  Sale  of  a  pai-cell 
of  Land  for  enlarging  yc  North  burying  jjlace,  at  the  price  of  One  Hundred  and  Twenty 
pounds,  to  abate  Seventy  pounds  of  the  Said  purchase  money,  So  that  ye  Town  please  to 

•This  Is  the  first  time  the  name  of  rublick  Latin  School  appears  in  the  Records. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  13 


for  sixteen  shillings  per  annum  so  long  as  he  pleases  to  improve  itt,"  etc.* 
Orders  were  also  taken  for  collecting  rents  on  "  Deare  Island,  Long  Island, 
and  Spectacle  Island,  due  to  the  use  of  ye  Schoole,"  and  the  renters  were 
required  to  appear  yearly  and  transact  this  concern. f  The  first-named  Island 
was  leased  in  1662  to  Sir  Thos.  Temple,  knight  and  '*  Barronight,"  as  the 
scribe  of  the  day  quaintly  spells  it,  for  thirty-one  years,  at  £14  per  an.  "  to 
be  paid  yearely  every  first  day  of  March  to  the  Town  Treasurer  for  the  use 
of  the  free  schoole."  % 

About  four  years  after  this,  however,  a  release  of  several  rents  for  the 
Islands  and  other  lands  was  made,  the  support  of  the  School  arising,  doubt- 
less, in  great  measure  from  other  funds. 

Release  an  Annual  Quit  claim  of  Forty  Shillings.  Issuing  out  of  a  Ceader  Swamp  in  his 
possession,  Scituate  in  Brooklyne,  appropriated  to  the  use  of  the  Grammar  School  Reported 
bj'  the  Committee.  Be  accepted.  And  that  the  said  Quit  Rent  of  Forty  Shillings  p. 
Annum  be  abated. 

The  afore  said  Sume  of  Seventy  Pounds  to  be  drawn  out  of  of  the  Town  Treasury,  and 
Invested  in  some  Real  Estate,  or  otherwise  improved  by  the  direction  of  ye  Select  men  for 
the  time  being,  The  yearly  Rent  or  Profit  thereof  to  be  appropriated  to  the  use  of  the  Free 
Grammar  School,  in  lieu  of  the  afore  said  Quit  Rent. 

*  The  12th :  1  mo :  54-55.  It  is  ordered  that  the  ten  pounds  left  by  legacy  to  the  use  of 
the  schoole  of  Boston  by  mis  Hudson,  deceased,  shall  be,  lett  to  Capt.  James  Olliver  for 
sixteen  shillings  per  annum,  so  long  as  he,  pleases  to  improve  itt,  the  which  he  is  to  pay 
in  wheate,  pease  and  Indian  to  the  Townes  Treasurer  every  first  of  the  1  mo.,  beginning  in 
March  54-55,  and  upon  his  deliveiy  of  the  principall  to  the  Townes  Treasurer,  itt  shall  bee 
paid  in  come  as  aforementioned. 

1 25  :  4 :  55 "Whereas  a  considerable  part  of  the  rent  due  to  the  use  of  the  schoole 

for  Long  Island  and  Spectacle  Hand  is  nott  brought  in  by  the  renters  of  the  land  accord- 
ing to  the  contract  with  the  towne,  Itt  is  therefore  ordered  that  the  present  renters  shall 
within  ten  days  after  the  date  hereof  come  in  and  cleare  their  several!  payments  due  for  the 
said  land,  to  the  towne's  treasurer  upon  the  forfeiture  of  the  said  lands  as  by  former 
agreement,  to  bee  entered  upon  by  the  said  treasurer  by  warrant  under  his  hand  to  the 
Constable. 

+  23.  12.  62.  John  Shaw  having  assigned  his  lease  of  Deere  Island  to  Sr.  Thom.  Tem- 
ple, Knight  &  Barronight,  who  desireth  to  renew  the  sd  lease  which  is  granted  to  hime, 
viz.  the  said  Island  is  graunted  to  the  said  Sr  Thomas  Temple  Knight  and  Barronight,  for 
himselfe,  his  heaj'res  and  assignes  from  the  1st  of  March  next  ensuing  the  date  hereof  for 
the  terme  of  31  yeares  after  the  first  of  March  next,  att  £14  rent  to  be  payed  yearly  every 
first  day  of  March  to  the  Towne  Treasuerer,  for  the  vse  of  the  Free  Schoole,  during  which 
time  hee  is  not  to  fell  any  Timber,  save  what  shall  bee  for  Buildinge,  fenceing,  and  fire 
wood  on  the  said  Island,  and  att  the  end  of  the  sd  tearme  to  yeald  vpp  the  said  Island  with 
all  buildinges,  fenceings  &c  that  shall  be  upon  the  sd  Island  when  the  said  tearme  of  31 
yeares  is  expired. 

28.  7.  63.  *  *  *  Wheareas  in  the  lease  graunted  Sr  Thomas  Temple  for  Deere  Hand, 
23 :  12 :  1662,  he  is  not  to  cutt  Timber  except  for  buildinge,  &c.  Itt  is  now  further 
graunted  to  hime  to  cleare  the  Swamp  on  the  sd  Island  of  all  timber  trees  whatever  and 
alsoe  what  other  wood  is  vpon  the  said  Hand  excepting  some  Timber  Trees. 

March  9th,  1684-5.  Vpon  a  Motion  of  Mr.  Ezechiell  Cheever  Schoolmaster  that  the 
lease  of  Deare  Island  may  be  renewed  to  Mr.  Samll  Shrimpton  the  present  Tenant,  It 
was  voted  and  referred  to  the  Selectmen  to  agree  with  said  Mr.  Shrimpton  or  any 
other  about  a  longer  lease  or  renewinge  the  former. 


14 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


The  esteem  in  whicli  the  School  has  been  held  by  the  citizens  of 
Boston  is  shown  by  tlie  i:ict  that  fathers  who  have  been  its  jnipils 
have  sent  their  sons  to  share  its  privileges  and  secure  its  benefits,  and 
a  perusal  of  the  catalogue  will  show  that  many  families  have  had 
representatives  in  successive  generations  upon  its  rolls,  and  that  to- 
day the  sons  and  the  grandsons  of  pupils  of  the  past  may  be  found 
among  its  members. 

The  Latin  School  has  always  been  a  democratic  institution.  Its 
privileges  have  been  confined  to  no  class.  The  minister's  and  the 
tallow-chandler's  sons  have  sat  side  by  side  on  its  forms,  and  engaged 
in  friendly  rivalry  in  school-room  and  on  play-ground,  and  equally 
enjoyed  its  privileges.  In  his  speech  as  Chairman  of  the  dinner  of 
the  Latin  School  Association  in  1879,  Rev,  James  Freeman  Clarke, 
D.  D.,  says:  "In  my  division  there  were  tenor  twelve  boys,  repre- 
senting nearly  every  class  of  society  in  the  city — the  son  of  Harrison 
Gray  Otis  (who  was  then  considered  the  most  aristocratic  person  in 
the  city),  and  tlie  son  of  Marshal  Prince ;  and  with  them  were  boys 
who  were  children  of  the  humblest  residents.  They  were  all  together 
on  one  level ;  no  one  was  thought  better  than  another  except  as  he 
was  a  better  fellow  or  a  brigliter  student."  Its  honors  have  been 
given  for  merit,  and  all  its  pupils  have  had  the  same  chance  to  gain 
them.  And  as  the  result  of  its  training  the  School  had  "  a  boy  who 
could  fly  a  kite  better  than  any  Japanese,  a  boy  whose  signature 
upheld  the  United  States  for  two  months,  a  boy  who  represented 
this  country  at  the  Court  of  St.  James  at  a  most  trying  time,  and 
a  boy  who  was  the  greatest  of  the  arbiters  at  Geneva." 

Her  first  masters  might  have  seen  Shakspeare  act  in  his  own  plays ; 
and,  perhaps,  whiled  away  tlie  dullness  of  their  wilderness  recitations 
bv  repeating  to  the  Puritan  boys  the  fun  of  his  hig,  hag,  hog ; 
ur  telling  the  stories  of  the  Calibans  with  which  he  ]ieoi)led  the  West- 
ern worlds.  We  may  well  enough  suppose  that  such  vanities  as  that 
helped  to  exile  our  first  master  from  the  comforts  of  young  Boston 
to  the  desolate  home  to  which  he  was  sent  on  the  Piscataijua.  He 
was  an  exiled  exile — an  exile  of  the  second  power. 

Our  venerable  Maude  just  preceded  Harvard  and  Milton  at  Cam- 
bridge ;  and  we  may  imagine  John  Milton  in  the  deputy  Grecian  form 


May  25tl».  This  day  the  Selectmen  in  psuancc  of  a  vote  onlcr  of  ilie  iiiliabitants  of 
the  towne  datcil  tlic  'Jth  of  Murcii  last  did  renew  unto  Mr.  Siunll.  Shrlmpton  hit  leiwc  of 
Deer  Island  for  the  tciinc  of  18  years,  to  commence  from  the  1st  of  March,  1G93-94 
(when  his  present  leiise  will  expire)  nt  the  rent  of  Hid  ninny  p.  iinn.,  to  be  paid  on 
eucry  Ist  day  of  March  yearelicto  the  use  of  the  Free  schoolc. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  15 


of  St.  Paul's  school,  London,  hearing  our  Ezekiel  Cheever,  then  in  the 
fourth  form,  translate  his  Erasmus  ;  or  repeat  his  "  as  in  praesentiy 
So  venerable  may  be  one's  classical  genealogy !  Here  around  us 
are  men*  whose  Latin  and  Greek  makes  but  five  leaps  from  the 
scholarship  of  the  Reformation  to  our  day ! — men  who  learned  of 
Hunt,  who  learned  of  Lovell,  who  learned  of  "Williams,  who  learned 
of  Cheever,  who  with  Milton  studied  not  only  "  Erasmus  his  Collo- 
quies," but  his  Syntaxis  from  some  one  to  whom  he  had  himself  ex- 
plained his  plan  of  education. 

Coming  down,  our  historian  will  find  that  our  village  is,  indeed, 
not  unlike  "  that  Rome  " — ilia  Roma — whose  history  is  ours ;  whose 
literature  and  learning  bred  ours.  "While  the  Doctors  of  Christ's 
and  Magdalen  at  Oxford  were  fighting  James  II  and  his  quo  war- 
rantos^  were  not  our  Cheever  and  his  associates  elsewhere,  worried 
in  like  wise  by  James's  Gov.  Andros,  so  that  they  like  their  English 
brethren  hailed  the  Revolution  as  their  emancipation  ? 

"Who  shall  imagine  the  process  by  which  five  and  twenty  years 
after,  "  our  kind  master,"  as  Franklin  calls  him,  so  instructed  the 
young  Benjamin  in  the  Latin  Accidence  that  after  eight  months  the 
boy  ceased  therefrom  ;  and  in  his  after  years  wrote  as  a  consequence 
those  severe  attacks  upon  the  study  of  the  classics,  which,  to  this 
moment  makes  it  dangerous  to  give  a  copy  of  Franklin  as  a  present 
to  an  inquiring  boy.  Heresies  these — let  us  say  in  passing — which 
he  tried  afterward  to  extenuate,  by  leaving  the  Latin  School  as  one 
of  the  objects  of  his  dying  bounty ;  as  it  will  be  in  its  annual  festivi- 
ties, the  latest  herald  of  his  name. 

Later  down,  the  historian  will  fairly  exult  in  describing  the  School 
room  of  the  last  century,  divided  in  its  allegiance,  its  affections, 
and  its  politics,  between  Master  Lovell,  the  father,  the  Tory :  —  and 
Master  Lovell,  the  son,  the  "Whig :  —  as  they  sat,  one  at  each  end  of 
the  long  hall,  each  pouring  into  infant  minds  as  he  could  from  the 
classics  of  the  Empire,  or  the  historians  of  the  Republic,  the  lessons 
of  absolutism  or  of  liberalism.  Let  hira  imagine  the  boys  thronging 
Faneuil  Hall,  when  our  Master  Lovell  dedicated  it !  Little  recked 
he  the  future,  —  for  he  consecrated  it  to  loyalty  to  the  house  of 
Brunswick!  Years  after,  let  him  imagine  the  boys  of  that  day 
dividing  into  two  camps,  one  unwilling,  going  to  school  April  2, 
1771,  because  old  Master  Lovell  would  give  no  holiday;  the  other 
eager   with   patriotism  and  fun,   defying  his   authority,    that   they 

*  This  passage  was  writtea  in  1850,  but  is  still  true  in  1883,  as  one  of  Hunt's  pupils  is  yet 
alive. 


16  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


miglit  go  to  the  Old  South,  to  hear  the  young  Master  Lovell  deliver 
the  first  memorial  Oration  of  the  Bloody  Boston  Massacre. 

Who  shall  describe  —  now  that  our  venerable  friend*  has  gone, 
who  was  chief  actor? — the  deputation  of  our  school  boys  who  waited 
on  General  Haldiman,  of  a  winter's  morning,  to  complain  that  their 
inalienable  rights  had  been  taken  away,  when  his  servant  had 
strewed  ashes  across  the  coast  which  passed  tlie  School  house? 
Who  describe  their  exultation  when  the  hireling  was  sent  out  to 
remove  his  obnoxious  interruption.  It  was  the  first  victory  of  the 
Revolution. 

And  alas!  we  have  lost  also  the  lipsf  which  told  of  the  morning 
of  the  19th  April:  — when  Percy's  brigade  paraded  for  the  last  time 
in  full  ranks,  so  as  to  cut  off  a  little  Otis's  access  to  the  School 
house:  —  so  that  he  arrived  only  in  time  to  see  the  excited  Master's 
face  —  as  he  marshalled  the  class  who  never  saw  him  again,  and 
cried  "War's  begun,  —  and  school's  done.  Deponite  librosP  Percy's 
brigade,  stretched  across  the  head  of  School  Street,  stopped  our 
Otis  on  his  way  to  our  School.  Did  that  Otis  forget  it,  when  in 
his  English  oration  at  Commencement  in  1783,  he  was  the  first  Har- 
vard Orator  to  prophesy  the  future  greatness  of  the  independent 
America  ? 

And  when  school  was  done,  our  boys  —  we  might  also  say  our 
girls  t — had  their  part  to  play.  Where  did  John  Hancock  practice 
that  writing  flourish,  than  which  none  is  better  known  —  we  might 
say  more  revered  —  but  on  our  first  form  when  he  had  come  back 
from  the  Holbrook's  or  Carter's  "Intermediate"  of  his  dsiy?  On 
the  Declaration,  led  off  by  his  name,  ours  are  one-ninth  of  the  sig- 
natures. And  the  curious  may  j'et  trace  in  the  careful  name  of 
Franklin,  in  the  gentlemanly  writing  of  Hooper  and  in  the  clear 
legibility  of  the  others,  those  traits  Avhich  we  have  even  lately  lieard 
our  venerable  writing  master  §  describe  in  the  second  cojiy  of  his 
large  hand  as  the 

Whose  sympathies  were  engaged  in  the  hot  day  of  Bunker  Hill, 
when  the  English  general  in  the  first  attack  found  his  artillery 
silent,  and  inquiring  found  that  the  six-pounders  were  furnislied  with 

•  JonatUan  Darby  Robins.  t  Harrison  Gray  Otis. 

X  See  Otis's  letter.  J  Jouotban  Snolling. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  17 


twelve-poiincl  shot  ?  After  having  sent  back  to  Boston  to  correct  the 
blunder,  only  to  have  it  renewed ;  as  he  unwillingly  ordered  grape 
instead  of  balls  to  be  used  against  the  entrenchments,  he  cursed  his 
officer  of  ordnance  ;  saying  that  he  knew  he  was  not  at  his  post ;  no, 
most  likely  he  was  making  love  to  the  schoolmastei-'s  daughter — Miss 
Lovell ! — truer  daughter  of  her  country  than  of  her  tory  father,  the 
Judith  of  our  mythology ;  she  shall  be  remembered  as  the  School- 
master's Daughter  of  the  17th  of  June,  if  the  day  ever  comes  when 
our  history  shall  be  written. 

The  Boston  Town  Records  read  as  follows  : 

"  The  13th  of  the  2d  moneth,  1635.  Att  a  Generall  meeting  upon  publique 
notice ^t  was  then  generally  agreed  upon  that  our  brother  Phile- 
mon Pormort,  shalbe  intreated  to  become  scholemaster,  for  the  teaching 
and  nourtering  of  children  with  us.j3 

This  vote  was  the  beginning  of  the  School  which  has  ever  since 
been  maintained  by  the  town,  and  is  now  known  as  the  Public  Latin 
School. 

Mr.  Pormort  "accepted  the  trust,  and  was  supported  partly  by 
donations  of  liberal  friends  of  education,  and  jDartly  by  the  income 
of  a  tract  of  land  assigned  to  him  at  Muddy  River  "  (Brookline). 

Of  his  powers  as  a  teacher  nothing  whatever  is  known.  The  only 
testimony  that  can  be  considered  direct,  to  jjrove  that  under  his  care 
the  classical  languages  were  taught  in  the  School,  is  the  fact  that  John 
Hull,  who  was  one  of  his  pujjils,  knew  Latin.  It  is  not  a  violent 
inference,  however,  to  suppose  that  they  were — as  his  assistant  and 
successor,  Daniel  Maude,  who  was  perfectly  competent  to  teach  those 
languages,  was  api^ointed  without  any  implication  that  he  was  to 
fulfill  other  duties  than  Mr.  Pormort  had  done. 

Mr.  Dillaway,  our  oldest  surviving  Head  Master,  says :  — 

"  This  being  the  only  jniblic  school  in  the  town  for  about  half  a  centuxy, 
it  is  reasonable  to  infer  that  the  elementar}'  as  well  as  the  higher  bx-anches 
were  taught.  Its  principal  object,  however,  from  its  establishment  to  the 
present  time,  has  been  to  prepare  young  men  for  college.  '  Out  of  small 
beginnings,'  says  Bradford,  '  great  things  liave  been  produced ;  and  as  one 
small  candle  may  light  a  thousand,  so  the  light  here  kindled  hath  shone  to 
many,  yea,  in  some  sort,  to  our  Avhole  nation.'  He  must  have  had  in  his 
mind  the  first  Boston  school,  which  has  been  perpetuated  in  the  present 
Latin  School.  Its  origin  was  simple  and  unpretending;  its  advantages 
as   an   educational   mstitution   in   its    early  days   hardly  to  be  compared 


18  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 

with  those  of  tlie  humblest  country  school  of  the  present  time;  and  yet 
what  a  burning  and  .shining  light  it  has  become  !  For  nearh*  two  and  a  half 
centuries  it  has  been  training  statesmen  whose  wisdom  has  guided  oiu' 
nation.  It  has  given  us  such  men  as  Benjamin  Franklin,  whose  statue 
stands  on  the  spot  where  his  brief  school-days  were  spent ;  Samuel  Adams, 
the  distinguished  patriot,  whose  statue  has  been  recently  erected ;  Cotton 
Mather,  one  of  the  best  scholars  of  his  time ;  Judge  Hutchinson ;  Governor 
Leverett  and  his  gi-andson,  a  President  of  Harvard  College  ;  Wm.  Stoughton, 
Chief  Justice  of  Massachusetts;  James  Bowdoin ;  and  many  others  whose 
eminent  public  sen'ices  are  on  record."  * 

Of  the  age,  birthplace,  character  or  education  of  Mr.  Pormort,  we 
know  nolliing  from  any  documents  we  have  yet  discovered.  On  the 
•28th  of  August,  1634,  he  was  admitted,  witli  Susanna  his  wife,  a 
member  of  the  First  Church. t  In  the  records  of  that  clmrch  we 
find  the  baptism  of  his  son  Lazarus,  March  1st,  1636,  and  of  liis 
daughter  Anna,  April  15th,  1638. 

We  find  Mr.  Pormort's  name  in  connection  with  the  Hutcliinson 
controversy,  the  history  of  which  has  been  published  in  a  form  which 
makes  it  quite  unnecessary  for  us  to  discuss  it  here,t  but  in  no  other 
transactions  of  the  colony,  excepting  those  whicli  related  to  the 
School,  and,  in  one  or  two  instances,  in  the  affairs  of  Muddy  River. 
In  this  celebrated  controversy  he  did  not  sign  any  of  the  earlier 
petitions  or  other  documents  drawn  up  by  Mrs.  Hutchinson's 
adherents;  but  when,  in  1638,  the  Rev.  John  Wheelwright  led  a 
colony  of  her  friends  to  found  the  town  of  Exeter,  N.  H.,  Pormort 
enrolled  himself  among  their  number,  and  his  name  appears 
attached  to  the  document  by  which  they  established  themselves  in 
an  independent  state. 

Without  entering  into  an  investigation  of  the  errors  or  the  blame 
of  the  Hutchinson  controversy,  the  facts  of  the  case,  as  far  as 
Pormort  appears  connected  Avith  them,  seem  to  be  that  he  was  up- 
liolding  with  such  men  as  Vane  and  Wheelwright,  the  rights  of 
conscience  and  religious  liberty,  against  more  absolute  and  formal 
views.  In  his  love  of  that  liberty  ho  pressed  more  deejdy  into  the 
wilderness  which  he  had  vainly  sought  in  his  hope  for  it.  He  had 
constancy  enough,  and  sincerity  enough  of  opinion  to  leave  his  first 


•  Memorial  History  of  Boston.     Article  on  Kilncation,  Vol.  IV.  p.  237. 

t  See  rirst  Cbiinh  Records. 

ILife  of  Mrs.  Hutchinson  in  Vol.  xvi.  of  Spiirks's  Anieriiiin  Riop-ftphy,  l>y  Rev.  Geo. 
E.  Ellis,  D.  D.  (at  the  time  of  writing,  a  member  of  the  Historical  Committee  of  this  Asso- 
ciatioD.) 


HISTORICAL    SKETCH. 


19 


western  home  for  a  wilderness,  though  nothing  but  a  strong  sense  of 
duty  could  have  called  him. 

The  dismission  of  these  colonists,  thus  really  driven  into  exile  by 
the  harshness  of  the  people  of  Boston,  from  the  First  Church  was 
amicable  in  form,  and  is  dated  January  6th,  1638.* 

The  documents  by  which  the  colony  of  Exeter  was  established  are 
dated  October  4th,  I639.t 

Mr.  Pormort's  administration  of  the  Latin  School  was,  therefore, 
probably  about  three  years,  extending  from  April,  1635,  to  the  close 
of  1638.  He  seems  to  have  left  Exeter,  and  gone  to  Wells,  but, 
before  1642,  to  have  returned  to  Boston.  We  find  no  record  of  his 
death. 

In  August,  1636,  a  subscription  was  made  "by  the  richer  inhabi- 
tants,t  toward  the  maintenance  of  a  free  schoolmaster  for  the  youth 
with  us,"  and  Mr.  Daniel  Maude  was  chosen  to  the  office. 


*  1638  6th  of  11  moneth.    This  day  dismissions  granted  to  our  Brethi-en 

Mr.  John  Wheelwright  Philemon  Pormort  George  Baytes 

Richard  Monys  Isaac  Grosse  Thomas  Wardall  and 

Richard  Bulgar  Christopher  Marshall  Willyam  Wardall 

unto  the  Church  of  Christ  at  the  falls  of  Paschataqua  if  they  be  rightly  gathered  and 
ordered.  —  Records  of  First  Church. 
t  See  Belknap's  History  of  New  Hampshire. 

i  See  Second  report  of  the  Record  Commissioners  of  Boston,  p.  160  Note. 
12th  of  the  6th,  August,  1636. 

At  a  general  meeting  of  the  richer  inhabitants  there  was  given  towards  the  maintenance 
of  a  free  school  master  for  the  youth  with  us,  Mr.  Daniel  Maud  being  now  also  chosen 
thereunto : 


The  Governor,  Mr.  Henry  Vane, 

Esq., 
The  Deputy  Governor,  Mr.  John 

Winthrop,  Esq., 
Mr.  Richard  Bellingham, 
Mr.  Wm.  Coddington, 
Mr.  Winthi-op,  Jr., 
Mr.  W"m.  Hutchinson, 
Mr.  Robte.  Keayne 
Mr.  Thomas  Olyvar, 
Thomas  Leveritt, 
William  Coulbourn, 
John  Coggeshall, 
John  Coggan, 
Robte.  Harding, 
John  Newgate, 
Richard  Tuttell, 
Wm.  Aspenall, 
John  Sampford, 
Samuel  Cole, 


William  Balstone, 

x^ 

William  Brenton, 

James  Penne, 

xZ 

Jacob  Ellyott, 

xls 

Nicholis  Willys, 

xxxs 

Raphe  Hudson, 

xxs 

William  Hudson, 

xx« 

William  Peirce, 

xxs 

John  Audley, 

xs 

John  Button, 

xs 

Edward  Bendall, 

VU1« 

Isaac  Grosse, 

xiiis  iuid 

Zakye  Bosworth, 

xxs 

William  Salter, 

xiiis  iiiifi? 

James  Pennyman, 

xs 

■John  Pemberton, 

xs 

John  Bigges, 

viiis 

SamueU  Wilkes, 

viiis 

Mr.  Cotton, 

xs 

Mr.  Wilson, 

vis  8c;? 


vis  8(/ 
vis  %d 


xxs 

iiiis 

vis 

vs 

vs 

iiiis 

iiiis 

vs 

iiis 

iiiis 


20  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCUOOL. 


No  doubt,  many  of  the  subscribers  were  parents  of  Mr,  Maude's 
pupils,  but  as  there  is  no  list  of  our  scholars  in  his  time,  we  can  only 
conjecture  this. 

Mr.  Maude  was  a  Non-Conformist  Puritan  minister,*  who  ar- 
rived from  England  probably  Aug.  17,  1G35.  At  this  time  he  was 
about  fifty  years  old.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Emmanuel  College, 
Cambridge,  wlicre  he  took  his  degree  of  Bachelor  in  1606,  and  of 
Master  in  IGlO.f 

Mr.  Maude  was  admitted  freeman  at  the  general  election.  May 
25,  1636,  the  year  after  his  arrival,  and  on  the  second  of  August  fol- 
lowing Avas  appointed,  as  has  been  mentioned  above,  teacher  in  the 
Latin  School. $  It  is  uncertain  whether  Mr,  Pormort  resigned  his 
office  before  leaving  for  Exeter,  and  was  succeeded  by  Maude ;  or 
whether  the  latter  was  for  a  time  associated  with  him  and  then  his 
successor  ;  or  (as  an  incidental  reference  some  ten  years  after  seems 
to  imply  that  Mr,  Pormort,  who  had  then  returned  to  the  town, 
had  resumed  his  office,  and  was  alone  in  it;,  his  substitute  during 
his  absence.  But,  from  the  phrase  in  the  terms  of  the  subscription, 
"being  now  also  chosen  thereto,"  it  would  seem  that  Maude  at- 
tended to  the  duties  of  this  office,  together  with  Pormort. 

In  1641  the  people  of  Dover,  N.  II.,  petitioned  the  Massachusetts 
government  to  extend  over  them  its  supervision.  The  petition  was 
granted,  and  in  this  connection  it  is  mentioned  by  Johnson, §  that 


Richard  Wrijrlit, 

vi«  yii'ul 

Thomas  Savidgc, 

v« 

Tliomas  ^larshiiU, 

vi«8d 

Edward  Rausforde, 

\s 

AVilliam  Talmagc, 

iiii« 

Edward  Hutchinson, 

1U1< 

Richard  Gridley, 

iiiis 

•Mr,  Maude  had  been  ejected  from  his  charjje  in  Enjrland  on  account  ol"  his  Non-Con- 
formity. Cotton  Mather  places  him,  therefore,  in  his  first  clasgis  of  ministers,  who  had 
been  in  pastoral  duty  before  the  emigration  to  this  country. 

t  Mr.  Savage's  Gleanings.    Collections  of  the  Mass.  Hist.  Soc,  3d  series,  vol.  p. 

At  that  time  subscription  in  the  books  of  the  University  was  not  required — the  requisition 
■which  has  since  kept  so  many  students  from  the  English  Universities,  not  being  made  till 
1016. 

*  At  a  town  meeting  on  "The  17th  of  the  2d  moneth,  1637  •  •  it  is  agreed  •  •  that  Mr. 
DanycU  Mawde,  scholcmastcr,  shall  have  a  garden  plot  next  unto  Stephen  Kinsley's  house 
plott  upon  like  condition  of  building  thereon  if  ncede  bee." 

By  the  Book  of  Possessions  this  lot  is  tlius  described  : 

Daniel  Maud,  his  possession  within  the  limits  of  Boston. 

One  house  and  garden,  bounded  with  Mr.  Bellingham  south  and  west,  Mr.  Cotton  north, 
the  strcctc  east. 

As  laid  down  on  Lamb's  Map  this  location  is  on  the  western  side  of  Tremont  811*661,  not 
far  from  the  present  site  of  the  Suffolk  Savings  Bank. 

§  Edward,  in  his  "  Wonder  Working  Providence  of  Zion's  Saviour  in  New  England." 


HISTOKICAL    SKETCH.  21 


"  it  pleased  God  to  fit  stones  by  the  continual  hearing  of  the  word, 
and  called  to  the  office  of  Pastor  one  Mr.  Maude,  both  godly  and  dili- 
gent in  the  work." 

"Without  any  intimation  to  the  contrary,  we  feel  justified  in  suppos- 
ing that  Maude  continued  in  ofiice  as  our  schoolmaster  until  he 
accepted  this  call  and  removed,  with  his  wife  Mary,  to  Dover  in  the 
end  of  1641,  or  the  beginning  of  1642.  The  influence  of  his  character 
upon  the  church  in  Dover,  where  he  remained  until  his  death  in 
1655,  was  long  felt,  and  most  happy.  Johnson  says  he  was  godly 
and  diligent;  and  Hubbard  that  he  was  a  good  man,  of  serious 
spirit,  and  of  a  quiet  and  jjeaceable  disposition.  We  have  no  other 
notices  of  his  life.     So  far  as  we  can  learn,  he  left  no  children. 

Maude  was  a  member  of  the  same  English  College  as  John  Hai-- 
vard,  who  has  given  the  name  to  our  College  at  Cambridge.  It  is 
interesting  to  learn  that  the  Master  of  the  Latin  School,  and  the 
benefactor  of  the  infant  college  had  this  common  ground  of  sym- 
pathy while  together  here  in  Boston. 

There  is  no  reason  to  suppose  that  the  course  of  instruction  fol- 
lowed by  our  first  two  Masters  differed  much  from  that  pursued  in 
the  English  schools  in  their  time,*  where  the  established  period  of 
school  education  in  the  classics  preparatory  to  the  college  was  about 
seven  or  eight  years. 

A  Master  of  Arts  of  Emmanuel,  his  learning  recommended  Maude 
to  a  place  which  he  filled  well.  It  was  his  good  fortune,  and,  perhaps 
the  credit  of  it  is  to  be  assigned  to  him  rather  than  to  his  predecessor 
or  colleague,  to  engraft  on  the  infant  School  the  learning  and  scholar- 
ship of  the  most  ancient  institutions;  and  while  its  Master,  three 
years  after  its  foundation,  he  saw  the  foundation  of  the  College 
which  gave  the  name  of  his  own  Alma  Mater  to  the  town  where  it 
was  first  planted.  To  that  College  he  sent  its  first  pupils,  and 
secured  for  his  and  our  School  the  noble  reputation  of  being  the 
first  seminary  for  classical  learning  in  our  regions  of  the  "Western 
World. 

The  catalogue  of  Pormort's  and  Maude's  pupils,  if  such  there  ever 
were,  has  been  lost,  and  we  can  probably  never  ascertain  who  of  the 


*  Thomas  Lechforcl,  a  London  lawyer,  (who  had  been  two  years  in  this  country,  and  liad 
returned  dissatisfied  to  London,  probably  because  in  a  hard  ■workinjr  colony  he  had  found 
little  to  do)  the  author  of  "  Plain  Dealing,"  well  known  to  antiquarians  as  a  book  which 
handles  the  colony  harshly  and  unkindly,  wrote  to  Winthrop  in  1640  : 

"  Consider  how  poorly  your  schools  goe  on.      You  must  depend  upon  England  for  help 
of  learned  men  and  schollars,  bookes,  commodities  infinite  almost." 


22  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


early  sons  of  the  colony  belonged  upon  it,  but  as,  during  the  period 
in  which  they  had  charge  of  the  Latin  School,  there  was  no  other 
school  in  Boston,  it  is  probable  that  all  the  Boston  boys  who  graduated 
in  the  earlier  classes  of  Harvard  College  received  their  preparation 
under  them.  Accordingly,  in  the  absence  of  more  definite  informa- 
tion, the  committee  who  prepared  the  first  edition  of  our  Catalogue, 
placed  the  names  of  these  boys  on  their  lists  as  probable  pupils.  To 
those  they  have  given  we  have  added*  a  few  more,  graduates  of  the 
College,  whom  we  have  found  from  the  History  of  the  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company,  were  likewise  Boston  boys. 

The  successor  of  Mr.  Maude  was  Mr.  Woodbridge,  supposed  to 
have  been  the  same  as  the  first  minister  of  Andover,  mentioned  in 
Mather's  Magnalia.  Nothing  more  is  certainly  known  of  hini,t  and 
the  only  reference  we  find  to  him  is  in  the  Boston  Records,  when  at 
a  meeting: 

"  This  2d  of  lOth  mo.,  1644.  Its  ordered  that  the  Constables  shall  pay  un- 
to Deacon  Eliot  for  the  use  of  Mr.  Woodbridge,  eight  pounds  due  to  him 
for  keeping  the  Schoole  the  Last  yeare." 

In,  or  before,  1650  Robert  "WoodmanseyJ  became  "  Scholemaster," 
and  we  find  the  following  in  the  records. 

*  Appendix  A. 

fThc  question  has  been  lately  raised  whether  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  his  brother,  tlie 
first  graduate  of  Ilarvaid  College,  is  not  more  likely  to  have  been  the  teacher ;  but  Mr. 
Sibley,  the  Librarian  of  the  College,  for  many  years  the  editor  of  the  Harvard  Triennial 
Catalogues,  and  compiler  of  the  biographies  of  the  earlier  graduates,  is  of  the  opinion  that 
the  title  "  Mr."  on  the  records  points  to  some  one  other  than  a  mei"c  Bachelor  of  Arts,  who 
would  probably  have  been  called  Sir. 

X  From  the  record  of  a  meeting  on  the  16th  of  1st  month,  51-52,  we  learn  that  Mr.  Wood- 
mansey  lived  in  a  house,  the  property  of  the  town,  which  stood  near  the  school-house,  a 
single  lot  being  between  them,  and  in  giving  permission  for  the  use  of  this  iutcrveuiug  lot, 
the  vote  includes  the  following  reservation ; 

"  alsoe  if  the  towne  shall  see  cause  to  iularg  the  skoolehouse  at  any  time  hereafter,  the 
town  hath  reserved  lii>ertie  soe  to  doe. 

On  the  27th  4 :  53  It  is  ordered  that  fourty  shillings  shall  be  payd  unto  Mr.  Ilobtl 
Woodmancyc  as  part  of  his  repayrcs  of  his  house. 

14:1:  55.    At  a  meeting  of  the  towne  upon  publick  notice. 

Itt  is  ordered  that  the  select  men  shall  have  lil)erty  to  laj'  outt  a  pccce  of  Ground 
outt  of  the  towiies  land,  which  they  give*  to  tlie  building  of  a  house  for  instruction  of  the 
youth  of  the  towne. 

29:  10:  56.  Itt  is  ordered  that  care  bee  taken  to  i)ay  Ilicli.  Cridlcy  for  building  the 
Bchoolc  house  chininy. 

At  a  meeting  31  of  Gth  1657  the  following  vote  is  passed  : 

Mr.  lloltert  Woodmauscy  ia  alowed  to  have  the  rent  due  fix)iii  Leiut.  Uirlmrd  Cook  for 
these  two  yearcs  past. 

*  Undoubtedly  gav«  is  intended. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  23 


11th  1 :  mo :  1650 It  is  also  agreed  on  that  Mr.  Woodmansey,  the 

Schoolmaster  shall  have  fiftye   pounds   per  annum  for  his  teachinge   the 
Schollers,  and  his  proi^oition  to  be  made  up  by  ratte. 

Mr.  "Woodmansey  had  for  an  assistant  Capt.  Daniel  Hinchman  *  or 
Henchman,  of  whom  we  have  given  a  full  account  under  his  name  in 
the  list  of  Ushers. 

Mr.  Woodmansey  f  probably  died  about  1666  or  1667,  since  Benja- 
min Tompson  was  "  made  choice  by  the  select  men  "  26  :  6 :  67  "  for 
to  officiate  in  the  place  of  the  scholemaster  for  one  yeare.  Mr.  Hull 
being  appointed  to  agree,  for  tearmes,  what  to  allow  hime  per 
annum." 

Benjamin  Tompson  was  born  at  Braintree  in  1640,  and  graduated 
at  Harvard  College  in  1662. 

The  first  graduate  of  the  College  who  had  charge  of  the  School,  he 
discharged  his  part  of  the  debt  which  the  younger  owed  to  the  older 
institution  for  the  early  training  of  so  many  of  her  sons.  He  was 
the  earliest  native  epic  poet  of  New  England.  The  epitajDh  on  his 
tomb  stone  in  the  burying-ground  at  Roxbury  calls  him  a  learned 
schoolmaster  and  physician,  and  the  renowned  poet  |  of  New  England. 

This  reference  is  to  the  lot  of  land  previously  mentioned  which  had  been  granted  to 
Richard  Cook  for  a  rent  of  thu'ty  subsequently  reduced  to  twenty  shillings  per  annum. 

30  :  11 :  64 

Itt  is  ordered  that  John  Hull  and  Peter  Oliver  is  to  take  care  about  the  inlardgement  of  the 
Towne  Schoole-house. 

♦  26  :  1 :  66 

Agreed  with  Mr.  Dannell  Hincheman  for  £40.  p.  Annm  to  assisst  Mr.  "Woodmancy  in 
the  grammar  Schoole  &  teach  ChUdere  to  wright,  the  Yeare  to  begine  the  1st  of  March  65-6 

27 :  9 :  1671 

Vpon  the  Motion  of  Capt.  Daniell  Hinksman  for  an  allowance  demanded  for  a  yeares  sal- 
lery  to  him  after  he  left  the  Free  schoole ;  vpon  consideration  whereof,  it  is  agreed  yt  sd 
Hinksman  be  allowed  £10.  over  &  above  his  yeares  sallery  endinge  the  first  of  March  last 
as  a  gratuity  from  the  towne  for  not  havinge  suffitient  warninge  to  prouide  otherwise  for 
him  selfe. 

t  27 :  10 :  69.    A  vote  is  passed 

Mr.  Raynsford  to  giue  notice  to  Mrs.  Woodmansey  that  the  towne  occasions  need  the  vse 
of  the  schoole  house  and  to  desire  her  to  prouide  othei'wise  for  herselfe. 

and  14 :  1 :  1669-70    At  a  publique  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  upon  lawfull  warning 

Vpon  the  request  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Woodmansey  Widdowe  to  prouide  her  a  house  to  line 
in,  if  she  remoueth  from  the  schoole  house,  It  was  granted  to  allowe  her  £8  p.  an  for  that 
end,  dureinge  her  widdowhood." 

X  In  his  History  of  American  Literature  (vol.  ii  p.  21.)  Prof.  Moses  Coit  Tyler  thus 
speaks  of  him  as  a  poet. 

This  poet's  best  vein  is  satire, — his  favorite  organ  being  the  rhymed  pentameter  couplet, 
with  a  flow,  a  vigor,  and  an  edge  obviously  caught  from  the  contemporaneous  verse  of  John 
Drj'den.  He  has  the  partisanship,  the  exaggeration,  the  choleric  injustice,  that  are  common 
in  satire :  and  like  other  satirists,  failing  to  note  the  moral  perspectives  of  history,  he  utters 


24  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


After  three  years  he  was  superseded  by  Ezekiel  Cheever,  tlie 
worthy  Englishman  who  came  to  bring  back  to  the  School  the  worth 
and  associations  of  a  former  generation;  —  tlie  man  whose  name  for 
more  than  a  century  associated  itself  with  the  first  lispings  of  the 
classics  which  our  fathers  attempted  ; — who  for  seventy  years  trained 
the  infant  statesmen  and  scholars  of  the  land.  Of  his  reign  we 
have  memoranda  for  a  fuller  account  than  of  any  of  the  earlier 
epochs  of  our  history. 

Ezekiel  Cheever  was  born  in  London,  Jan.  25,  1G14.  But  little  is 
known  of  his  early  life.*  That  he  was  entered  at  Emmanuel  College, 
Cambridge,  is  shown  by  the  following  entry  on  the  Register  : 

1632-33,  Jan.  12.     Ezekiel  Cheever,  sizar.     Middlesex.! 

over  again  the  stale  and  easy  lie,  wherein  the  past  is  held  up  as  wiser  and  holier  than  the 
present. 

Thou'rh  New  Enj^land  has  had  a  life  hut  little  more  than  fifty  years  lonp:,  the  poet  sees 
within  it  the  tokens  of  a  hurrvinj^  degeneracy,  in  customs,  in  morals,  in  valor,  in  piety.  He 
turns  back  with  reverent  and  eyeless  homage,  to  the  good  old  times  of  the  Founders,  when 
the  people  dwelt 

"  Under  thatch'd  huts,  without  the  cry  of  rent, 
And  the  best  sauce  to  every  dish —  content ;" 

when 

"  Deep-skirted  doublets,  Puritanic  capes. 

Which  now  would  render  men  like  upright  apes 

Was  comlier  wear,  our  wiser  fathers  thought. 

Than  the  cast  fashions  from  all  Europe  brought;" 

when,  at  table, 

"  An  honest  grace  would  hold 
Till  an  hot  pudding  grew  at  heart  a  cold ; 
And  men  had  better  stomachs  at  religion, 
Than  I  to  capon,  turkey,  cock,  or  pigeon ; 
When  honest  sisters  met  to  pray,  not  prate, 
About  their  own,  and  not  their  neighbors'  state ;" 

•  •••*« 

Alas,  those  flawless  times  —  that  never  were  —  those 

*'  Golden  times,  too  fortunate  to  hold, 
Were  quickly  sinned  away  for  love  of  gold  ;" 
and  in  retribution,  Cod  is  sending  upon  New   England  the  wrath  and   anguish   of  the 
Indian  wars. 

"  Not  ink,  l)ut  blood  and  tears  now  serve  the  turn. 
To  draw  the  figure  of  Now  England's  urn." 

•  •  •  •  In  William  IFubliard's  "Indian  Wars,"  is  a  prefatory  poem  signed  "  H.  T." 
that  is  undoubtedly  Tompson's,  and  that  has  some  sprightly  and  chai-actcrislic 
lines.    •  *  • 

•  Mr.  John  T.  Ilassam  of  our  Committee  has  written  a  monograph  on  Exekicl  Ciiecver, 
reprinted  from  the  New  England  Historic  CJenealogical  Uegister,  which  gives  an  exhaustive 
sketch  of  his  life,  character  and  usefulness,  to  which,  and  to  the  life  of  him  by  Henry  Bar- 
nard in  the  Ameiican  Journal  of  Education,  vol.  1,  p.  297,  we  would  refer  for  further 
accounts  of  that  portion  of  his  life  which  was  not  connected  with  our  School. 

t  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  I'roc.  x\.  p.  23. 


HISTORICAL    SKETCH.  2o 


He  came  to  Boston  in  1637.  The  next  spring  he  went  to  New 
Haven,  wliere  he  remained  some  time  as  a  teacher,  and  probably  wrote 
"  The  Accidence,"  an  elementary  work  in  Latin*  which  j^assed 
through  eighteen  editions  before  the  Revolution,  and  is  thought  to 
have  done  "  more  to  inspire  young  minds  with  the  love  of  the  study 
of  the  Latin  language  than  any  other  work  of  the  kind  since  the  first 
settlement  of  the  country."  From  New  Haven  he  removed  in  1650 
to  Ipswich,  thence  in  1661  to  Charlestown,  and  remained  there  about 
nine  years.  From  Charlestown  he  came  over  to  Boston,  and  the 
Boston  Records  thus  chronicle  the  event  :t 

The  22d  10th  mo.  1670,  "  At  a  Meetinge  of  the  honrd:  Gouernr:  Richard 
Belliugham  Esq  Major  Generall  John  Leueret,  Edward  Tynge  Esq  Majes- 
trates  Mr :  John  Mayo,  Mr :  John  Oxenbridge  Mr.  Thomas  Thatcher  &  Mr. 
James  Allen  Elclrs.,  Capt.  Thomas  Lake,  Capt :  James  Olliuer,  Mr.  John 
Richards,  &  John  Joyliffc  Selectmen  of  Bostone.  It  was  ordered  and  agreed 
that  ]Mr  Ezachiell  Cheuers,  Mr  Tomson  &  JMr.  Hinksman  should  1)6  at  the 
Goueriu's.  house  that  day  seauennight  to  treate  with  them  concerninge  the 
free  schoole."  On  the  29th  of  the  same  moutli,  "  At  a  Meetinge  of  the 
honrd.  Gouernr.  Major  Generall  Leveret  Edward  Tynge  Esqr  Majestrates, 
Mr  Mayo  Mr.  John  Oxenbridge  Mr.  James  Allen  Eldrs.  Capt:  Thomas 
Lake  Mr  Hez :  Usher  Capt.  James  Olliver  Mr.  John  Richards  &  Jno 
Joyliffe  Selectmen  It  was  agreed  and  ordered  that  Mr.  Ezechiell  Cheeuers 
sliould  be  called  to,  &  installed  in,  the  Free  schoole  as  head  Master  thereof, 
which  he,  beinge  then  j^resent.  accepted  of :  likewise  that  Mr.  Tompson 
should  be  inuited  to  be  an  assistant  to  Mr.  Cheeuers  in  his  worke  in  the 
schoole  :  weh  Mr.  Tompson  beinge  present,  desired  time  to  consider  of,  &  to 
giue  his  answere ; — And  vpon  the  third  day  of  January,  gaue  his  answere  to 
Major  Generall  Leueret  in  the  negatiue,  he  haueinge  had,  &  accepted  of,  a 
call  to  Charlestowne." 

That  this  answer,  natural  under  the  circumstances,  was  not  al- 
lowed to  operate  to  the  disadvantage  of  Mr.  Tompson,  is  shown  by 
the  following : 

"  Ceilificate.  These  may  Cei'tifie  whome  it  may  Concerne  that  mr  Benia- 
mine  Tomson  Schoolemaster  who  had  the  joynt  Invitatio :  for  to  be  Ysher 
in  the  Grammer  Schule  in  Boston  vpon  the  Last  Thursday  he  then  tooke  time 
for  Consideration  And  having  Recourse  to  me  this  3d  day  of  Januar  to  En- 
forme  me  of  his  having  an  Invitation  to  Charlston,  and  that  he  might  knowe 
whether  I  vnderstood  that  he  was  at  libertie  for  two  Accept  there  without  any 
Cause  of  offence  I  doe  declare  that  I  so  vnderstand  that  his  Acceptance  of 


*  See  Appendix  B.  p.  266.  t  See  Appendix  C. 


any  such  Invitatio :  Cannot  be  any  iust  offence  that  I  knowe  of.  In  testi- 
mony of  the  truth  whereof  I  have  heereto  sett  my  lian«l     .... 

"  John  Leverett." 
{Charlcstoivn  Archives,  xxi.  59.) 

On  the  6th  day  of  11th  mo.  1670-1,  "  At  a  Meetinge  of  the  honrd.  (iouernr. 
]\lajor  Generall  Leueret  Edward  Tynge  Esqr.  ZSIajestrates,  ilr  John  Oxen- 
bridge  iMr  Thomas  Thatcher  Mr  James  Allen  Eldrs,  Capt :  Thomas  Lake 
Capt:  James  Olliuer  Mr  John  Richards  &  John  Joyliffe  selectme[  ]  who 
beinge  met  repaired  to  the  schoole  &  sent  for  Mr  Tomson  who,  when  he 
came,  declared  his  remouall  to  Charlestowne — &  resigned  vp  tlie  posses- 
tion  of  the  schoole  &  schoole  house  to  the  Gouernr :  «feca,  who  deliued  tlie 
key  &  possestion  of  the  schoole  to  IMr.  Ezechiell  Cheeuers  as  the  sole 
Mastr  thereof.  And  it  was  further  agreed  tluit  the  said  Mr.  Cheeuers  should 
be  allowed  sixtie  pounds  p,  an.  for  his  seruice  in  the  schoole,  out  of  the 
towne  rates,  &  rents  that  belonge  to  the  schoole — and  the  possestion  &  vse 
of  ye  schoole  house.'' 

On  the  30th  of  the  same  month,  it  was  "  Ordered  to  Mr.  Benjamin 
Torapson  schoolmaster  ten  pounds  out  of  the  Towne  treasury  beside 
his  yearly  salary  to  be  Ended  the  25th  of  this  January." 

No  picture  of  Mr.  Cheever  is  known  to  be  in  existence,  and  of  liis 
personal  appearance  we  have  no  description,  except  that  he  wore  a 
long  white  beard,  terminating  in  a  point,  and  when  he  stroked  his 
beard  to  the  i)oint,  it  Avas  a  sign  for  tlie  boys  to  stand  clear. 

He  was  about  fifty-six  years  old*  when  he  took  this  School;  but 
living  to  an  advanced  age,  he  trained  here,  during  thirty-seven  years, 
not  a  feAv  of  New  England's  most  distinguished  mcn.f  He  was  the 
first  Master  who  died  while  holding  the  office. 

Some  account  of  his  manner  of  teaching  is  given  in  Mr.  Hassam's 
monograph,  from  the  autobiography  of  the  Rev.  John  Barnard,}:  of 
Marblehead,  one  of  his  pupils,  who  was  born  in  Boston,  Nov.  (3,  1G81, 
and  thus  speaks  of  his  early  days  at  the  Latin  School ; 

In  the  spring  [1689],  of  my  eighth  year  I  was  sent  to  the  grammar-school 
under  the  tuition  of  the  aged,  venei'able,  and  justly  famous  Mr.  Ezekiel 
Cheever.  But  after  a  few  weeks,  an  odd  accident  drove  me  from  the  school. 
There  was  an  oldci-  lad  entered  the  sciiool  the  same  week  with  me  ;  wo  strove 
who  should  outdo ;  and  he  beat  me  by  tlie  help  of  a  brother  in  the  upper 

•At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  of  Boston,  May  29,  1693,  it  was  "  Onlcieil  that  mr 
Ezekell  CLcever  and  the  other  school-muster  shull  he  paiil  quiirtcrlv  ami  tlwit  oiilers  he 
passed  to  the  Tro:i^:iier  for  it  mr  Cheever  siilery  to  he  sixty  pounds  in  niony  anil  that  mr 
Nathaneel  Oliver  l)(e  dischnrj^'ed  from  all  former  Dues  for  the  marish  hired  of  the  Town 
upon  his  payment  of  the  present  (juarlcrs  Kent  to  mr  Cheever." 

t  See  Appendix  D.  X  Copied  from  Coll.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  3U  Scries,  v.  177-213. 


HISTOKICAL   SKETCH.  27 


class,  who  stood  behind  master  with  the  accidence  open  for  hini  to  read  out 
of ;  by  which  means  he  could  recite  his  [  ]  three  and  four  times  in  a 

forenoon,  and  the  same  in  the  afternoon ;  but  I  who  had  no  such  help,  and 
was  obliged  to  commit  all  to  memory,  could  not  keep  pace  with  him ;  so  he 
would  be  always  one  lesson  before  me.  ]My  ambition  could  not  bear  to  be 
outdone,  and  in  such  a  fraudulent  manner,  and  therefore  I  left  the  school. 
About  this  time  arrived  a  dissenting  minister  fi-om  England,  who  opened 
a  pi'ivate  school  for  reading,  wi'iting,  and  Latin.  My  good  father  put  me 
under  his  tuition,  with  whom  I  spent  a  j'ear  and  a  half.  The  gentleman 
receiving  but  little  encouragement,  threw  up  his  school,  and  returned  me  to 
iny  father,  and  again  I  was  sent  to  my  aged  Mr.  Cheever,  who  placed  me 
m  the  loioest  class  ;  but  finding  I  soon  read  through  my  [  ] ,  in  a  few 

weeks  he  advanced  me  to  the  [  ] ,  a^id  the  next  year  made  me  the  head 

of  it. 

Though  my  master  advanced  me,  as  above,  yet  I  was  a  very  naughty  boj^ 
much  given  to  play,  insomuch  that  he  at  length  openly  declared,  '  You  Bar- 
nard, I  know  3'ou  can  do  well  enough  if  you  will ;  but  you  are  so  full  of  play 
that  you  hinder  your  classmates  from  getting  their  lessons ;  and  therefore, 
if  any  of  them  cannot  perform  their  duty,  I  shall  correct  you  for  it.'  One 
unlucky  day,  one  of  my  classmates  did  not  look  into  his  book,  and  therefore 
could  not  say  his  lesson,  though  I  called  ujjon  him  once  and  again  to  mind  his 
hook ;  upon  which  our  master  beat  me.  I  told  master  the  reason  why  he 
could  not  say  his  lesson  was  his  declaring  he  would  beat  me  if  any  of  the 
class  were  wantifig  in  their  duty ;  since  which  this  boy  would  not  look  into 
his  book,  though  I  call  upon  him  to  mind  his  book,  as  the  class  could  wit- 
ness. The  boy  was  pleased  Avith  my  being  corrected,  and  persisted  in  his 
neglect,  for  which  I  was  still  corrected,  and  that  for  several  days.  I  thought, 
in  justice,  I  ought  to  correct  the  boy,  and  compel  him  to  a  better  temper ; 
and,  therefore,  after  school  was  done,  I  went  up  to  him,  and  told  him  I  had 
been  beaten  several  times  for  his  neglect ;  and  since  master  would  not  cor- 
rect him  I  would,  and  I  should  do  so  as  often  as  I  was  corrected  for  him ; 
and  then  drubbed  him  heartily.  The  boy  never  came  to  school  any  more,  and 
so  that  unhappy  affair  ended. 

Though  I  was  often  beaten  for  my  i^lay,  and  my  little  roguish  tricks,  yet  I 
don't  remember  that  I  was  ever  beaten  for  mj'  book  more  than  once  or  l:\vice. 
One  of  these  was  upon  this  occasion.  Master  put  our  class  upon  turning 
^sop's  Fables  into  Latin  verse.  Some  dull  fellows  made  a  shift  to  perfomi 
this  to  acceptance ;  but  I  was  so  much  duller  at  this  exercise,  that  I  could 
make  nothing  of  it ;  for  which  master  corrected  me,  and  this  he  did  two  or 
three  days  going.  I  had  honestly  tried  my  possibles  to  perform  the  task  ; 
but  having  no  poetical  fancy,  nor  then  a  capacity  opened  of  expressing  the 
same  idea  by  a  variation  of  phrases,  though  I  was  perfectly  acquainted  with 
prosody,  I  found  I  could  do  nothing ;  and  therefore  plainly  told  my  master, 
that  I  had  diligently  labored  all  I  could  to  perform  what  he  required,  and 
perceiving  I  had  no  genius  for  it,  I  thought  it  was  in  vain  to  strive  against 
nature  any  longer;  and  he  never  more  required  it  of  me.     Nor  had  I  any- 


thing  of  a  poetical  genius  till  after  I  had  been  attending  College  soiuo  time, 
•when  upon  i-eading  some  of  Mr.  Cowley's  works  I  was  liighly  pleased,  and 
a  new  scene  oi)cni.'!l  before  mc. 

I  roniembor  once,  in  making  a  piece  of  Latin,  my  master  found  fault  with 
the  syntax  of  one  word,  which  was  not  so  used  by  me  lieedlessly,  but 
designedly,  and  therefore  I  told  him  there  was  a  plam  grammar  rule  for  it. 
He  angi-lly  replied,  there  was  no  such  rule.  I  took  tlie  grammar  and 
showed  the  rule  to  him.  Then  he  smilingly  said,  '  Thou  art  a  brave  boy ; 
I  had  forgot  it,'    And  no  wonder ;  for  he  was  then  above  eighty  years  old. 

Ezekiel  Cheever  died  in  Boston,  Aug.  21,  1708,  and  his  death  is 
thus  referred  to  by  Governor  Hutchinson:*  "August  21st,  this  year, 
died  Ezekiel  Cheever,  venerable  not  merely  for  his  great  age,  94, 
but  for  having  been  the  schoolmaster  of  most  of  the  ])rincijK'il  gentle- 
men in  Boston  who  were  then  upon  the  stage.  He  is  not  the  only- 
master  who  kept  his  lamp  longer  lighted  than  otherwise  it  would 
have  been,  by  a  supply  of  oil  from  his  scholars." 

Judge  Scwall  in  his  Diary  t  thus  describes  the  death  of  the  vener- 
able Master: 

Augt.  12  [1708]. — Mr.  Chiever  is  abroad  &  hears  Mr.  Cotton  Mather 
preach ;  This  is  the  last  of  his  going  abroad :  "Was  taken  ver}-  sick  like  to 
die  with  a  Flux.  Augt.  13.  I  go  to  see  him  ;  went  in  with  his  son  Thom:\s 
and  2\Ir.  Lewis.  His  son  sj^ake  to  him,  and  he  knew  him  not.  I  .^pake  to 
him,  and  he  bid  me  speak  again  :  Then  ho  said,  Xov,- 1  know  you,  and  speak- 
ing cheerily  mcnlion'd  my  Name.  I  ask'd  his  Blessing  for  me  &  my  family. 
He  said  I  was  Bless'd,  &  it  could  not  be  Rovers'd.  Yet  at  my  going  away 
He  pray'd  for  a  Blessing  for  me. 

Feriaquinta,  Augt.  19. — I  visited  Mr.  Chiever  again,  just  before  Lecture; 
Thank'd  liim  for  his  Kindness  to  me  and  mine  ;  desired  his  i)rayers  for  me, 
my  family,  Boston,  Salem,  the  Province.  He  recM  me  with  abundance  of 
Affection,  taking  me  by  the  Hand  several  times.  He  said,  The  Afflictions 
of  God's  people,  God  by  them  did  as  a  Goldsmith,  Knock,  knock,  knock ; 
knock,  knock,  knock,  to  finish  the  plate :  It  was  to  perfect  them  not  to 
punish  tliem.     I  went  and  told  !Mr.  Pemberton,  who  preach'd. 

Feria  sexta,  Aug.  20. — I  visited  Mr.  Chiever,  who  was  now  grown  mucli 
weaker,  and  his  Speech  very  low.  He  called.  Daughter  !  \Anu'n  liis  daugliter 
Russel  came  He  askVl  if  tlie  family  wei'o  compos'd.  The}*  ap])rclicndod  Ho 
was  uneasy  because  there  had  not  been  Prayer  that  morn  ;  antl  solicited  mo 
to  Pray;  I  was  loth,  and  advised  tlicm  to  send  for  Mr.  Williams,  as  most 
natural,  liomogeneous  :  They  declin'd  it,  ami  I  went  to  Prayer.  After,  I  told 
him,  the  last  l^nemy  was  Death ;  and  God  halli  made  that  a  friend  too ;  Ho 

•  History  of  !Massncliusett'<,  ii.  100,  note. 

tCollcetious  of  iLo  Mass.  Ilist.  Soc,  5th  scries,  vol.  vi.  pp.  230-231. 


put  his  hand  out  of  the  Bed,  and  held  it  up,  to  signify  his  assent.  Observing 
he  suck'd  a  piece  of  an  Orange,  put  it  orderly  into  his  mouth  and  chew'd  it, 
and  then  took  out  the  core.  After  dinner  I  carried  a  few  of  the  best  Figs  I 
could  get,  and  a  dish  Marmalet.     I  spake  not  to  liini  now. 

Feria  Septima,  Augt.  21. — Mr.  Edward  Oakes  tells  me  Mr.  Chiever  died 
this  last  night.  Note.  He  was  born  January,  25,  1G14.  Came  over  to 
N. -E.  1637.  to  Boston:  To  New -Haven,  1638.  Married  in  the  Fall, 
and  began  to  teach  School :  which  Woi'k  he  was  constant  in  till  now.  First, 
at  New  -  liaven ;  then  at  Ipswich ;  then  at  Chai'lestown ;  then  at  Boston, 
Avhether  he  came  1670.  So  that  he  has  Laboured  in  that  Calling  Skillfully, 
diligently,  constantly.  Religiously,  Seventy  years.  A  rare  Instance  of  Piety, 
Health,  Strength,  Serviceableness.  The  AVellfare  of  the  Pi'ovince  was 
much  upon  his  Spii'it.      He  abominated  Perriwigs. 

Augt.  23,  1708. — Mr.  Chiever  was  buried  from  the  School-house.  The 
Govr,  Councilloi's,  IMinisters,  Justices,  Gentlemen  there.  Mr.  Williams  * 
made  a  handsom  Latin  Oration  in  his  Honour.  Elder  Bridgham,  Copp, 
Jackson,  D3'er,  Griggs,  Hubbard,  &g..  Bearers.  After  the  Funeral,  Elder 
Bridgham,  Mr.  Jackson,  Hubbard,  Dyer.  Tim.  Wadsworth,  Edw.  Procter, 
Griggs,  and  two  more  came  to  me,  and  earnestly  solicited  me  to  speak  to  a 
IDlace  of  Scripture,  at  their  privat  Quarter  -  ^Meeting  in  the  room  of  Mr. 
Chiever.  I  said,  'twas  a  great  Surprise  to  me  ;  pleaded  my  inability  for  want 
of  memory.  Invention.  Said  doubted  not  of  my  ability ;  would  pray  for  me. 
I  pleaded  the  Unsuitableness,  because  I  was  not  of  that  Meeting.  They 
almost  took  a  denial.     But  said  one  would  come  to  me  next  night.  *  *  *  * 

His  funeral  sermon  was  preached  by  his  former  pupil,  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Cotton  Mather,  and  we  give  the  larger  portion  of  it  in  the  Appendix,! 
together  with  a  Poetical  Essay  in  his  memory,  from  the  same  source. 

His  will,  dated  Feb.  16,  1705-6,  written  with  his  own  hand  when 
he  was  91  years  old,  "  in  good  healtli  &  understanding  wonderfull  in 
my  age,"  is  on  file  in  the  Suffolk  Probate  Office.  It  was  offered  for 
probate  Aug.  26,  1708,  by  his  son  Tliomas  Cheever  and  his  daughter 
Susanna  Russell,  his  wife  Ellen  Cheever,  the  other  executrix,  being 
deceased.     His  estate  was  appraised  at  £837 :  19 :  6. 

During  his  time  the  number  of  pupils  had  so  increased,  that  often 
there  were  a  hundred  in  the  School.  As  it  was  difficult  for  a  single 
master  to  instruct  so  many,  it  had  been  customary  for  him  to  employ 
an  assistant  at  his  own  expense,  but,  about  1698,  the  Town  seems  to 
have  recognized  the  need  of  an  assistant,  and  made  provision  for 
supplying  it : 

*'  At  a  Publick  meeting  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Boston,"  March  13,  1699,  it 
was  "Voted,  That  an  assistant  be  Provided  to  be  wth.  mr.  Cheever,  in  the 

*  His  successor  as  Master  of  the  Latin  School.  t  Appendix  E. 


30  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Latine  School — Voted,  farther.  To  be  left  to  the  Selectmen,  to  make  Choice 
of  the  person,  and  to  Treet  wth  him  about  his  Sallary,  making  Report  there- 
of to  the  Town"  May  8,  1699,  "  At  Publick  Town  meeting  of  the  Inhabit- 
ants of  Boston,"  it  "was  Voted  by  sd  Inhabitants,  That  the  Selectmen  shall 
agree  wth  mr.  Ezekiel  Lewis,  for  his  Salary  as  an  assistant  to  his  Grand- 
father mr  Ezekiel  Cheever  in  the  Latine  School,  not  Exceeding  forty  pounds 
p  year."  At  a  meeting  of  the  Selectmen,  Aug.  28,  1699,  "  Psuant  to  a  vote 
of  tlie  Town  May.  S^^-  M*"-  Ezekiel  Lewis  was  agreed  with,  and  admitted  an 
Assistant  to  his  Grandfatlier,  Mr  Ezekiel  Cheever  in  ihe  Latine  free  school,  his 
salary  at  psent  to  be  forty  j)ounds  p  year."* 

At  a  Town  Meeting  held  at  the  Town  House  in  Boston,  April  27,  1703,  it 
was  "  Voted  that  the  Selectmen  do  take  care  to  procure  some  meet  person 
to  be  an  assistant  to  mr  Ezekiell  Chever  in  the  Government  of  the  Lattin 
Schooll  and  to  allow  him  a  Sallery  not  exceeding  forty  five  jjounds  p  annum, 
untill  farther  Order  from  the  Inhabitants  at  some  other  meeting." 

May  13,  1703,  "Sundiy  of  the  ministers  in  this  To\m  haveing  recomended 
mr  Xathll  "Williams  to  be  a  fitt  person  to  be  joyned  wth  mr  Chever  in  the 
Governmtof  the  Lattin  School,  ordered  that  sd  mr.  "Williimis  be  Ti'eated 
with  abt  the  Same."     (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  72.) 

At  a  town  meeting,  June  1,  1703, f  "Upon  a  debate  abt  ye  Settleing  a 
Sallery  upon  an  assiiant  to  mr  Chever  in  the  Governmt  of  ye  Lattin  Sciiool 
Voted  that  the  Same  be  refeiTed  to  the  determination  of  the  next  Town 
meetino-,  &  that  notice  thereof  be  incerted  in  the  wan-ant  for  tlie  calling  such 
meeting." 

At  a  town  meeting,  held  June  25,  1703, f  "The  Town  by  their  vote  do 
declare  their  approbation  of  mr  Nathaniell  Williams  to  be  an  assitat  to  mr 
Ezekiel  Chever  in  Governing  and  Instructing  the  youth  at  the  Lattin  School. 
Voted  that  mr  Nathaniel  Williams  be  allowed  tlie  Sum  of  Eight)'  jjounds 
for  the  year  ensuing  in  case  he  accept  and  perform  the  aforesaid  service. 
And  it  is  left  to  the  Selectmen  to  agree  wth  him  accordingly." 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Selectmen,  July  26  [1703]  "Deacon  John  Marrj-on 
is  desired  to  provide  a  desk  &  seat  in  the  Lattin  School  for  mr  Williams." 
(Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  74.) 

Nov.  29,  1703.  "  Ordered  that  mr  Nathanll  Williams  be  paid  his  Sallery 
as  the  same  doth  become  due  he  haveing  entered  upon  tlie  Service  of  the 
Free  School  the  12th  d.ay  of  July  Last."      (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  80.) 

•  Boston  Town  Records,  ii.  231. 

At  a  town  meetinj,',  March  10,  1701,  it  was  "Voted.  That  the  Request  of  mr  Ezcl 
Lewis  for  an  addition  to  his  Salarj'  be  rcfercd  to  the  Next  Genii  Town  Meetinjj"  (Town 
Record'^,  ii.  239).  At  a  town  meeting,  May  12, 1701,  "  Whereas  Mr  Ezekiell  Lewis  Assist- 
ant to  Mr  Chever  in  the  CJovernment  of  tlic  Lattin  free  school,  hath  represented  unto  the 
Town  that  the  Sum  of  forty  pounds  p  aniiiiin,  is  not  Sutficicnt  for  his  conmfortahle  Subsist- 
ancc.  The  Town  by  their  Vote  have  {^ranted  that  hence  forward  lie  be  Allowed  Forty  five 
pounds  p  aniiuni,  dureiu'^  his  beiujf  continued  in  that  Station"  (Town  Records,  ii.  240). 
The  Selectmen's  Minutes  (i.  21,  37,  60)  contain  orders  for  the  payment  of  his  salary  Nov. 
24,  1701,  March  2,  1701-2,  and  Au-,'.  31,  1702. 

t  Town  Records,  ii.  268. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  31 


Julj^  11,  1704.  The  Town  Clerk  was  ordered  to.  '  Signifie  unto  mr 
Nathaniell  Williams  tlie  Selectmens  desire  that  he  continue  in  his  service 
for  the  Town  at  the  Latten  School,  at  the  same  rate.'  (Selectmen's 
Minutes,  i.  87.) 

At  a  town  meeting  Mar.  12th,  1704-5,  it  was  voted  that  mr  Xathaniell 
"Williams  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  eight}-  pounds  p  annum  for  his  service  at  the 
Latten  School  for  the  year  currant  and  for  the  year  next  ensuing.  (Town 
Records,  ii,  275,  279.) 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Cheever,  Mr.  Nathaniel  Williams,  who 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1693,*  and,  as  we  have  seen,  had 
been  for  some  time  his  assistant,  was  appointed  his  successor.! 

Mr.  Williams  is  supposed  to  have  been  educated  at  our  School, 
and  if  so,  was  the  first  pupil  to  become  its  Master.  He  was  orig- 
inally ordained  as  an  evangelist  for  one  of  the  West  Indian  Islands ; 
but  finding  the  climate  there  unhealthy,  soon  returned  to  Boston. 
During  his  stay  in  the  West  Indies  he  had  studied  medicine,  and 
after  his  return  to  Boston  engaged  in  practice  as  a  physician.  When 
he  took  charge  of  the  Latin  School  his  friends,  who  had  emj^loyed 
him  in  this  capacity,  persuaded  him  not  to  relinquish  this  profes- 
sion. Accordingly  he  continued  to  practice  in  many  families,  and 
after  lie  relinquished  the  charge  of  the  School,  on  account  of  his 
infirmities,  which  he  did  in  1734,  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  days 
in  that  occupation. 

"  He  was  called  the  '  beloved  physician,'  and  was  so  agreeable  in 
his  manners,  that  when  he  entered  the  chambers  of  the  sick,  '  his 
voice  and  countenance  did  good  like  medicine.'  Amidst  the  multi- 
plicity of  his  duties  as  instructor  and  physician,  in  extensive  practice, 
he  never  left  the  ministerial  loorkyt 

During  Mr.  Williams's  mastership,  the  following  important  passages 
occur  in  the  Records  of  the  Town : 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Free  holders  and  other  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of 
Boston  duly  qualified  and  warned  according  to  Law,  bemg  convened  at  the 
Town  House  on  monday  the  19th  of  December  1709  : 

....  That  a  Committee  be  chosen  to  consider  of  the  aflfaires  relateing  to 
the  Gramer  Free  School  of  this  Town,  &  to  make  report  thereof  at  the 
Town  meeting  in  March  next. 

*  Sewall's  Diarj',  iii,  p.  172,  note. 

t  Sept  6,  1708.  "  Ordered  that  mr  Xathll  Williams  be  invited  to  remove  into  ye  House 
where  mr  Cheever  dwelt  &  yt  mr  Minot  &  mr  Powning  do  Speak  wth  him  abt  it,  and  to 
mr  Lewise  abt  Cleering  ye  Sd  House."     (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  166.) 

X  Eliot's  Biography. 


32  PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Voted.  Tluit  the  Town  -will  defray  the  Charge  of  an  Assistant  to  Mr. 
Natiuuill  "Williauis  in  the  Free  School  until  ye  next  Town  meeting  in  march 
next. 

Voted.     That  Seven  i^ersons  be  chosen  to  be  of  ye  Sd  C'onmiiltee. 

Voted.  That  AVaite  "Winthrop  Ksqr,  Samll.  Sewall  Esqr.,  Elisha  Cook 
Es(ir,  Elislia  Hutchinson  Esqr,  Isa  Addington  Esqr,  John  Foster  Esqr,  and 
Mr.  Ezekiel  Lewise  be  ye  sd  Comittee  to  consider  abt  ye  School. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Free  holders  and  other  Inhabitants  of  tlie  Town  of 
Boston  duly  qualified  and  warned  according  to  Law,  being  convened  at  tlie 
Town  House  the  loth  day  of  ^larch  1709-0. 

The  Committee  chosen  by  the  Town  the  19th  of  December  Last, 

to  consider  the  Affaires  relating  to  ye  Free  Grammar  School  of  this  Town, 
haveing  now  made  their  report  imto  ye  Town  as  followeth  vizt. 

Wee  have  discoursed  wth  mr  "NVilliams  the  present  master  of  whos :  quali- 
fications and  fitness  for  tliat  imployment  we  tak :  for  granted  every  body 
must  be  abundantly  Satisfied.  He  expresses  a  good  Inclination  to  the  worke, 
and  his  resolution  intirely  to  devote  him  Selfe,  thereto,  If  tlie  Town  please 
to  Encourage  his  continuance  therein  by  allowing  him  a  competent  Sallary, 
that  he  may  Support  his  family,  and  Granting  him  an  Assistant.  He  is  Veiy 
Sensible  of  the  Advantage  of  the  Assistance  Lately  afforded  him,  both  with 
respect  to  his  health  and  also  as  to  ye  Schollars. 

We  are  of  opinion  the  worke  of  that  School  do's  necessarily  require  the 
Attendance  of  a  master  and  an  Usher,  and  it  seems  Impracticable  for  one 
person  alone,  well  to  Oversee  the  manners  of  So  great  a  number  of  Schollars 
(oft  times  more  then  a  hundred)  to  hear  their  dayly  Exercises,  and  Instinct 
them  to  that  degree  of  profitting,  which  other  Avise  may  be  wtli  an  Assistant. 

We  Recommend  it  to  the  Town  to  Encourage  mr  Williams's  continuance  in 
tlie  School  by  advaneelng  his  Salary  to  the  Sum  of  One-hundred  pounds  p 
Annu,  which  we  thinek  to  bo  a  modest  demand,  and  to  grant  him  the  Assist- 
ance of  an  Usher,  at  the  Towns  charge.  In  which  we  liave  ye  concurrent 
Opinion  and   Advice  of  ye  llevrd  ^Ministers. 

We  further  propose  and  recommend*,  as  of  Great  Service  and  Advantage 
for  the  promoting  of  Diligence  and  good  literature.  That  the  Town  Agree- 
ably to  the  Usage  in  England,  and  (as  we  understand)  in  Some  time  pa.st 
practiced  here.  Do  Nominate  and  Appoint  a  Cert;iin  Number  of  Gentlemen, 
of  Liberal  Education,  Together  with  some  of  ye  Revd  -Ministers  of  tlie  Town 
to  be  Inspectors  of  the  Sd  Sehoole  under  that  name  Title  or  denomination. 
To  Visit  ye  School  from  time  to  time,  when  and  as  Oft,  as  they  shall  thinek 
fit  to  Enforni  thcsmselvcs  of  the  metliodes  used  in  teaching  of  ye  Sciiollars  and 
to  Inquire  of  their  Proficiency,  and  be  present  at  the  iierformance  of  Some  of 
their  Exorcises,  the  blaster  being  before  Notified  of  tlieir  comeing,  And  with 
him  to  consult  and  Advise  of  furtlier  metliods  ftn*  ye  Advancement  of  Learn- 
in""  and  the  Good  Government  of  the  Sehoole. 


•  In  this  rcroiiiiiK'iKlation,  ami  the  subsequent  aoliou  tlicreupon  wc  have  tlic  origin  of 
our  present  Scliool  Couiuiittce. 


J 


And  at  theii-  Sd  Visitation,  One  of  tlie  Ministers  by  turns  to  iway  with  the 
Schollars,  and  Entertain  'em  with  Some  Instructions  of  Piety  Specially 
Adapted  to  their  age  and  Education.  The  Inspectors,  also  with  the  master 
to  Introduce  an  Usher,  upon  such  Salary  as  the  Town  shall  agree  to  grant 
for  his  Service,  all  which  is  submitted  to  Considei'ation. 

Voted.  That  the  Town  will  proceed  to  Consider  the  Said  Report  in  the 
Several  Articles  thereof. 

Voted.  That  Mr.  Nathaniel  Williams's  Salary  be  advanced  to  One  hundred 
Pounds  1)'  Annum  to  Encourage  his  continuanc :  in  the  School. 

Voted.  That  an  Usher  at  the  Town's  Charge  be  allowed  to  Assist  Mv. 
Williams  in  the  Sd  School. 

Voted.  That  the  Town  doth  agree  to  mak  :  choyce  of  Inspector  according 
to  the  aforesaid  jiroposalls. 

Voted.     That  Inspectors  be  chosen  to  Serve  for  one  year  ensuing. 

Voted.     That  live  persons  be  chosen  to  attend  ye  Sd  Service. 

Voted.  That  the  Honble  Waite  Winthrop  Esqr,  Samll  Sewall  Esqr, 
Elisha  Cook  Esqr,  Isaac  Addington  Esqr,  and  Thomas  Brattle  Esqr  are 
desii-ed  to  Attend  the  Sd  Servic  :  as  Inspectors  agreeable  to  the  Sd  proposalls. 

Voted.  That  the  said  Inspectors  are  desired  to  Introduce  an  Usher  into 
ye  Sd  School,  and  to  Agree  with  him  for  a  Recompence  for  his  Service,  not 
Exceeding  Fort}'  pounds  p  Annum. 

Voted.  That  the  Sd  Inspectors  do  agi-ee  wth  mr  Thayer  for  his  past  Ser- 
vice in  that  Worke  &  allow  him  for  ye  Same  not  exceeding  the  aforesaid  Rate 
of  Forty  pounds  p  Annu. 

About  a  year  later  we  find  the  following  on  the  Records  : 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  Free-holders  and  other  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of 
Boston,  duly  qualified  and  Warned  according  to  Law,  being  Convened  at  the 
Town-House  the  12th  day  of  March  1710-11. 

A  Memorial  offered  to  the  Town  at  this  meeting  by  the  Select 

men  being  as  followeth  vizt. 

Whereas  according  to  the  Information  of  Some  of  the  Learned,  Avho  have 
made  Observation  of  the  easie  &  pleasant  Rules  and  Methods  used  in 
Some  Schools  in  Europe,  where  Scollars,  p'haps  within  the  compass  of 
one  year,  have  attained  to  a  Competent  Proficiency  So  as  to  be  able  to  read, 
and  discourse  in  Lattin,  and  of  themselves  caj^able  to  make  Considerable 
progress  therein :  and  that  according  to  the  methodes  used  here  Very  many 
hundreds  of  boyes  in  this  Town,  who  by  their  Parents  were  never  desio-ned 
for  a  more  Liberal  Education,  have  Spent  two,  three,  four  years  or  more  of 
their  more  Early  days  at  the  Lattin  School,  which  hath  proved  of  very  Little, 
or  no  benefit  as  to  their  after  Accomplishmt. 

It  is  therefore  proposed  to  the  Town  that  they  would  Recomend  it  to 
those  Gentlem  whom  they  shall  chuse  as  Inspectors  of  the  Schools,  To- 
gether with  ye  ministers  of  the  Town,  To  Consider  whether  in  this  Town 
(where  the  Free  School  is  maintained  cheifly  by  a  Town  Rate  on  the  Inhab- 
itants) That  Supposeing  the  former  more  Tedious  and  burthensome  methode 


34  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


may  be  thought  the  best  for  such  as  are  designed  for  Schollars  (which  is  by 
Some  questioned).  Yet  for  tlie  Sake  &  benefitt  of  others,  who  usually  are 
the  gi'eater  number  by  far  in  Such  Schools, — Whctlier  it  might  not  be  advise- 
able  tliat  Some  more  easie  and  delightfull  metliodes  be  there  attended  and  put 
in  practice.  And  to  Signifie  to  ye  To^vn  their  thoughts  therein,  in  order  to 
the  Encouragemnt  of  the  same.* 

Voted.  That  the  Said  Memorial  be  So  recomended  to  the  Inspectors  of 
the  School,  and  Ministers  of  the  Town  as  is  therein  Set  forth. 

Mr.  "Williams  lived  for  about  four  years  after  resigning  his  office 
of  Mastcrt  and  died  on  the  15th  of  January,  1738. J 

A  short  sketch  of  his  life  and  character,  which  will  be  found  in  tlie 
Appendix^  was  given  in  the  funeral  sermon  upon  him,  preached  at 
the  South  Church,  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Prince,  the  pastor. 

During  Mr.  Cheever's  mastership  the  increase  of  the  Town  re- 
quired new  schools,  and,  as  early  as  1682,  measures  were  taken  to 
supply  the  need.  In  1711,  soon  after  Mr.  Williams  became  the 
Master  of  our  School,  a  free  Grammar  School  was  established  at  the 
Nortli  End,  of  which  Mr.  Recompense  "Wadsworth  was  chosen  the 
first  Master.  In  1768  Mr.  Samuel  Hunt  Avas  chosen  Master  of  that 
School,  which  subsequently  became  the  Eliot  School,  and  his  trans- 
ference, with  many  of  his  pupils,  to  our  School,  in  1776,  makes  a 
close  connection  between  the  two,  and  justifies  the  few  pages  which 
we  have  given  to  that  School  in  our  Catalogue. 

Among  his  assistants  Mr.  Williams  had  for  a  time  the  celebrated 
Jeremy  Gridley,  Avho  was  succeeded  in  1730  by  Mr.  John  Lovell, 
a  graduate    of    Harvard   College    in    1728.    When    Mr.   Williams 

*  This  paper  is  printed  with  the  spelling  confonncd  to  modern  usage,  in  the  Proceedings 
of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Societj',  x\  :  4,  from  what  is  probably  the  ori^jinul  paper 
presented  by  the  Selectmen,  and  now  in  the  possession  of  the  Overseers  of  the  Poor  of 
Boston,  which  bears  the  heading  "  Proposals  to  the  Inhabitaitts  of  the  Town  of  Boston 
relating  to  the  Grammar  Free  School,"  and  concludes:  "Mar.  10th  1710.  Ordered  by  the 
Selectmen  to  be  laid  before  the  Town." 

t  During  the  period  of  !^^r.  Williams's  mastership  we  find  the  following  entries,  having 
reference  to  our  School,  in  Sewall's  Diary,  vol.  iii : — 

March  8  [1719-20.]  Col.  Fitch  express'd  himself  as  much  prizing  Mr.  Granger's  Accom- 
plishments to  Teach  Writing;  never  such  a  person  in  Boston  before.  Resolves  to  send  his 
son  to  him;  has  told  him  he  will  do  so.  Professes  himself  of  the  Church  of  JCngland. 
As  far  as  I  could  gather,  He  and  Capt.  Noyes  would  l)e  glad  he  might  "f  each  in  the  new 
South-School-housc. 

March  29  [1719-20.]  The  Inspectors  of  the  Grammar  Scliools  met  at  the  Council-Cham- 
ber;  Scwall,  Davenport,  Cooke,  Savage,  and  with  Mr.  Williams  the  MiLstcr,  approvM  of 
Mr.  Benjamin  (Jilison,  Bachclour,  to  l)e  the  U-^hcr  in  School-sti-eet.  Mr.  White  came  in, 
and  ratified  what  we  had  done.    Dr.  Clurk  told  mc  he  was  for  it,  u  little  before  the  Meeting. 

X  See  Appendix  F. 


JOHN    LOVELL 
HEAD  MASTER  1734-1775. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  35 


resigned,  Mr.  Lovell  was  promoted  to  be  Head  Master,  and  for 
"nearly  forty-two  years  discharged  the  duties  of  that  important 
station  with  great  skill  and  fidelity."*  The  list  of  his  pupils  em- 
braces many  of  the  most  illustrious  men  of  the  time.  He  had,  and 
probably  deserved,  a  high  reputation  for  learning ;  but  was  severe 
and  rough,  a  rigid  disciplinarian,  and  thoroughly  feared  by  his 
pupiiS-t  In  the  Harvard  Memorial  Hail  is  his  portrait,  by  his 
pupil  Nathaniel  Smibert,  "  drawn,"  says  Judge  Cranch,  "  while  the 
terrific  impressions  of  the  pedagogue  were  yet  vibrating  on  his 
nerves.  I  found  it  so  perfect  a  likeness  of  my  old  neighbor  that  I 
did  not  wonder  when  my  young  friend  told  me  that  a  sudden  un- 
designed glance    at  it  had  often  made   him  shudder." 

We  have  given  some  anecdotes  of  Mr.  Lovell  under  his  name  in 
the  list  of  Masters,  on  pages  6  and  7  of  the  Catalogue,  and,  therefore, 
will  not  repeat  them.  As  there  stated  he  was  a  rigid  loyalist,  and, 
when  Boston  was  evacuated,  retired  to  Halifax,  and  remained  to  the 
close  of  his  life.  His  son  James,  for  a  long  time  his  assistant,  was 
an  equally  strong  patriot. 

There  is  an  interesting  account  of  the  School  in  Mr.  Lovell's 
time  in  the  following  letters  from  Harrison  Gray  Otis,  Mayor  of 
Boston  in  1829,  1830  and  1831,  who  was  one  of  his  pupils. 

December  17  th,  1844. 
Gentlemen, — I  send  you  as  requested  some  reminiscences  connected  with 
the  old  Latin  School  in  Boston.  I  was  a  pupil — first  of  Master  Lovell,  after- 
wards of  Master  Hunt.  I  perfectly  remember  the  day  I  entered  the  School, 
July,  1773,  being  then  seven  years  and  nine  months  old.  Immediately 
after  the  end  of  Commencement  week,  I  repaired,  accordhig  to  the  rule  pre- 


*  Eliot's  Biograph}'. 

t  "While  these  pages  were  going  through  the  press,  a  gentleman  of  this  city  discovered 
among  some  old  family  papers,  the  following  letter,  which  he  handed  to  the  Committee, 
and  which  we  print,  both  for  the  coincidence  and  because  it  shows  that  the  habit  of  dis- 
paraging teachers  is  not  a  peculiarity  of  the  present  generation,  but  was  among  the  prac- 
tices of  the  past  as  well.    The  writer  was  a  pupil  of  our  Class  of  1757. 

[From  Wm.  Savage  to  Samuel  Savage.] 

Kingston,  Jamaica,  May  2,  1803. 

Mt  Dear  Brother  : — On  the  30th  ultimo  I  was  favored  with  your  very  kind  and  truly 

acceptable  letter  of  14th  March.      What  you  say  of  John  has  relieved  my  mind  of  much 

anxiety.    I  wish  him  to  improve  himself  in  his  own  language  in  pi-eference  to  any  other, 

and  then  learn  French ;  this  language   should  be   acquired   as   early  as  possible 

Do  not  let  him  proceed  from  any  one  given  point  until  he  is  master  of  it,  for  another.  "WTiat 
have  I  lost  by  the  superficial  instruction  at  that  old  rascal  Lovell's  School,  and  that 
puppy  his  son  James 


36  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


scribed  for  candidates  for  admission  to  the  lowest  form,  to  old  Master 
Lovell's  house,  situate  in  School  Street,  nearly  opposite  the  site  of  the  old 
School  House.  I  was  early  on  the  ground,  :inticij)ated  only  by  Mr.  John 
Hubbard,  who  lived  near — it  being  understood  that  the  boys  were  to  take 
their  places  on  the  form  in  the  same  routine  that  they  presented  themselves 
at  the  house.  The  probationary  exercise  was  reading  a  few  verses  in  the 
Bible.  Having  passed  muster  in  this,  I  was  admitted  as  second  boy  on  the 
lowest  form. 

I  attended  school  from  tliat  time  until  April,  177.3,  (the  day  of  Lexington 
battle),  being  tlien  on  tlie  second  form.  Thi'  school  was  divided  into  seven 
classes.  A  separate  bench  or  form  was  aliottcil  to  each,  besides  a  skipping 
form,  appropriated  for  a  few  boys  who  were  intended  to  be  pushed  forward 
one  year  in  advance.  The  books  studied  the  first  year  were  Cheever's 
Accidence,  a  small  Nomenclature  (sic),  and  Corderius'  Colloquies.  The 
second  year,  ^Esop's  Fables,  and  towards  the  close  of  it,  Eutropius  and 
Ward's  Lilly's  Grammar.  The  third  year  Eutropius  and  Grammar  continued, 
and  a  book  commenced  called  Clarke's  Introduction.  In  tlie  foui-tli  year,  tlie 
fourth  form,  as  well  as  the  fifth  and  si.xth,  being  furnished  witli  desks,  com- 
menced "  making  Latin,"  as  tlie  phrase  was,  and  to  the  books  used  by  the 
third  form  Caesar's  Commentaries  wei-e  added.  After  this  were  read  in 
succession  by  the  three  upper  classes,  Tully's  Orations,  the  first  books  of  the 
.^neid,  and  the  highest  classes  dipped  into  Xenophon  and  Homer.  School 
opened  at  7  in  summer  and  8  in  winter,  A.  M.,  and  at  1  P.  IVL  tliroughout 
the  year.  It  was  ended  at  11  A.  ]\1.  and  5  V.  M.,  at  which  hours  tlie  greater 
part  went  to  writing-school  for  an  hour  at  a  time — but  a  portion  remained 
and  took  lessons  in  writing  of  "Master  James,"  son  of  the  Preceptor,  and 
some  young  girls  then  came  in  to  school. 

The  discipline  of  the  School  was  strict  but  not  severe.  The  Master's  — 
Old  Gaffer,  as  we  called  him  —  desk  was  near  the  south-west  corner  of  the 
room ;  Master  James's  desk  was  in  tlie  north-east  comer.  I  remember  to 
have  seen  used  no  other  insti-umeut  of  punishment  but  tlie  ferule  in  blaster 
LovelPs  day.  Gaffer's  ferule  was  a  short,  stubbed,  greasy-looking  article, 
which,  when  not  in  use,  served  him  as  a  stick  of  sugar  candy.  The  lightest 
punishment  was  one  clap,  tlie  severest  four — the  most  usual,  two,  one  on 
each  hand.  The  inflictions  of  the  old  gentleman  were  not  much  dreaded; 
his  ferule  seemed  to  be  a  mere  continuation  of  liis  arm,  of  whidi  the  centre 
of  motion  was  the  shoulder.  It  descended  altogetlier  with  a  whack,  and 
there  was  the  end  of  it,  after  blowing  the  fingers.  But  blaster  Jiunes's 
fashion  of  wielding  his  weapon  was  anotlier  affair.  He  had  a  gymnastic 
stj-le  of  flourishing,  altogether  unitiue  —  a  mode  of  administering  our  experi- 
mentuni  ferules  tliat  was  absolutely  terrific.  He  never  i)unished  in  GalVer's 
presence,  but  whenever  the  old  gentleman  witlulrew,  all  began  to  contem- 
plate the  "day's  disaster,"  and  to  tremble,  not  when  he  "  frown'd,"  for  he 
did  not  frown,  nor  was  ho  an  ill-teniiiered  person,  but  ratlier  smiled  sar- 
donically, as  if  prejiaring  for  a  pugilistic  effort,  and  the  exectition  as  nearly 
resembled  tlie  motion  of  a  flail  in  the  hands  of  an  expert  tlirasher  a^  could 


be  acquired  by  long  practice.  School  broke  up  at  10  A.  M.  on  Thursday, — 
a  relic  of  an  old  custom  to  give  oj)portunity  to  attend  the  "Thursday  lec- 
ture,"—  which  "vvas  I  believe  never  improved  in  mj  day.  School  opened 
with  "  attendamus"  to  a  short  prayer.  It  ended  with  "  deponite  libros." 
The  boys  had  a  recess  of  a  few  minutes  to  go  into  the  yard  —  eiglit  at  a 
time.  No  leave  was  asked  in  words ;  but  there  was  a  short  club  of  a  yard 
in  lengtli  Avhicli  was  caught  up  by  some  boy,  round  Avliom  tliosc  who 
Avislied  to  go  out  clustered,  and  were  drilled  down  to  eight.  The  club  was 
then  held  up  near  Master's  nose,  who  nodded  assent,  Avhen  tlie  eight  van- 
ished club  in  hand.  Upon  their  return  there  was  a  rush  to  seize  the  club 
whicli  was  placed  by  the  door,  and  a  new  consci'iption  of  eight  formed, 
and  so  toiics  q?iolics. 

The  old  Master  was  a  loyalist,  and  admitted,  as  was  said,  to  the  coteries 
of  Gov.  Gage.  Master  James,  on  the  contrary,  was  an  ultra  Avliig.  He 
remained  in  town  after  tlie  siege  commenced,  -was  imprisoned  on  a  charge  of 
corresponding  with  tlie  Americans — carried  oft"  by  the  British  I  think  to 
Halifax,  and  came  back  after  a  long  absence.  I  do  not  remember  his  voca- 
tion during  the  first  year  after  his  return,  but  tliink  he  was  once  returned  to 
Congress.  On  the  accession  of  Genl.  Washington  to  the  Presidency,  he 
received  the  appointment  of  Naval  Officer,  whicli  he  retained  to  the  last.  His 
father  went  oft' with  tlie  British  troops  and  died  abroad. 

On  the  19th  April,  1775,  I  went  to  school  for  the  last  time.  In  the  morning 
about  seven,  Percy's  brigade  was  drawn  up  extending  from  Scollay's  building 
thro'  Tremont  Street  nearly  to  the  bottom  of  the  JMall,  jireparing  to  take 
up  their  mai'ch  for  Lexington.  A  corporal  came  up  to  me  as  I  was  going  to 
school,  and  turned  me  off  to  jjass  down  Court  St.  which  I  did,  and  came  up 
School  St.  to  the  School-house.  It  may  well  be  imagined  that  great  agita- 
tion prevailed,  the  British  line  being  drawn  up  a  few  yards  only  from  the 
School-house  door.  As  I  entered  School  I  heard  the  announcement  of 
"deponite  libros"  and  ran  home  for  fear  of  the  regulars.  Here  ended  my 
connection  with  Mr.  LovelPs  administration  of  the  School.  Soon  aftei'Avards 
I  left  town  and  did  not  return  until  after  the  evacuation  by  the  British  in 
March,  1776.  Then  I  entered  the  same  School  under  Master  Hunt,  Avith  whom 
I  remained  until  I  entered  College  in  1779.  In  regard  to  the  general 
discipline  of  the  School  in  Mr.  Hunt's  time  it  was  much  the  same  as  in  Mv. 
LovelFs,  and  as  to  details  there  are  many  now  on  the  stage  who  can  furnish 
them. 

Another  letter  on  the  files  of  the  Committee  gives  some  additional 
information,  and  is  as  follows : — 

Boston,  18  Dec,  1844. 

My  Dear  Sir:  The  only  Latin  School  (except  the  North  End  School) 
that  I  remember  was  that  which  stood  on  the  site  of  that  which  has  lately 
been  pulled  down,  and  on  which  is  erected  the  Horticultural  building,  now 
being  finished.     I  have  no  remembrance  that  the  exterior  walls  of  tiie  old 


88  PUBLIC   LATI^"   SCHOOL. 


School  were  ever  removed,  but  of  this  am  not  positive.  The  interior  was 
very  much  altered  and  enlarged.  The  old  school-room  occupied  the  entire 
lower  story,  and  there  were  no  chambers  or  partitions.  I  have  no  recollec- 
tion of  au}'  school-liouse  in  the  rear  of  tlie  King's  Chapel,  and  am  confident 
there  was  none.*  The  house  next  adjoining  the  wall  of  the  Chapel  cemeteiy 
east  was  an  ancient  stone  building  of  grotesque  architecture,  which,  when  I 
went  to  school  was  occupied  by  the  British,  or  (I  believe),  German  Genl. 
Haldiman,  who  commanded  under  Gage.  The  same  liouse  afterwards  and, 
probably  within  your  remembrance,  was  owned  and  inhabited  by  Jolin 
Lowell,  Esq.  Xext  easterly  to  this  was  the  house  of  old  Master  Lovell. 
It  was  there  "The  modest  mansion  stood."  The  Chapel  burying  ground 
extended  north  on  Tremont  St.  to  the  line  it  now  occupies,  and  in  the  house 
forming  tlie  north  boundary  liv'd  Doctor  Cannorf  (sic)  the  Rector.  The 
square  east  of  the  Rector's  House,  and  nortli  of  Master  Lovell's  and  Ilaldi- 
man's,  was  county  land  t  occupied  by  the  jail  and  accessible  only  from  Court 
Street.  § 

♦Mr.  Otis  doubtless  meant  there  was  none  within  his  recollection,  as  the  fact  that  the  old 
School-house  was  iu  the  rear  of  King's  Chapel  is  as  well  established  as  the  location  of 
the  Chapel  itself. 

t  Rev.  Henry  Caner,  who  was  inducted  Rector  of  King's  Chapel,  April  11,  1747. 

1  On  a  map  of  this  locality  in  1722,  this  county  laud,  mentioned  by  Mr.  Otis,  is  repre- 
sented as  having  trees  upon  it. 

§  The  entire  square  bounded  by  what  are  now  School,  Tremont,  Court  and  Washington 
Streets,  is  said  by  tradition,  derived  from  Chief  Justice  Sewall,  to  have  been  selected  by 
Isaac  Johnson  (the  husband  of  the  Lady  Arabella)  for  his  lot;  and  furtlier  that  by  his 
desire  he  was  buried  at  the  southwest  end  of  that  lot,  "  which  gave  occasion  for  the  first 
burying-placc  to  be  laid  out  about  his  grave."  That  this  is  a  matter  of  some  doubt,  is  gen- 
erally agreed,  and  it  would  seem  conclusive  from  the  remarks  of  the  Hon.  Robert  C.  Wiu- 
throp,  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  Vol.  xvii.  (1879-SO)  p. 
128,  that  neither  Johnson  nor  his  wife  was  buried  here ;  but  the  burying-place  is  that 
adjoining  the  King's  Chapel.  The  southeast  corner  lot  of  School  Street,  whei-e  the  old 
bookstore  now  is,  was  early  occupied  by  the  house  and  garden  of  Edward  Hutchinson, 
whose  property  extended  a  little  distance  up  the  street;  next  on  this  street  was  Tliomas 
Scottow's  house  aud  garden.  A  part  of  this,  which  is  substantially  the  present  City  Hall 
lot,  he  sold  to  the  Town  in  1645;  on  this  was  built  the  first  School-house.  Our  Master, 
Mr.  Woodmausey,  lived  in  Scottow's  old  house.  Between  the  teacher's  house  aud  the 
School-house,  in  1G.j2,  Richard  Cooke  was  permitted  to  build,  on  payment  of  a  ground  rent, 
which  went  for  the  teacher's  salary.  Interesting  facts  couccruiug  other  early  tenants  aud 
residents  on  this  street  will  bo  found  in  the  Second  Report  of  the  Record  Commissioners, 
p.  75.  Opposite  Iliitcliiuson,  aud  nearly  opposite  the  foot  of  School  Street,  lived  Governor 
Winthrop.  Next  to  Hutchinson,  on  Washington  Street,  called  in  Suffolk  Deeds  (i.  GO) 
•'  the  high  streetc,"  was  the  house  and  garden  of  Maj.  Geu'l  Robert  Sedgwick,  and,  iu 
1645,  an  "ordinary,"  then  in  possession  of  James  I'cn,  a  man  of  high  consideration,  ami  a 
ruling  elder  in  tlio  church.  In  a  court  running  towards  the  present  Court  S<|UBrc,  wliich 
we  suppose  to  be  what  is  now  Williams  Court,  stood  an  old  tenement  occupied  by  n  poor 
woman,  whose  drunkenness  was  the  cause  of  the  "great  fire"  of  1711.  North  of  Gen.  Sedg- 
wick's Wiis  another  house  and  garden,  belonging  to  Valentino  Hill,  and  from  a  building  on 
this  estate  it  is  prol)able  that  the  first  nuuiber  of  the  Hoston  Jfews  Letter  wa>  pul>li8hed  iu 
1704.    North  of  this  lot,  as  wc  learn  from  Suffolk  Deeds  ( i.  60)  was  the  hou&c  of  Philemon 


The  nearest  School  to  the  Latin  School  was  on  the  east  end  of  Scollay's 
building,*  forming  a  part  thereof,  and  since  cut  off  to  open  tlie  communica- 
tion from  Tremont  St.  to  Cornhill.  It  was  a  public  Town  School,  called 
Proctor's  School,  though  in  my  time  kept  by  Master  Carter.  The  boys  of  the 
two  Schools  often  met  in  Tremont  St.  and  dealt  out  their  gibes  in  passing 
each  othei" — for  example  : — 

Carter's  boys  shut  up  in  a  pen 
They  can't  get  out  but  now  and  then; 
And  when  they  get  out  they  dance  about 
For  fear  of  Latin  School  gentlemen. 

There  was  another  public  writing  school  in  [now]  West  Street,  on  land 
now  in  whole,  or  jjart,  being  Amos  Lawrence's  garden.     Mr.  Holbrook  was 


Pormort,  our  first  Master ;  though  we  have  not  found  it  mentioned  in  the  Book  of  Posses- 
sions, it  is  certain  that  he  did  own  land  in  this  immediate  viciuitj'.  Next  was  the  First 
Meeting  House,  which  occupied  the  land  where  Rogers  Building  now  stands.  In  the  rear 
of  this,  and  north  of  Hill,  was  Richard  Truesdale's  house  and  garden,  and  later  here 
resided  Benjamin  Faneuil,  brother  of  Peter.  On  the  corner  lot,  where  Sears  Building  is, 
was  the  house  and  yard  of  John  Leverett.  On  Court  Street,  formerly  Queen  Street,  and 
long  called  Prison  Lane,  next  to  Leverett  was  the  house,  barn  and  yard  of  Richard 
Parker,  which  was  bounded  east  by  the  Market  place  (see  Book  of  Possessions,  Second 
Report  Record  Commissioners,  p.  96).  Where  the  Court  House  now  is  was  the  old  prison, 
behind  which  was  a  garden.  The  prison  itself  was  au  old  building  of  stone,  described  by 
one  of  its  tenants  as  "  the  nearest  resemblance  to  a  hell  upon  earth,"  its  outer  walls  thi'ee 
feet  thick,  its  unglazed  windows  barred  with  iron,  the  proximity  of  which  does  not  seem  to 
have  prevented  the  Latin  School  boys  from  breaking  the  windows  in  the  Chapel,  (see  A 
Vindication,  etc.,  Andi-os  Tracts,  ii.  63),  as  charges  for  repairing  them  are  of  frequent  oc- 
currence on  the  early  books  of  the  Chapel.  Next  to  the  prison  was  a  house  early  occupied 
by  Richard  Tapping,  and  later  by  Critchley,  who  married  the  widow  of  Wm.  Dinely,  to 
whose  heirs  belonged  the  corner  lot,  on  which  in  Gov.  Shirley's  days  was  the  house  of  the 
famous  Boston  merchant,  John  "Wendell.  Adjoining  this,  where  the  Historical  Society's 
building,  and  a  part  of  the  Museum  building  stands,  was  the  house  and  garden  of  Hemy 
Messenger,  a  joiner.  Then  came  the  burying  ground  and  the  King's  Chapel.  The  Chapel 
was  then  a  "  little  wooden  building,  with  three  windows  on  each  side,  and  three  at  the  flat, 
back  of  the  Church.  It  had  a  tower  about  as  high  as  the  present  one,  surmounted  by  a  tall 
mast,  at  whose  top  was  a  weather-cock,  and  half  way  up  a  large  gilt  crown."  (Foote's 
Annals,  p.  205.)  Tremont  Street  was  then  a  quiet  "back  streete  leading  from  Prison 
lane  to  the  almshouse."  (Fifth  Report  Record  Commissioners,  p.  73.)  On  the  west  side 
was  an  orchard,  and  houses  in  which  at  various  times  were  the  residences  of  Cotton,  Oxen- 
bridge,  Maude,  Bellingham,  and  Sir  Henry  Vane.  The  Common  then  extended  nearly  to 
School  Street.  Daniel  Maude  first  lived  on  the  east  side  of  Tremont  Street,  a  little  south  of 
School  Street. 

*  This  school  was  that  mentioned  in  the  Town  Records  (1698-9,  Jan.  30)  as  "  Lately 
Built  in  the  Prison  Lane  on  the  side  of  the  hill.  Over  against  the  Laud  of  Capt.  Samll 
Sewell."  The  hill  was  that  so  long  known  as  Cotton  Hill,  and  the  exact  location  of  the 
School-house  can  easily  be  found  from  the  entry  of  Dec.  20,  1698,  immediately  preceding 
that  just  quoted.  From  the  Second  Report  of  the  Record  Commissioners  (p.  Ill)  we  learn 
it  was  built  in  1683-4,  as  a  free  writing  school ;  John  Cole  was  its  first  master,  and  about 
1700,  Richard  Henchman.  (See  Drake's  Boston,  p.  512.)  Near  it  Gov.  Endicott  seems 
to  have  lived  until  his  death. 


the  teacher.  To  this  school  I  went  in  private."  liour:*  [fi-om  11  A.  M.  and  5 
r.  M.]  to  write  and  cypher.  The  Xoilh  End  jniblic  writing-school  was 
kept  by  Master  Tileston  as  far  baclc  as  I  can  remember. 

As  to  !Mr.  Hinit  I  have  no  reason  to  disparage  his  capacity  as  a  Teacher, 
nor  lus  qualities  as  a  man.    IIc^  and  I  kept  a  most  even  account,  en'or  excepted 
in  one  case  only  on  his  part,  and  we  parted  on  excellent  tcnns.    Any  further 
explanation  shall  be  promptly  afforded,  wlienever  you  favor  me  with  a  call. 
^'(Jry  truly  and  resp'y, 

(Signed)      *  II.  G.  Otis. 

It  was  Lovell's  boys  wlio  ]iad  the  memorable  interview  with  Gene- 
ral Ilaldiniand  to  jirotest  against  the  destruction  of  their  coa.st,  an 
account  of  which  lias  l)een  given  on  page  88  of  tlie  Catalogue,  under 
the  name  of  ,Tonathan  Darby  Robins,  of  our  Class  of  1766,  one  of  the 
participants  in  it.  A  contemporary  account  is  given  in  a  letter  uf 
John  Andrews,*  wliieli  we  insert  here:  — 

Sunday,  Janu.ar}'  29th.  [1775] 
****■■  Shall  close  this  by  giving  you  a  small  anecdote,  relating  to  some 
of  our  Scliool  lads  —  who  as  formerly  in  this  season  improved  the  Co:ist  from 
Sherburn's  hill  down  to  School  street.  General  Ilaldiman  improving  the 
house  that  belongs  to  Old  Cook,  his  servant  took  it  upon  him  to  cut  up  their 
coast  and  fling  ashes  upon  it.  The  lads  made  a  muster,  and  chose  a  commit- 
tee to  wait  upon  the  General,  who  admitted  them,  and  heard  their  comi)laint, 
which  was  coucli'd  in  ver}'  genteel  terms,  complaining  that  their  fathers 
before  'em  had  improved  it  as  a  coast  from  time  inuuemorial,  «&ca.  He 
ordered  his  servant  to  repair  the  damage,  and  acquainted  the  Governor  with 
the  affair,  who  observed  that  it  was  impossil)le  to  beat  the  notion  of  Liberty 
out  of  the  people,  as  it  was  rooted  in  'em  from  their  chihlhood. 

Among  Mr.  Lovell's  assistants  was  Mr.  Nathaniel  Gardner,  wlio 
left  school  in  1735  and  college  in  1739.  He  was  a  fine  scholar,  a 
]»oet,  and  a  wit,  occasionally  a  preacher,  and  ahrai/s  a  merry  com- 
panion. There  is  a  Latin  poem  extant  written  when  ho  was  in  the 
School,  (dated  1754,)  of  some  hundred  verses,  in  which  he  describes 
to  his  friend  Beveridge  the  round  of  duties  in  the  School,  and  the 
books  studied,  of  which  "vve  give  a  specimen  in  the  Appendix. f 

Mr.  .Tames  Lovell  was  assistant  to  jiis  fatlier  for  many  years.  lie 
was  a  stauneh  patriot,  and  delivered  the  first  Oration  in  commemora- 
tion of  the  Boston  Massacre,  in  the  South  Meeting  House.  Ho  Mas 
im]»risoned  in  Boston  Jail  for  his  political  faitli,t  and  subsequently 

•  Letters  of  John  Andrews  to  William  Barrel.    Proceeilin^s  of  tlic  Mussucluisetts  His- 
torical Society,  1864-."}  (.Tuly,  ISfiS.  pp.  316-112),  \>.  398. 
t  See  Appendix  G.  *  Sec  .\p|>ciulix  IL 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH. 


41 


carried  by  the   British   troops  to  Halifax,  where  he  remained  six 
months  before  he  was  exchanged. 

After  Lovell's  departure,  the  School  was  closed  for  a  short  time* 
until,  in  June,  1776,  Samuel  Hunt,  an  old  pupil  of  the  School  and  a 
graduate  of  Harvard  College,  in  1765,  was  transferred  from  the 
Noi'th  to  the  South  Grammar  School,  and  remained  at  its  head  for 
about  thirty  years.f  He  did  not  have,  by  any  means,  an  easy  time. 
Conscientious  and  rigid  in  discipline,  he  was  occasionally  involved  in 
difficulties  with  the  parents  of  his  j^upils,  and  did  not  always  coincide 
with  the  School  Committee.  J  He  had  reason,  too,  to  complain  of  his 
treatment  by  the  town,  which  did  not  carry  out  its  contract.  He 
rightly  supposed  himself  to  have  been  established  in  his  office  for  life. 


*  It  has  generally  been  supposed  that  the  School  remained  closed  until  the  8th  November, 
1776,  and  under  that  impression  the  Latin  School  Association  celebrated  the  centennial 
anniversary  of  the  reopening  of  the  School,  Nov.  8th,  1876,  but  statements  in  papers  of 
Master  Hunt,  recently  recovered,  show  that  pupils  were  admitted  in  October  and  Novem- 
ber, before  November  8th,  which  renders  it  probable  that  the  School  was  opened  earlier. 

t  "  The  Latin  School,  under  Master  William  [an  error  for  Samuel]  Hunt,  was  kept 
in  a  small  square,  biick  building,  which  stood  on  a  lot  opposite  the  present  City  Hall, 
in  School  Street.    *    *    *    * 

"The  Latin  School  was  divided  into  four  classes,  and  the  books  used  were  : — 


FIRST  CLASS. 

Cheever's  Accidence. 

Cordeiy. 

Nomenclator. 

Aesop,  Latin  and  Eng. 

Ward's  Latin  Grammar  or  Eutropius. 


SECOND  CLASS. 

Clarke's  Introduction. 

Ward's  Latin  Grammar. 

Eutropius. 

Selectae  e  Vet.  Test. 

Castalio's  Dialogues. 

Garretson's  Exercises. 


THIRD  CLASS. 
Caesar. 

Tally's  Epist.  or  Offic's. 
Ovid  Metamor. 
Virgil. 

Greek  Grammar. 
Making  Latin  from  King's  Heathen  Gods. 

FOURTH  CLASS. 

Virgil. 

Cicero's  Orations. 

Greek  Testament. 

Horace. 

Homer. 

Gradus  ad  Parnassum. 

Making  Latin  continued. 


"  The  wi-iter  remembers  Master  Hunt  as  a  frequent  visitor  at  Mr.  Bingham's  bookstore. 
The  Committee  removed  him  after  several  years'  service  under  the  new  system,  and  the 
injustice  of  the  removal  was  the  burden  of  his  conversation.  He  taught  private  pupils  sev- 
eral years  after  he  left  the  public  service,  was  a  venerable-looking  man,  and  is  well  repre- 
sented by  his  grand-children,  one  of  whom  has  been  distinguished  as  a  teacher  of  the  same 
School." — Wm.  B.  Fowle,  Memoii-  of  Caleb  Bingham,  in  Amer.  Jour,  of  Educ.  V.  pp.  333 
and  334. 

X  Mr.  Hunt's  "  ideas  of  school  discipline  he  seems  to  have  taken  from  his  predecessor, 
and  he  was  not  unfrequently  '  in  hot  water '  with  the  parents  of  his  pupils  and  with  the 
School  Committee.  It  ought,  however,  injustice  to  be  said  that  in  those  times,  more  than 
in  these,  the  relation  of  teacher  and  pupil  was  quite  apt  to  be  one  of  antagonism." — Ihid. 


42  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


on  a  good  salary,  with  certain  perquisites  and  a  house  to  live  in. 
A  grant  of  money  was  afterwards  substituted  for  his  jterquisites,  but 
later  his  house  was  taken  away  and  no  return  made  to  him. 

After  some  controversy  between  him  and  the  Committee,  he 
resigned  in  1805,  on  a  pension  secured  for  him  by  the  exertions  of 
the  Committee,  and  moved  first  to  Watertown,  and  later  t<»  Kentucky, 
where  he  died.* 

An  interesting  description  of  the  School  in  those  days  is  given  in 
the  following  letter  from  Dr.  James  Jackson,  the  well-known  phy- 
sician, a  ])upil  under  Mr.  Hunt : — 

Dear  Sir, — It  is  about  sixty  years,  since  in  May  or  June,  1785,  I  first 
went  to  the  Latin  School  under  :Miister  Hunt.  It  was  not  in  School  Sti-eet, 
but  in  old  Faneuil  Hall  that  I  first  attended  this  School ;  for  tlie  old  School- 
house  was  undergoing  repairs  that  summer.  Having  just  moved  into  this 
town,  ni}'  tliree  older  brothers  and  myself  were  sent  to  tlie  School  at  an  un- 
usual time  of  the  year,  and  I  was  so  young  that  I  was  not  put  into  any  class 
until  the  regular  period,  July,  when  I  was  placed  in  tlie  first  class,  or  first 
foi-m,  as  we  sometimes  called  it.     Those  were  great  days  for  me;  I  felt 


*  Id  tlie  diary  of  Dr.  Bentley  q£  Salem,  an  usher  in  our  School  from  1776-1778,  occurs  the 
following  entry : — 

"  Oct.  28lh,  1813.  We  have  confirmation  of  the  death  of  my  old  schoolmaster,  Samuel 
Hunt,  Esq.,  aged  seventy -one.  lie  died  Sept.  8,  at  Lexington,  Kentucky.  He  was  for 
many  years  Preceptor  of  the  Grammar  School  in  Boston.  In  1767,  he  succeeded  Master 
PelegWiswall  (who  died  that  year,  aged  eighty-four),  and  he  continued  Preceptor  of  Uic 
North  Grammar  School  till  the  Revolution.  As  Master  John  Lovell  retired  to  Nova 
Scotia,  a  Refugee,  upon  the  evacuation  of  the  town  of  Boston  by  the  British  troops  in 
1776,  Mr.  Hunt  succeeded  him,  and  I  united  with  him  as  an  usher,  as  his  health  obliged 
him  to  journey.  Upon  his  return  and  establishment,  I  went  and  opened  the  North  School 
in  1778,  which  I  afterwards  left,  and  went  to  Cambridge  in  1780.  [Wni.  B.  Fowle,  to  wliora 
we  are  indebted  for  this  extract,  says  :  The  Diary  says  1800,  but  this  is  evidently  a  clericul 
error.    Dr.  Bentley  graduated  in  1777,  and  was  appointed  tutor  in  1780.] 

"  Dr.  Cotton  Mather  tells  us  that  '  Ezekiel  Chcvcr  came  to  Boston,  Jan.  6,  1C70,  and 
remained  thirty-eight  years,  and  died  Aug.  21,  1708,  in  the  ninety-fourth  year  of  his  age.' 
He  was  succeeded  by  Nathaniel  Williams,  who  graduated  at  Cambridge,  N.  E.,  1693.  He 
was  in  the  School  from  1703  to  1734,  having  Mr.  Lovell  as  his  assistant,  and  died  Jan. 
1738,  aged  sixty-three.  Mr.  Lovell  was  placed  at  the  head  of  the  School  when  Mr.  Wil- 
liams resigned  in  1734.  He  was  graduated  in  1728,  became  assistant  in  1730,  and  »\wa  the 
death  of  Mr.  Williams  had  the  direction  of  the  School  till  he  left  Boston  in  March,  1776, 
above  forty-two  years.  Mr.  S.  Hunt  succeeded,  and  continued  till  1804,  thirty-seven  years 
from  his  induction.  He  had  not  the  critical  acumen  of  Chcver,  nor  the  talents  of  the  phy- 
sician and  divine  which  united  with  the  eloquence  and  science  of  Williams,  nor  the  litera- 
ture of  Lovell ;  but  he  was  successful  in  teaching  the  rules  he  adopted,  and  in  preparing 
his  scholars  so  that  they  were  distinguished  by  the  extent  of  their  elementary  knowledge. 
He  was  too  apt  to  complain  when  all  were  obliged  to  sufTer,  iind  alienated  the  nu'n  who 
succeeded  to  his  old  friends  but  had  no  estimate  of  his  worth  or  his  scn.'iccs.  He  was 
ol>liged  to  resign  to  a  man  who  did  not  long  reUiin  the  public  favor." 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  43 


elevated,  and  thence  remember  the  time  very  well.  I  remained  in  the 
School  till  December,  1788,  when  I  removed  from  Boston. 

The  Latin  School  was  then  divided  into  seven  classes,  and  the  pupils  spent 
seven  years  in  it,  usually  entering  it  from  seven  to  nine  yeai's  of  age.  Dm'ing 
this  time,  however,  or  after  arriving  in  the  tliird  class,  I  believe  they  went 
twice  a  week,  half  a  day,  to  an  English  public,  or  private,  school,  where 
they  were  taught  writing  and  arithmetic,  etc. 

The  class  to  which  I  belonged  was  a  large  one,  but  leaving  it  early,  and 
not  remaming  in  town  to  be  conversant  with  my  classmates,  I  have  lost  the 
recollection  of  most  of  them.  Francis  Welch,  Esq.,  is  the  only  one  living 
now  Avhom  I  know.  The  late  Judge  Peter  O.  Thacher  was  of  my  class,  and 
my  great  crony  while  in  it. 

Master  Hunt  was  at  the  head  of  the  School  before,  and  for  many  years 
after,  I  was  in  it.  Mr.  Payson  iirst,  and  afterwards  Mr.  Dingley  (afterwards 
Dr.  Dingley  of  New  York),  were  ushers. 

We  began  our  studies  Avith  Cheever's  Latin  Accidence,  a  book  wliich  I  have 
always  held  in  great  veneration ;  next  came  "quid  agis,"  which  you  will 
know  means  Corderius,  his  dialogues,  if  you  had  the  happiness  to  study  the 
book.  This  book  Avas  made  easy  by  the  English  translation  of  its  short 
sentences,  in  columns  opposite  the  Latin ;  and  I  am  satisfied  that  this  easy 
introduction  to  the  reading  of  a  foreign  language  is  the  most  eligible  mode, 
at  least  for  little  boys.  Several  small  works  followed,  among  which  I  have 
alway  held  in  sweet  remembrance  Erasmus's  Colloquies,  more  especially 
the  Alchemist  and  the  SIiip\vreck.  I  have  never  since  heard  of  a  shipwreck  in 
every  detail  without  brmging  to  mind  this  colloquy,  which  I  must  have  read 
as  early  as  1786  or  '87.  It  is  not  now  in  a  studied  recollection  only,  but 
most  frequently,  that  this  remembrance  of  those  school  days,  of  many  par- 
ticulars in  my  studies,  as  well  as  in  my  sports,  have  come  back  to  me  with 
great  delight. 

In  general,  I  recollect  tliat  we  were  well-drilled  in  the  grammar,  so  called ; 
made  familiar  with  the  inflexions  of  words  and  with  tlie  rules  of  syntax ; 
required  to  be  exact  in  the  pronunciation  of  words,  and  in  the  accent  and 
quantities,  though  not  following  all  the  rules  now  deemed  most  correct; 
and  were  put  early  to  "making  Latin,"  at  first  in  the  easiest  and  simplest 
methods.  The  principle  of  emulation  was  in  high  respect  in  those  days  ;  we 
contended  for  places  at  every  recitation ;  and  I  must  say  that  neither  then, 
nor  in  other  Schools  afterwards,  nor  at  College,  did  I  ever  discover  the  evil 
effects  which  are  ascribed  to  the  influence  of  this  principle  at  the  i:)resent  day 
by  gentlemen  whom  I  respect  very  highly.  They  may  be  right ;  but  I  know 
my  fi-iend  Peter  Thacher  and  I  were  almost  always  next  to  each  other,  and 
were  changing  places  every  day,  and  that  we  were  the  best  of  cronies,  all 
the  time,  in  school  and  out.  The  same  was  true  as  to  others,  under  my  close 
observation,  in  this  and  other  Schools,  and  in  College.  At  least,  generally, 
neither  envy  nor  hatred  was  engendered  between  the  nearest  rivals  ;  but,  on 
the  contrary,  a  sincere  friendship  was  maintained  between  them  in  many 
instances. 


To  these  desultory  remarks  I  wish  to  add  sometliing  respecting  Master 
Hunt.  He  certainly  was  not  well  si)oken  of  among  his  boys,  when  I  was  in 
his  School,  and  if  their  judgments  were  to  be  relied  on,  he  was  not  among 
the  excellent.  But  the  .same  was  true  in  respect  to  most  of  the  school ma.sters 
1  knew  when  a  boy.  It  seemed  to  be  matter  of  course  to  find  fault  witli  the 
Master.  And,  at  College,  the  excellent  Prest.  Willard  w:is  spoken  of  in 
terms  that  were  opprobrious  by  the  pupils  imder  him  ;  so  tliat  it  was  not  till 
my  Junior  year  that  I  discovered  that  he  was  not  a  cold,  au.stere,  heartless 
despot,  but  on  the  other  hand,  a  man  of  great  sensibility,  tnily  tender- 
hearted, a  lover  of  justice,  but  not  given  to  severity.  !Ma.ster  Hunt  was  a 
passionate  man  ;  and  certainly  committed  errors  from  this  cause.  But  tliese 
were  occasional.  In  general  he  was  kind,  and  he  was,  I  think,  greatly  inter- 
ested in  the  welfare  and  improvement  of  his  scholars.  While  I  was  in  his. 
School  he  was  frequently  adopting  temporary  measures  to  excite  an  interest 
in  their  studies  among  his  pupils.  Often  he  would  come  into  school  and 
write  with  chalk  some  Latin  sentence  on  the  wall.  Labor  omnia  vincU,  is 
one  of  the  earliest  of  these  wliich  I  recollect.  At  one  period  he  took  lialf  a 
day  in  each  week  for  a  general  examination.  He  began  with  the  first  chiss, 
going  thro'  the  books  tliey  luul  studied,  and  went  up  to  the  seventh,  the 
hii'hest,  calling  on  each  boy  to  answer  some  question,  to  translate  a  sentence, 
to  parse  a  word,  or  to  scan  a  line.  He  would  always  make  us  repeat  the 
rule  in  syntax  and  in  i)rosody. 

In  this  way  the  earliest  studies  were  recalled  to  the  oldest  scholars,  and  the 
youngest  formed  some  notions  of  the  whole  matter  to  be  studied.  The  School 
was  in  perfect  silence  during  tiiis  time,  and  all  were  accjuiring  some  know- 
ledge. When  the  interest  in  this  plan  began  to  flag  he  dropped  it,  and  so  as 
to  other  temporary  practices.  At  another  period  he  called  on  the  two  highest 
scholars  to  choose  sides,  and  the  wh(jle  School  was  divided  between  them. 
Then  questions  were  put,  as  in  the  other  case,  and  the  contest  was  wliidi  side 
should  give  the  most  correct  answers.  The  interest  attending  these  contests 
was  very  great ;  and  I  do  not  recollect  that  tlicy  ever  gave  rise  to  bickering, 
or  ill-feelings  of  any  sort.  Sometimes  the  old  Master  would  tiike  oci-asion  to 
speak  in  commendation  of  liis  former  pupils;  and  most  especially  of  Harry 
Otis,  as  he  was  not  irri'verently  called  in  those  days,  for  he  was  just  com- 
mencing the  active  business  of  life.  ]Mr.  Otis  had  not  then  shown  that  ho 
was  the  most  elo<iuent  of  popular  orators  in  our  town  :  lie  was  not  yet  at  tlie 
head  of  the  bar,  nor  yet  the  most  prominent  leader  in  our  General  Court  in  a 
high-minded  and  patriotic  party.  But  at  that  day  blaster  Hunt  distinguislied 
him  as  the  first  among  the  scholars  ho  had  educated,  noting  his  industry  and 
accuracy  as  a  student,  as  well  as  the  great  talents  which,  in  his  anticipations, 
destin<Ml  him  to  be  one  of  the  great  men  of  the  land.  We  boys  had  reason  to 
rejoice  in  this  high  and  just  estimate  of  oiu'  venerable  friend  ;  for  when  Mr. 
Otis  became  Major  of  the  Boston  Light  Infantry,  Master  Hunt  gave  us  a  half- 
lioliday  whenever  that  company  "  turned  out,"  in  lionor  of  tlui  Conunander : 
always  endeavoring  by  his  remarks  to  incite  us  to  imitate  the  liero  in  )iis  in- 
dustrv  at  least.     I  make  this  statement  as  creditable  to  the  sagacity  of  Mr, 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  45 


Hunt,  showing  that  he  was  not  a  mere  pedagogue ;  and  of  his  readiness  to 
avail  himself  of  everything  which  would  incite  in  his  pupils  the  love  of  good 
learning. 

You  will  not  doubt,  my  dear  sir,  that  it  is  nearly  sixty  years  since  I  was  at 
our  great  School.  Old  men  tell  long  stories  and  run  into  little  details.  Let 
them  jjass.  I  sat  down  desirous  to  show  you  that  I  remembered  the  School 
Avith  great  pleasure,  and  always  have,  and  I  regret  that  I  did  not  go  through 
its  whole  course  of  studies ;  and  also  desirous  to  do  credit  to  Master  Hunt,  of 
whom,  since  I  arrived  at  years  of  discretion,  I  have  always  thought  well.  I 
think  his  pupils  did  not  do  him  justice,  and  that  some  occasional  sallies  of 
passion  were  remembered  by  them,  while  many  excellent,  daily  services, 
performed  with  a  good  spirit  and  honest  purposes,  were  overlooked. 

I  am,  your  friend  and  servant, 
Pemberton  Square,  JAMES  JACKSON. 

Oct.  4,  1844.  To  Benj.  A.  Gould,  Esq. 

William  Biglow,  who  had  for  some  time  previous  been  a  teacher  in 
Salem,  succeeded  Mr.  Hunt.  Whatever  his  qualifications  as  an  in- 
structor, he  was  no  more  successful  as  a  disciplinarian  than  his  prede- 
cessor. He  is  said  by  those  who  remember  his  government  to  have 
been  harsh  and  severe.  The  boys  rebelled  at  his  rule,  and  resisted 
his  authority.* 

In  his  speech  at  the  dinner  of  the  Boston  Latin  School,  in  1876, 
Ralph  Waldo  Emerson  thus  speaks  of  Mr.  Biglow : — 

When  I  entered  the  Latin  Scliool,  nine  or  ten  years  old,  William  Biglow 
was  master.  The  School-house  was  very  old  and  shabby,  and  it  was  decided 
to  pull  it  down  and  rebuild  it  on  the  same  ground.  In  rebuilding,  the 
scholars  were  removed  to  the  old  wooden  block  on  the  Milldam,t  and  soon 
after  to  a  lot  on  Pemberton  Hill.  You  need  not  seek  for  the  places  for 
you  cannot  find  them.  One  was  where  the  Boston  &  Maine  Depot  now 
stands,  and  the  other  was  where  Scollay's  Building  stood,  now  called 
Tremont  Row. 

The  new  School-house  was  rebuilt  where  the  Parker  House  now  stands. 
In  Mr.  William  Biglow's  reign  the  boys  discovered  his  habit  of  drinking,  and 
one  day  when  he  was  giving  orders  to  the  boys  on  one  side  of  the  School 
there  was  a  sudden  shout  on  the  opposite  side.  He  turned  around  amazed 
to  them,  and  instantly  the  boys  on  the  eastern  side  roared  aloud.  I  have 
never  known  any  rebellion  like  this  in  the  English  Schools  to  surpass  it.  I 
think  the  School  was  immediately  dismissed  and  I  think  Mr.  Biglow  never 
entered  it  again.  I  remember  that  on  the  following  morning  the  prayer  was 
simply  these  words:  "Father,  forgive  them,  for  they  know  not  what  they 
do." 


*  See  Appendix  I  and  J. 

t  Not  the  continuation  of  Beacon  St.,  but  a  region  near  the  present  Haymarket  Sq. 


•46  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Rufus  Dawes,  another  pupil  of  Mr.  Billow,  in  an  article  entitled 
Boyhood  Memories^  in  tlie  Boston  ''  Miscellany,"  for  February,  1843, 
thus  clescri1)es  the  School  of  his  day  : 

The  public  Latin  School  (before  the  days  of  Mr.  Gould,  who  was 

another  Luther  to  these  places),  presented  the  oddest  sight  conceivable. 
What  a  pity  tlie  old  house  could  not  have  been  suffered  to  remain  ;  for  it  was 
the  riaiTow  of  Ilan'ard  University!  There  were  to  be  seen  such  names  as 
"Isaac  Coffin  "  can-ed  on  tlie  forms;  (the  old  admiral  had  been  one  of 
Master  LovePs  scholars),  and  other  pen-knife  memorials  of  generations 
passed  away.  Sir  Isaac  loved  to  talk  about  the  old  school-liouse,  and  lauglied 
heartily  when  I  told  him  that  I  had  the  "  Gradus  "  of  his  boyhood,  orna- 
mented with  his  pen-drawings  of  ships,  the  keepsake  which  he  gave  my 
father  when  he  ran  away  to  join  the  British  navy.  Those  drawings  show- 
that  "the  boy  is  father  of  the  man,"'  and  how  tlie  under-current  of  the  mind 
works  out  the  character,  regardless  of  the  drift  at  the  surface;  for  he 
was  an  excellent  scholar,  and  was  to  have  liad  the  "  first  part"  on  leaving 
.school 

Somewhere  about  1811,  the  public  Latin  School  was  under  the  charge  of 
a  man,  whose  soubriquet  was  "  Sawnej-,"  an  extremelj"  original  and  eccen- 
tric Ciiaracter,  who  lorded  it  over  four  or  five  classes  of  the  most  intractable 
and  turbulent  fellows,  sixty  or  seventy  in  nimiber,  that  ever  met  together 
to  have  Latin  and  Greek  hammered  into  them.  Yet  among  tiiem  were  some 
"  spirits  finely  touched,"  who  were  destined  to  shine  with  "  the  bright, 
paiiicular  stars "  of  the  intellectual  firmament.  I  will  jwint  out  one  of 
them  : — 

It  is  8  o'clock  A.  l<l. :  and  the  thin  gentleman  in  black,  with  a  small,  jointed 
cane  under  his  arm,  his  eyes  deeph'  sunken  in  his  head,  has  asked  that  spirit- 
ual-looking boy  in  blue  nankeen,  who  seems  to  be  about  ten  yeare  old,  to 
"touch  the  bell," — it  was  a  privilege  to  do  this;  and  there  he  stands!  tliat 
boy — whose  image,  more  than  any  others,  is  still  deeply  stam2)cd  upon  my 
mind,  as  I  then  saw  him  and  loved  him,  I  knew  not  wliy,  anil  thought  liiin 
so  angelic  and  remarkable — feeling  toward  him  more  than  a  boy's  emotion, 
as  if  a  new  spring  of  brotherly  afl'ection  had  suddenly  broken  loose  in  my 
heart.  There  is  no  indication  of  turbulence  and  disquiet  about  him ;  but, 
with  a  iKippy  combination  of  energy  and  gentleness,  Iiow  truly  is  he  the  father 
of  the  man  !  lie  lias  touched  the  bell,  and  while  he  Uikes  his  scat  among 
his  fellows,  he  little  dreams  that  in  after-times,  he  will  strike  a  difVerent 
note,  and  call  around  him  a  school  of  the  transcendental  philosophy.  He  is 
Ralph  Waldo  Emeiwon. 

After  a  i)ray(!r,  the  morning  exercises  commence ;  Sawney,  with  the 
jointed  cane  in  his  hand,  prepares  to  hear  the  lessons,  studied  over  night. 
A  boy  has  committed  some  indiscretion,  and  the  ratan,  rushing  through  the 
air,  descends  on  his  shouhlers. 

"  I  wont  be  slnickfor  nothing  .'"  screams  the  urchin. 


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"  Then,  Til  strike  you  for  something,'^  replies  Sawney,  while  the  ratan 
whizzes  again  about  his  ears. 

' '  jVIind  out,  how  you  hit  me  on  the  cheek ! "  exclaims  the  same  fellow, 
at  the  top  of  his  voice. 

"  Do  you  call  that  your  cheek!"  rejoined  Sawney,  imitating  a  malignant 
smile,  and,  at  the  same  time,  cutting  the  boy  in  the  immediate  neighborhood 
of  the  breech,  "then  turn  your  other  one,  you  scamp  !" 

While  this  thrashing,  and  the  altercation  betAveen  the  thrasher  and  the 
thrashed  are  going  on  (and  they  generally  go  together) ,  the  other  side  of  the 
room  yells  out  a  hideous  shout  in  full  chorus,  much  in  the  style  of  the  New 
I  York  milkmen  of  Winnebago  celebrity^ ;  and  while  fi'om  tliis  choir  some  one 
I  performer  more  conspicuous  than  the  rest  is  singled  out  for  a  flogging,  the 
j  other  side,  in  its  tui-n,  screams  like  a  w^ounded  elephant,  or  a  steam-engine. 
}  Thus  for  some  minutes,  Sawney  has  to  travel  baekivard  and  forward, 
j  thrashing  this  side  and  saluted  by  that,  alternatelj^ ;  till  at  last  he  stops  short 
I  in  the  middle  of  the  room  while  the  tumult  stops  shoit  likewise.  "  I'll  tell 
j  you  what  it  is,  my  fine  fellows,"  sa3's  he,  reconnoitiing  the  enemy,  and  peer- 
ing through  his  rough  eyebrows  at  them,  with  mock  ferocity  : 

"  If  you'll  be  good,  I'll  thank  you ! 
If  not,  I'll  spank  you  !" 

He  generally  gave  such  orders  in  rhyme,  and  now  delivers  himself  of  this 
elegant  distich  in  the  queer  sarcastic  manner  so  peculiar  to  himself.  At  this 
the  boys  explode  in  one  simultaneous  burst  of  laughter ;  which  through  the 
successive  stages  of  cachinnation,  titter  and  snuffle,  finally  subsides  beneath 
the  influence  of  ratan. 

The  exercises  are  now  resumed.  "Goon!"  says  Sawney.  "Bangs! 
what  is  an  active  verb  ?  " 

"  An  active  verb,"  replies  Bangs,  "  is  a  verb  which  expresses" 

"  Well !  what  does  an  active  verb  express  ?  " 

Bangs  tvvists  and  turns,  and  looks  imploringly,  first  at  his  right  hand  class- 
mate and  then  at  his  left ;  but  neither  can  prompt  him,  if  he  knows ;  as 
probably  he  does  not. 

"  Well !"  continues  Sawney  switching  the  air  with  his  cane,  "  well,  mut- 
ton-head, what  does  an  active  verb  express?  " 

After  a  little  delay, — "  I'll  tell  you  what  it  expresses,"  he  resumes,  bring- 
ing the  stick  down  upon  the  boy's  haunches  with  decided  emphasis,  "  it 
expresses  an  action  and  necessarily  supposes  an  agent,  (flourishing  the 
cane,  which  descends  again  as  before,)  and  an  object  acted  upon.  As 
castigo  te,  I  chastise  thee :  do  you  understand  now,  hey?" 

"  Yes,  sir  !  yes,  sir  ! "  replies  the  boy,  doing  his  best  to  get  out  of  the  way 
of  the  ratan.     But  Sawney  is  not  disposed  to  let  him  off  so. 

"  Now  tell  me  when  an  active  verb  is  also  called  transitive.''^ 

"  I  don't  know,  sii',"  drawls  Bangs,  doggedly. 

"  Don't  joii  ?  "  follows  Sawney ;  "  then  I'll  inform  you.  An  active  verb 
is  called  tx'ansitive,  when  the  action  passeth  over  (whack,  whack ! )   to  the 


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PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


object.  You  (whack!)  are  the  ohjert.  I  :im  (irhark .' )  tin;  agent.  Now 
take  care  how  you  go  home  and  say  that  I  never  taught  you  anything.  Do 
you  hear?  "  (whack.') 

"  Don't  hit  me  again  on  tlie  car  I''''  shrieks  Bangs,  shaking  liis  head  at  the 
master,  and  doubling  up  his  fists  under  the  form.  But  a  few  more  whacks 
imdouble  tliem  again,  and  reduce  him  to  a  sullen  obedience. 

"  Tlie  class  in  Viri  Romce!  "  exclaims  Sa^NTiey. 

Some  dozen  boys  now  flutter  their  dog-eared  books,  and  prepare  for  their 
customary  hiding. 

♦'  Smith  second,  begin  !  " 

Smith  second  licks  his  lips,  but  not  exactly  as  boys  do  when  they  hear  the 
Governor's  proclamation  for  Thanksgiving  of  a  Sunday  afternoon  in  the 
"meeting-house," — that  annual  death-warrant  to  the  turkeys;  but  he  licks 
his  lips,  nothwitlistanding,  and  begins — 

^'^Ecec  clades — hvc  clades — ''  alas,  he  can  get  no  further. 

"  Well !"  says  Sawney,  "translate;  what  is  the  English  of  A«c  cZ«dc5,  I 
should  like  to  know  ?" 

"  Hoec  clades,^''  resumes  Smitli  second,  "  these  things.''^ 

•'  The  next !"  cries  Sawney,  in  disgust. 

The  next,  knowing  no  bettor  than  the  first,  is  nevertheless  thankful  to 
Smith  second,  for  having  &a.id  something,  and  he  evidently  believes  the  afore- 
said to  be  pretty  good  authority,  for  he  very  promptly  insists  on  his  transla- 
tion, by  repeating  after  him — 

"  Hfjec  clades — these  things.'" 

*'  The  next!"  exclaims  the  master,  restlessly. 

But  they  all  follow  in  the  wake  of  Smith  second,  and  insist  upon  "these 
things  "  to  the  last  one — who  happens  to  be  the  first  and  the  only  one  who 
knows  anything  about  the  lesson. 

"  Ilcec  clades,''''  says  Leveuett,  afterwai-d  the  accomplished  Principal  of 
the  same  School,  "  this  overthrow  " — 

"  Right !  "  exclaims  the  master ;  "go  on  ! " 

"  And  now,"  calls  Sawne}',  the  recitation  having  been  gone  through  with, 
"come  out  here,  you  /i«c  cladcsicUowa  ;  "  and  then  taking  one  after  tlie  other, 
holding  on  to  his  collar,  he  whirls  him  around,  in  a  primitive  kind  of  waltz, 
beating  time  on  the  boy's  back  with  his  cane,  while  he  sings,  "  hiec  clades— 
these  things,'^  to  the  tune  of  Yankee  Doodle.  "  Now  take  your  seats,"  says 
he,  rallier  fatigu('<l  with  the  exerciso  ho  has  heard  and  the  exercise  ho  has 
taken  ;  "  and  if  this  don't  operate.  111  double  tlie  dose."  Then  calling  one  of 
the  boys  aside,  he  sends  him  down  to  "  Richardson's"  for  a  mug  of  "  cider 
and  pearl-ash." 

Refreshed  with  this  accustomed  beverage,  Sawney's  himself  again ;  and 
casting  his  eyes  round  the  room,  he  discovers  some  idle  fellows  trajiping  tiles 
and  securing  tlicni  in  cagfS  cut  in  the  forms,  and  nicely  grated  with  pins. 
The  ratan  is  aiiujug  them  instantly.  The  files  soar  away  to  tlio  ceiling,  and 
Sawney's  imagination  soars  in  company. 


"  I'll  tell  3'ou  what  it  is,"  sings  the  pedagogue  bard : 

"  If  I  see  any  boy  catching  i3ies, 
I'll  whip  him  till  he  cries, 
And  make  the  tears  run  out  of  his  eyes." 

In  the  Virgil  class,  a  translation  (Davidson's)  was  always  handed  round 
for  the  use  of  the  boys,  who  notwithstanding  this  indulgence,  hardly  ever 
took  the  trouble  to  study  more  than  their  respective  sentences ;  for  as  the 
recitation  invariably  commenced  with  the  head  of  the  class,  each  one  could 
calculate  pretty  nearly  which  passage  would  come  to  himself.  A  new  tutor, 
however,  finding  this  out,  one  day  threw  the  class  into  confusion  by  begin- 
nmg  with  the  fag  end.  That  gentleman,  now  a  distinguished  clergyman, 
undertook  in  a  very  i^raiseworthy,  though  then  unpopular  manner,  to  effect 
somewhat  of  a  refoi'm  in  the  School,  so  far  as  he  was  concerned;  and  the 
scenes  that  were  enacted  in  consequence  would  be  almost  incredible  in  these 
days  of  better  order. 

In  the  absence  of  the  principal,  the  discipline  of  the  new  tutor  produced  a 
complete  rebellion.  Not  content  with  disputing  every  inch  of  ground  in  the 
conquest  he  attempted,  they  shot  at  him  with  pop-guns ;  and,  during  the 
recess,  filling  their  pockets  with  stones,  they  hurled  them  about  the  room  till 
the  floor  was  like  the  upper  part  of  a  sea-beach.  One  boy  actually  stepped 
out  on  the  floor,  and  challenged  him  to  a  game  of  fisticuffs.  He  got  a  thrash- 
ing for  it  of  course,  but  it  only  made  matters  worse.  However,  in  a  day  or 
two,  Sawney  returning,  there  was  a  general  dusting  of  jackets,  and  com- 
parative order  was  restored. 

Sometimes,  of  a  warm  summer  afternoon,  nothing  whatever  was  done  in 
school,  and  Sawney  beguiled  the  hour  by  calling  to  his  desk  eveiy  boy  in 
I'otation,  and  questionmg  him  as  to  the  profession  or  occupation  he  intended 
to  pursue  in  after  life.  The  boys,  generally,  made  sport  of  this ;  for  while 
one  would  say  that  he  meant  to  be  a  minister,  and  another  a  lawyer,  most 
of  them  proposed  such  employment  for  their  manhood  as  candle-snuffers  and 
lamplighters ;  and  he  had  always  a  word  of  advice  or  a  joke  for  each,  accord- 
ing to  his  avowed  intention. 

If  the  boj'S  desired  a  half-holiday  on  tlie  occasion  of  a  "  muster"  or  the 
like,  they  had  nothing  more  to  do  than  to  unhang  the  bell-roi^e  and  hide  it 
away,  and  the  vacation  was  the  bribe,  and  the  only  inducement  that  could  be 
brought  to  bear  upon  them,  to  restore  it. 

Before  a  public  examination,  there  was  a  general  preparation  and  cram- 
ming for  the  occasion.  A  very  few  pages  of  the  book  we  were  to  be  exam- 
ined in  were  marked  off  and  regularly  drilled  into  us  day  after  day ;  and  the 
boys  were  so  often  "  taken  up  "  at  a  particular  place  during  the  preparation, 
that  no  one  could  doubt  an  instant  of  the  exact  passage  he  would  be  called  on 
to  show  off  in  before  the  "fathers  of  the  town."  I  very  well  remember 
that  one  boy,  having  been  drilled  pretty  thoroughly  in  the  declining  of 
"  duo,''''  was  inadvertently  called  on  to  decline  "  tres,''''  before  the  assembled 
wisdom.     He  faltered,  looked  toward  Sawney  at  first  completely  dumb- 


50  PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


foundered;  then  in  utter  despair  faltered  out,  *•  Thnfs  not  viy  word,  sirT'' 
The  mistake  was  instantly  corrected,  and  the  boy  did  "duo"'  to  admiration. 
Such,  far  from  being  exaggerated,  are  some  of  my  boyhood  memories  of 
schools  ;  and  were  it  not  for  wearying  the  reader,  (for  how  can  I  be  sure  of 
his  interest?)  I  could  tell  of  even  stranger  things  ;  as  for  instance,  of  nearly 
three  months'  vacation  at  one  time,  while  the  teacher  was  out  of  health,  and 
the  boys,  in  the  mean  time,  frolicked  at  their  will,  their  unconscious  parents 
flattering  themselves  that  all  was  going  on  well.  But  let  it  pass,  with  tlie 
fun  we  had  with  the  old  tailor  who  worked  below,  and  "all  that  sort  of 
thing  I  ■■ — for  it  ended  sadly  in  the  death  and  funeral  of  the  good  and  highly 
intellectual  teacher,  at  whose  obsequies  the  illustrious  Buckmiksteu  ofliciated 
in  the  old  Hancock  House. 

After  about  nine  years,  during  a  large  part  of  which,  as  will  be 
seen  from  the  School  Committee  Records,  he  was  involved  in  more 
or  less  controversy  with  the  board,  Mr.  Biglow  resigned  his  office. 
Some  further  account  of  him  will  be  fouml  under  liis  name  in  the 
list  of  Head-Masters  on  page  8  of  tlie  Catalogue.  The  Committee  then 
determined  to  choose  as  Master  in  his  place  a  young  man  whose  inex- 
perience in  teaching  would  have  a  compensation  in  his  not  being  so 
wedded  to  any  particular  mode  of  discii)line  or  instruction,  as  to  be 
prevented  from  adapting  himself  to  the  requirements  of  the  School. 

The  choice  which  they  made,  on  the  advice  of  President  Kirkland, 
of  Benjamin  Apthorp  Gould,  then  a  member  of  the  senior  class 
at  Harvard  College,  proved  most  fortunate  for  the  School,  which, 
under  him,  regained  public  confidence.  Mr.  Emerson,  in  his  speech 
above  referred  to,  thus  tells  the  manner  in  which  Mr.  Gould  was 
introduced  to  the  School : 

The  School  Committee,  Mr.  Bulfinch,  the  famous  arclutect  who  built  our 
State  House  and  the  Capitol  at  Washington,  JNIr.  Thacher,  Mr.  Wells,  and 
the  rest  of  the  Committee  if  there  were  more,  or  their  friends,  came  to  school 
and  introduced  Mr.  Bcnjamui  Gould  as  the  new  Master.  ]\Ir.  Thacher  ad- 
dressed us,  and  expressed  every  confidence  in  tlio  high  merit  of  Mr.  Gould 
as  a  scholar  and  a  giMitleman,  and  congratulated  the  boys  upon  his  aj)i)oint- 
ment.  As  soon  as  tho  Conmiittce  took  tlicir  hats  and  turned  from  the  door, 
the  boys  began  to  buzz  their  opinions  of  tho  inw  Master  in  low  tones.  Mr. 
Gould  turned  towards  them  and  lifted  his  finger  to  command  silence,  which 
was  instantly  accorded,  and  from  that  moment  he  ruled.  He  was  an  excel- 
lent Master,  and  loved  a  good  scholar  and  waked  his  ambition. 

Mr.  Gould  in  his  first  year  incited  the  boys  to  found  a  .school  libnirj',  which 
was  inunccliiitcly  begun  and  grew  rapidly.  Ho  valued  good  s]>i'aking,  and 
Satunlay  moniing  was  devoted  to  declamation.  Ho  diil  not  forget  his  ])upils 
when  they  entered  college,  but  came  to  s«>o  them  there,  and  especially  if  h(> 
found  that  they  were  losing  ground  in  any  department  of  study.     Mr.  Gould 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  51 


one  day  infonned  the  School  that  there  was  a  rumor  that  the  British  govern- 
ment Avas  going  to  send  a  hostile  fleet  to  Boston  harbor,  and  that  a  gentleman 
had  desired  that  the  boys  of  the  School  should  give  one  day  to  assist  in  throw- 
ing up  defences  on  Noddle's  Island,  and  that  all  who  were  ready  and  willing 
to  go  should  be  at  the  bottom  of  Hanover  sti-eet  the  next  day  at  nine  o'clock, 
when  a  boat  Avould  be  in  waiting  to  cany  them  to  the  island.  The  whole 
school  went.  I  went :  but  I  confess  that  I  can't  remember  a  stroke  of  work 
which  I  or  my  school  fellows  accomplished.  "Whether  the  news  of  this 
action  on  the  j^art  of  the  Latin  School  reached  England  and  decided  their 
government  to  sue  for  peace,  I  have  never  learned. 

The  Honorable  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  also  a  pupil  of  Mr.  Gould, 
in  his  speech*  as  presiding  officer  at  the  dinner  of  the  Latin  School 
Association  in  1877,  speaks  of  him  as  "  the  excellent  and  true-hearted 
Benjamin  Apthorp  Gould,  as  genial  as  he  w^as  gifted,  who  swayed 
even  the  ferule,  which  he  rarely  used,  with  singular  dignity  and 
grace — more  often  patting  the  hand  lovingly  with  it  by  way  of  -warn- 
ing, than  dealing  blows  by  way  of  punishment ;  an  admirable  Head- 
Master,  to  whom  we  were  all  attached.  Of  each  of  these  Masters,! 
indeed,  we  could  say  with  Goldsmith : 

'Yet he  was  kiuJ,  or  if  severe  in  aught. 
The  love  he  bore  to  learning  was  in  fault.'  " 

At  the  dinner  in  1879,  the  Rev.  James  Freeman  Clarke,  D.  D.,  the 
presiding  officer,  thus  spoke  of  his  relations  with  the  School : 

I  am  sure  I  have  every  reason  to  be  grateful  to  the  Latin  School  and  its 
Masters  for  what  they  did  for  me,  for  the  influence  they  have  exerted  on  my 
life.  I  am  sure  the  benefits  of  the  public  school  can  hardly  be  overrated.  I 
was  a  jDoor,  pmiy,  insignificant  child  when  I  went  to  the  Latin  School, 
brought  up  at  home,  knowing  nothing  about  boys ;  but  I  soon  learned  a 
great  deal  about  them.  Good  ]\Iaster  Gould  used  to  flog  us  in  a  noble  way, 
but  it  was  over  veiy  soon.  We  had  to  learn  our  Latin  Grammar,  we  had  to 
commit  it  to  memoiy ;  the  first  year  was  devoted  to  Latin  Grammar.  I  can 
repeat  passages  from  the  Latin  Grammar  which  I  learned  fifty  years  ago, 
and  which  I  have  never  had  occasion  to  use  from  that  day  to  this. 

In  order  that  the  School  might  better  satisfy  the  wants  of  the  com- 
munity, the  School  Committee,  on  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Gould, 
introduced  some  changes  in  the  rules  and  discipline,  which  he  thus 
describes  in  his  article  in  the  Prize  Book,  already  referred  to  : — 

*  The  whole  speech,  which  contains  many  interesting  reminiscences  of  his  school-days 
and  mates,  is  printed  in  the  third  volume  of  Mr.  Winthrop's  Works. 
t  He  had  previously  spoken  of  Dr.  J.  Grcely  Stevenson  and  Dr.  Joseph  Palmer. 


52  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


"  *  *  Among  the  most  important  changes  which  took  place 
was  a  regulation  that  boys  should  be  admitted  but  once  a  year, 
according  to  the  ancient  usage  of  this  School,  to  prevent  thereby 
the  continual  interruption  of  classes ;  that  no  boy  should  be  allowed 
to  be  absent  except  in  case  of  sickness,  or  some  domestic  calamity ; 
that  no  certificate  or  apology  should  in  any  case  be  received  for 
tardviess,  but  that  whoever  should  come  after  the  hour  should  be 
deprived  of  his  seat  for  that  half  day,  and  bring  from  his  parent  or 
guardian  a  satisfactory  excuse  for  absence,  before  he  could  be  again 
admitted  to  his  place.  Tliis  salutary  regulation  was  adopted  from 
a  conviction  that  it  is  better  for  an  individual  to  lose  a  half  day's 
instruction,  than  that  the  School  should  be  interrupted  after  the 
exercises  have  commenced." 

These  and  other  judicious  regulations,  together  with  the  personal 
exertions  and  high-minded  policy  pursued  by  the  School  Committee, 
gradually  restored  the  confidence  of  the  community  to  the  School. 
In  August  of  1814,  thirty  boys  were  admitted ;  in  the  August  fol- 
lowing, fifty ;  and  in  1816,  as  none  were  in  the  mean  time  deemed 
fit  to  enter  college,  the  number  had  so  increased  as  to  render  an 
additional  room  and  assistant  necessary.  The  reading  school  was 
therefore  removed  from  the  middle  story  of  the  scliool-house,  and 
the  room  a])propriated  to  the  use  of  the  Latin  School,  which  had 
hitherto  been  confined  to  the  ujiper  floor.  As  the  number  of  scholars 
continued  to  increase  yearly,  additional  instructors  and  additional 
rooms  were  provided  as  occasion  required. 

In  1828  Mr.  Gould  resigned  to  go  into  business,  and  was  succeeded 
by  his  assistant,  Frederick  P.  Leverctt,  the  author  of  the  Latin  Lex- 
icon bearing  his  name. 

The  Hon.  William  M.  Evarts,  one  of  his  most  distinguished  pupils, 
thus  speaks  of  his  life  in  school  under  him  in  the  speech  which  he 
delivered  at  the  dinner  of  the  Latin  School  Association  in  1876  : — 

My  life  at  school  was  a  very  liai)])y  one.  1  know  nothing::  more  regular, 
more  scholarly,  and,  in  school  days,  more  comi^letoly  Hmiteil  to  learning 
and  reciting  lessons.  Four  times  a  day,  back  and  forth,  I  passed  from  School 
Street  to  Pinckney  Street,  varying  tlie  route  a  little  by  piissuig  tlie  Park  Street 
comer  of  the  Common,  or  going  around  Beacon  Street.  Four  times  a  day, 
every  wt^ek  day,  accompanied  almost  always  down  or  returning  by  one  or 
more  schoolmates ;  and  as  far  as  I  recollect  there  w:us  very  litth'  thought  of 
iiifluenee  over  Uio  scholars,  behind  that  of  instruetion  and  discipline  in  learn- 
ing. I  catinot  recall  any  influence  upon  the  souls  or  morals  that  was  exerted 
by  the  School,  except  by  the  association  of  ingenuous  boys  of  good  social 


or  THE 

VNIVER8/TY 


CHARLES  KNAPP  DILLAWAY. 

HEAD  MASTER   1831-  1836. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  53 


position  and  influence  at  home.  I  should  think  the  School  was  wholly  occu- 
l)ied  with  the  teaching  of  lessons  and  the  hearing  of  them,  and  with  instruc- 
tion in  composition  and  in  declamation.  We  have  had  in  this  country  some 
schools  that  have  brought  to  bear  upon  the  children  committed  to  them  more 
of  that  high  and  impoilant  and  enduring  influence, — what  we  all  associate 
with  the  name  of  "  Arnold  "  in  England.  No  doubt  a  school  like  the  Latin 
School,  where  the  boys  all  live  at  home,  and  where  every  influence,  moral  and 
religious,  is  secured  to  them,  precisely  that  kind  of  influence  and  authority 
that  I  have  referred  to  is  not  expected,  and  may  not  be  imparted ;  but  from 
what  I  have  heard  said  here  to-night,  I  imagine  tliat  since  my  time  there 
has  perhaps  been  more  of  that  influence  on  the  part  of  ISIasters  over  the 
scholars  than  during  my  period.  There  was  not  very  much  need  of  punish- 
ment, and  I  don't  think  i^unishment  was  administered  when  it  was  not  needed 
during  my  experience  with  the  School.         ****** 

As  for  the  service  of  education,  I  suppose  there  Avill  always  be  a  contro- 
versy whether  discipline  or  acquisition  is  the  principal  object.  To  my  mind 
it  has  always  been  clear  that  discipline  was  the  main  object  of  education. 
As  I  have  felt  in  my  own  experience  as  a  scholar,  and  have  always  endeav- 
ored to  teach  my  boys,  that  if  a  young  person  can  be  taught  well  what  they 
don't  Avish  to  do  at  all,  then  you  may  trust  them  to  do  pleasant  and  easy 
things  that  they  prefer ;  and  if  they  lose  this  as  a  fimdamental  discipline  in 
those  school  days,  there  is  no  hard  discipline,  even  in  I'eal  life,  that  can 
repair  the  mischief  that  they  have  suff'ered.  It  would  seem  to  me,  therefore, 
that  discipline  we  had  at  the  Latin  School.  I  certainly  Avas  taught  to  say  in 
the  most  perfect  manner  the  longest  list  of  Latin  names  and  prepositions  that 
I  didn't  wish  to  learn  at  all,  became  intimately  acquainted  in  their  Avhole  ped- 
igree and  relation  with  large  nouns  and  words  that  I  never  expected  to  meet 
in  my  subsequent  life  at  all ;  but  ha^-ing  learned  that,  I  could  learn  other 
things  very  easily.  Xow  the  first  thought,  as  it  seems  to  me,  of  so  many 
graceful  seminaries  for  girls  and  boys  is,  that  the  teachers  not  only  do  the 
teaching,  but  do  the  learning  as  well.  I  never  could  see  any  good  reason  for 
making  so  many  Latin  grammars.  I  Avish  my  boys  could  have  such  a  gram- 
mar as  I  did,  and  if  they  learned  it  as  Avell  as  I  did,  they  would  have  learned 
a  great  deal  more  towards  the  mystery  of  Latin  than  from  the  improper 
insti-uction  in  the  large  grammars  that  they  noAv  have. 

Mr.  Leverett  resigned  in  1831  to  take  charge  of  a  private  school, 
and  was  succeeded  by  Charles  K.  Dillaway,  a  i^upil  of  the  School  in 
1818,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  1825,  and  from  1827  Usher  or 
Sub-Master  in  the  School.  Under  him,  as  Avill  be  seen  by  the  Cata- 
logue, the  number  of  pupils  increased,  large  accommodations  Avere 
required,  the  standard  of  the  School  was  maintained,  and  more 
graduates  were  sent  to  college. 

Mr.  Dillaway  still  lives  in  a  ripe  old  age,  held  in  Avarm  esteem  b}' 
the  generations  of  the  School,  both  the  few  survivors  of  his  pupils, 


64  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


and  those  who  have  Bucceeded  to  their  places.  He  is,  and  has  been 
since  1860,  the  president  of  the  Latin  School  Association. 

In  1830,  on  account  of  ill-health,  he  resigne<l  and  was  succeeded  by 
Mr.  Leverett,  who  however  died  soon  after  his  reappointment,  and 
before  assuming  the  office. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Leverett,  Epes  Sargent  Dixwell,  a  pupil 
of  the  School  in  1816,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  1827,  and 
for  a  year  Sub-Master  of  the  School,  was  appointed  his  successor, 
and  held  the  office  until  1851,  when  he  resigned,  and  established  a 
private  school. 

Possessing  the  respect  and  love  of  his  pupils,  not  a  few  of  whom, 
like  those  of  his  predecessor  John  Lovell,  have  occupied,  or  still  hold, 
with  honor  and  dignity,  positions  of  influence  in  church  and  state,  he 
is  passing  the  closing  yer.rs  of  a  rich  and  rij)ened  manhood  in  the 
neighboring  city  of  Cambridge ;  frequently  visiting  the  scene  of  his 
early  labors,  and  ready  with  voice  and  pen  (as  will  be  seen  by  the  ode 
in  the  Appendix*)  to  contribute  to  the  ]»rosperity,  the  honor,  and 
the  success  of  the  School. 

As  we  have  let  the  pupils  of  previous  Masters  testify  to  their 
recollections  of  the  School,  so  we  will  let  one  of  his,  who  has 
since  acquired  a  distinguished  position  and  a  high  reputation  as  an 
educator. 

At  the  first  dinner  of  the  Latin  School  Association,  President  Eliot 
said : — 

The  present  School  Committee  would  not  suffer  Master  Lovell  to  teach 
school  in  liis  fashion  one  session.  AVe  would  not  :uiy  of  us  send  om-  boys  to 
tlie  Latin  School  of  sixty  years  ago,  if  it  could  be  restored  to  School  Street. 
*  *  *  *  I  don't  pretend  to  liave  been  happy  in  the  School,  in  tlio  work 
of  the  School,  as  I  think  boys  should  bo  liai^py  in  the  work  of  their  .school, 
and  as  I  think  and  know  tliat  boys  now  are  happy  in  tlie  work  of  ;i  good 
many  schools. 

*  *  *  I  will  mention  two  reasons  why  we  may  stand  by  tJiis  School 
imder  all  circumstances  to  help  and  jjerpetuate.  Tlie  sti'ongest  feeling  is  a 
gi'cat  admiration  and  profound  respect  for  tlie  purpose  of  tlio  School,  of 
training  Ijoys  in  more  liberal  ways,  beyond  the  narrow  limit  of  immediate 
utility,  and  of  giving  them  knowledge  of  studies  wliich  shorti'u  and  elieer 
human  life.     It  is  the  })ur])os»)  of  the  Seliool  wliirli  raises  it  in  our  eyes. 

*  *  *  *  Ajid  then  tiiero  is  anotlier  strong  feeling  wliicli  comes  to  my 
mind  whenever  the  Boston  Latin  Seliool  is  named.     I  mean  the  sentiment 


Appendix  i). 


EPES  SARGENT   DIXWELL. 

HEAD  MASTER   1836-1851. 


of  intense  local  aflfeetion  and  pride.  We  all  of  us  love  this  good  city  of 
Boston.  *******  \Yq  know  in  this  old  town  of  Boston,  which 
grew  up  about  meeting-houses  and  school-houses,  about  some  fort-crowned 
liills  and  a  public  Common, — that  it  is  the  character  of  its  people  that 
has  determined  its  industries,  and  not  its  industries  that  have  determined 
the  character  of  its  people.  Well,  now,  such  an  institution  as  this  Latin 
School  of  ours,  so  high  in  pui-pose,  so  imremitting  in  its  work,  has  a  pro- 
found effect  in  moulduig  and  determining  the  character  of  this  jjeople. 
And,  therefore,  it  is  because  we  love  Boston  that  we  desire  to  see  this 
School  live  and  thrive,  beax'ing  the  same  honored  name,  having  the  same 
high  ijm-pose,  and  maintaining  its  origmal  organization. 

Mr.  Dixwell  was  succeeded  by  Francis  Gardner,  a  pupil  of  the 
Latin  School  in  1822,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  1831,  and 
from  that  time  to  the  day  of  his  death,  wdth  the  exception  of  one  year 
spent  in  Europe,  a  teacher  in  the  School.  To  describe  Dr.*  Gardner, 
or  what  he  did,  to  a  Latin  School  boy  of  the  present  or  last  genera- 
tion, is  a  work  of  supererogation.  No  man  was  better  known  in  Bos- 
ton. His  class-mate,  Wendell  Phillips,  says,  "  He  was,  from  mere 
boyhood  and  life  long,  eminently  a  just  man,  only  claiming  fair-play, 
and  more  than  willing  to  allow  it  to  others.  I  never  knew  the  time, 
even  in  his  boyhood,  when  he  did  not  detest  or  depise  a  sham." 


One  of  his  pupils  thus  writes  concerning  him  : — 


This  great  Master,  whatever  else  he  lacked,  had  character,  not  of  the  fine- 
lined,  sentimental  kind,  cut  and  polished  as  a  well-proportioned  statue,  but 
in  bulk,  a  massive  bulwark  pi'otestmg  against  all  cant,  superciliousness  and 
untruth.  All  who  came  under  liis  instruction  during  his  more  than  forty 
years'  connection  with  the  School  will  testify  to  this,  when  they  remember  his 
devotion  to  ti'uth  in  language  and  manner,  which,  if  it  seemed  crade  and 
austere  m  its  simplicity,  never  deceived  any  man  as  to  its  intent,  and  was  an 
ever-biding  lesson  to  all  under  him  of  a  man  terribly  in  earnest,  who  be- 
lieved m  duty. 

He  died  January  10,  1876.  At  a  memorial  service  held  by  the 
Latin  School  Association,  Prof.  William  R.  Dimmock,  one  of  his 
pupils,  and  subsequently  a  teacher  under  him,  gave  an  address,  since 
published  by  the  Association,  graphically  delineating  his  character 
and  enumerating  his  services  to  the  School,  from  which  the  following 
extracts  are  taken : — 

This  was  the  uneventful  life  of  Dr.  Gardner:  his  daily  coui'se  in  and 
out  of  the  same  house  for  more  than  thirty  years,  at  the  same  School  for 

*  He  received  the  degree  of  LL.D.  from  Williams  College  in  1866. 


56  PUBLIC    LATIN"    SCHOOL. 


forty-three;  the  regular  hours,  till  age  began,  at  tlie  g^-ranasium,  ar.J  !.;u"ly 
ill  Ilia  life  the  daily  walk  to  Koxbury  Neck ;  the  only  relaxation  loo^^^^-  in 
at  the  book-stores  in  seurcli  of  somclliingtliat  he  might  use  in  his  work  ;  and, 
at  one  period  of  his  life,  groping  among  the  piles  of  books  at  the  Public 
Library ;  a  simple,  quiet  life,  that  many  men  might  pass,  and  yet  leave 
nothing  distinctive  in  their  record. 

....  In  Latin  he  was  a  profound  student liis  work  in  teaching 

\o.y  largely  tlu'ough  the  medium  of  Latm ;  and  hence  to  Latin  his  best  work 
was  given.  But  no  one  could  hear  him  conduct  a  recitation  in  Homer  with- 
out seeing  how  minute  was  his  knowledge,  and  how  careful  had  been  his 

study  of  Greek I  have  never  met    any  one   who  had   studied  the 

grammar  of  the  (Fi'ench)  language  .so  extensively  and  so  thoroughly 

lie  liad  studied  both  German  and  Italian  sufficiently  for  such  uses  as  he  had 

in  view And  how  well  he  knew  the  English  language His 

acquaintance  with  history  was  large  ....  He  eagerly  read  anything 
upon  tlie  subject  of  his  profession,  and  was  always  ready  to  welcome  the 
thoughts  of  any  man  of  real  expei'ience  or  knowledge His  knowl- 
edge was  exact  and  always  ready  for  use He  always  studied  sub- 
jects  

Tliat  iron  frame  and  those  immense  powers  gave  him  gi'eat  capabilities 
for  work,  for  he  never  used  them  to  fatigue.     No  ordinary  toil  or  care  could 

weary  him Tlujrough  and  systematic  in  instruction,  he  trained  his 

pupils  to  good  habits  of  study,  to  mentid  accuracy,  and  solid  foundations  of 
learning. 

....  The  great  object  tliat  he  aimed  at  in  his  instructions  was  that  the 
boys  in  their  classical  work  should  learn  Latin  and  Greek,  and  not  merely 

to  translate  certain  selections  from  the  languages He  had  a  ceitain 

gi-im  humor,  and  an  odd  quaintness  of  expression,  that  were  very  effective 
in  his  dealings  with  the  boys,  and  often  very  amusing,  as  his  favorite 
phrases,  terse  commentaries  and  keen  sarcasm,  were  repeated  and  passed 
through  the  School. 

At  the  time  of  his  last  illness  Dr.  Gardner  was  granted  by  the 
School  Committee  a  leave  of  absence,  which  expired  tlie  very  day  of 
ills  deatli.  lie  was  thus  the  iirst  Head  Master  to  die  in  office  since 
the  death  of  E/.ekiel  Cheever. 

From  Dr.  Dimmock's  address  and  from  the  recollections  of  his 
pupils,  a  most  valuable  biography  of  Dr.  Gardner  might  be  })re|>ared. 
Our  limits  forbid  us  to  make  any  such  attempt.  It  must  not  be 
thought,  however,  that  all  his  pupils  admired  him.  A  man  of  such 
decided  character  necessarily  had  enemies  as  well  as  friends,  and  all 
who  came  under  his  instruction  wouhl  not  paint  him  in  colors  so 
glowing  as  those  Dr.  Diminock  has  used.  It  is  well  to  liave  liad 
that,  so  creditable,  side  of  bis  character,  so  strongly  presented.     It 


FRANCIS   GARDNER. 

HEAD  MASTER  1851-1876. 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH.  57 


may  be  well  not  to  attempt  to  present  a  reverse  side.*  Those  who 
Avere  pupils  under  him,  however,  will  be  glad  to  have  preserved  the 
half  humorous,  half  serious  sketch  embodied  in  the  poem  delivered 


*The  following  communication  appeared  in  a  Boston  newspaper,  soon  after  the  deliveiy 
of  Dr.  Dimmock's  address : 

EEMINISCENCES  OF  FRANCIS  GARDNER. 

To  the  Editors  of  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser: 

I  think  many  of  Dr.  Gai-dner's  pupils  will  agree  with  me  that  there  has  been  much 
indiscriminate  eulogy  of  that  worthy  man.  lutegritj'  of  purpose,  devotion  to  work,  a 
manliness  (which  saved  him  from  petty  meanness,  but  not  from  irascible  wrong  headed- 
ness,)  good  sense  and  sound  moralitj',  most  pupils  will  credit  him  with.  He  was  a  capital 
drill-sergeant,  had  the  whole  routine  of  the  school  work  at  his  fingers'  ends,  his  athletic 
build  inspired  a  wholesome  awe,  and  if  his  severity  at  times  excited  hatred,  I  think  there 
were  few  scholars  in  my  time,  which  lay  in  the  first  half  of  this  century,  Avho  did  not  feel 
that  under  "Old  Gardner's"  rough  exterior  there  was  a  kindly  heart.  I  have  heard  dif- 
ferent accounts  from  a  later  generation,  which,  if  true,  indicate  a  willful  perversity  of  dis- 
position quite  unworthy  of  him. 

His  time  being  occupied  in  the  round  of  lessons  and  recitations,  he  naturally  took  but 
little  notice  of  his  pupils  individually,  and  rarely  had  any  advice  adapted  to  special  needs. 
He  was  decidedly  unjust  in  his  estimate  of  the  motives  of  certain  boys,  and  actually  dis- 
couraged some  who  meant  well.  But  this  arose  from  want  of  insight  into  varieties  of 
character.  Occasionally  a  cheering  word  would  come  out.  I  remember  his  saying  frankly 
to  one  boy,  Avho  was  not  by  any  means  up  to  the  required  standard  in  "Andrews  and  Stod- 
dard," "You  understand  principles  if  you  don't  know  rules,"  which,  considering  the  sanc- 
tity of  the  i-ules,  was  almost  a  profanity,  and  might  Lave  had  demoralizing  consequences, 
but  I  think  did  not.  Possibly  his  best  boj's  may  have  had  particular  attention  from  him. 
Dr.  Dimmock  seems  to  have  drawn  an  inspiration  from  him  in  which  few  others  shared. 

His  dress  was  negligent  and  his  manners  and  language  homeh'.  He  affected  a  cei-tain 
Yankeeism  of  speech,  and  I  remember  distinctly  his  pooh-poohing  the  fashionable  distinction 
between  the  words  "  ride  "  and  "  drive,"  and  defending  the  expressions  "  your  folks"  and 
"  his  folks."  The  question  which  all  boys  ask,  "  What  is  the  use  of  Latin  and  Greek  ?  "  he 
met  with  "  The  wisdom  of  our  ancestors."  His  manner  of  making  the  prayer  with  which 
School  opened  was  not  specially  reverent ;  but  misconduct  at  prayer-time  was  one  of  the 
worst  offences,  involving  special  communication  with  parents  and  the  most  serious  conse- 
quences. One  particular  chapter  in  the  Bible  was  read  by  him  more  frequently  than  any 
other,  whether  from  preference  or  because  the  book  opened  there  I  never  knew ;  and  the 
text  which  speaks  of  the  "  abomination  of  desolation  standing  in  the  place  where  it  ought 
not "  always  recalls  him  to  my  memory.  He  had  a  stock  of  catch-words  and  phrases, 
which  he  brought  up  froni  time  to  time  and  gave  them  accumulated  significance  by  repeti- 
tion. The  story  of  "Eyes  and  no  eyes,"  and  of  the  old  man  who  first  threw  grass  and 
then  stones,  did  excellent  duty.  Sometimes  all  regular  work  was  suspended  for  general 
discussion.  He  had  some  theory  about  this  and  justified  the  practice.  But  occasionally 
he  was  artfully  drawn  into  it  by  designing  youths,  who  enjoyed  the  relaxation,  and  a  whole 
morning  would  be  consumed  in  talk.  He  was  not  always  magnanimous  to  opponents,  and 
having  invited  a  free  expression  of  opinion  he  would  censure  those  who  differed  from  him 
pretty  sharply,  and  suggest  that  their  moral  and  spiritual  condition  could  be  none  of  the 
best,  if  such  were  their  views. 

Of  his  scholarship  I  do  not  pretend  to  judge.  I  can  only  say  that  if  he  had  anj'  enthu- 
siasm for  learning  he  did  not  make  us  feel  it.     He  gave  us  few  glimpses  of  the  attractions 


58  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL 


by  another  of  his  pupils  at  tlie  dinner  of  the  Latin  School  Associa- 
tion •whic'li  we  have  j)lace(;l  in  the  Aj>pentlix.* 

Dr.  Gardner  was  Master  of  the  School  during  tlie  years  of  the 
Rebellion,  and  many  of  his  pupils  went  to  do  gallant  service  under 
their  country's  flag,  but  a  statement  of  the  relations  of  the  School  to 
the  army  may  well  be  deferred  to  a  later  portion  of  this  sketch. 

Augustine  Milton  Gay,  a  graduate  of  Anihorst  College  in  1850,  one 
of  the  Masters  of  the  School,  was  made  Head  Master  in  June,  1876  ; 
but  he  was  taken  ill  soon  after  the  close  of  the  summer  vacation,  and 
could  only  attend  to  his  work  for  a  short  time  each  day  until  Novem- 
ber, when  he  died  suddenly. 

For  the  next  six  months  the  School  was  under  the  charge  of  Moses 
Merrill,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  1850,  who  was  appointed 
Head  Master  in  June,  1877.  He  was  ai^pointed  an  usher  in  the 
School  in  1858,  and  has  been  connected  Avith  it  ever  since,  so  that 
he  is  thoroughly  ac(juainted  with  its  traditions  and  imbued  with 
its  spirit;  under  his  control  the  aims  of  the  School  have  been  as 
high  as  ever,  and  it  is  to-day  faithfully  discharging  its  task  of 
thoroughly  fitting  boys  for  College. 

The  history  of  the  Masters  is,  in  a  certain  sense,  a  history  of  the 
School ;  but  the  credit  the  School  has  acquired  belongs  not  alone  to 
those  who  have  been  at  its  head,  but  largely  to  those  in  subordinate 
capacities  who  have  carried  out  their  plans  and  seconded  their 
efforts.  It  would  be  invidious  to  single  out  any  of  these  for  special 
mention.  Their  names  are  recorded  upon  the  subsequent  pages  of 
this  volume,  and  it  is  to  commemorate  all,  to  whose  united  efforts  the 
reputation  and  honor  of  the  School  is  due,  that  its  jmblication  has 
been  undertaken. 


of  cl.issical  literature.  I  cannot  recall  a  sinj^le  remark  of  his  wiih  aiiythiuj;  in  it  to  stimu- 
late our  curiosity  in  philology,  or  any  criticism  from  an  aesthetic  point  of  view.  Opinions 
differ  as  to  the  matter  of  making  studies  interesting,  but  I  can  hardly  think  if  Dr.  (Jarducr 
liad  been  as  intellectual  a  man  as,  for  example,  the  autiior  of  the  Day  Dreams  of  a  School- 
master, not  to  mention  more  celebrated  scholars,  that  something  of  his  own  fondness  for 
the  study  would  not  have  crept  into  his  instructions.  Mr.  DixwcU,  then  the  Head  Master 
of  tlie  School,  threw  a  certain  amount  of  interesting  illustration  and  anecdote  into  our 
recitations,  and  seemed  to  be  a  more  literary  man  and  fonder  of  books  as  books  tban 
Dr.  Gardner. 

So  that  I  look  back  upon  him  chiefly  as  a  routine  teacher,  admirable  of  his  kind,  and 
strong  in  all  tiiat  relates  to  character.  I  think  he  meant  to  do  his  best  for  us,  and  that  wo 
owe  him  much.  May  Boston  always  keep  his  memory  green  in  her  civic  aunals  as  that  of 
one  of  her  most  honest  and  useful  servants. 

•  Appendix  K. 


Under  the  names  of  Lovell  and  Hunt  some  account  has  been  given, 
in  letters  of  their  pupils,  of  the  branches  taught  and  the  modes  of  in- 
struction in  the  School ;  a  proj^er  history  requires  that  we  should  now 
mention  the  subjects  taught,  and  the  methods  of  teaching  in  vogue 
in  later  times. 

Among  Mr.  Hunt's  papers  was  found  a  pamphlet  bearing  the  signa- 
ture of  John  Scollay,  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen,  entitled 
"  the  System  of  Public  Education,  adopted  by  the  Town  of  Boston, 
15th  Octob.  1789."  It  was  evidently  given  him  to  be  his  guide  in 
regard  to  the  duties  and  resi^onsibilities  of  his  position,  his  "  march- 
ing orders,"  so  to  speak,  and  as  an  interesting  contribution  to  the 
educational  history  of  the  City,  (being  probably  the  only  copy  in 
existence,  or  certainly  one  of  a  very  few  copies,)  we  have  thought  it 
worthy  of  insertion  in  full  in  our  Appendix.* 

The  first  article  of  this  pamphlet  j^rovides. 

That  there  be  one  School  in  which  the  rudiments  of  the  Latin  and  Greek 
languages  shall  be  taught,  and  scholars  fully  qualified  for  the  Universities. 
Tliat  all  candidates  for  admission  into  this  School  shall  be  at  least  ten 
years  of  age,  havuig  been  previously  well  instructed  in  English  Grammar ; 
that  they  shall  continue  in  it  not  longer  than  four  years,  and  that  they  shall 
have  liberty  to  attend  the  public  writing  Schools  at  such  hours  as  the  visiting 
Committee  shall  direct. 

Appended  to  this  System  are  a  series  of  "  votes  of  the  Committee 
appointed  to  carry  it  into  execution,"  of  which  the  first  is  : — 

Tliat  the  Latin  Grammar  School  be  divided  into  four  Classes,  and  that  the 
following  Books  be  used  ui  the  respective  Classes. 

Then  follows  the  list  of  books  already  mentioned  in  the  note  on 
l^age  41,  and  the  vote  concludes  thus : — 

That  those  Boys  who  attend  the  Latin  School  be  allowed  to  attend  the 
Writing  Schools  in  the  following  Hours,  viz.  The  1st  Class  from  half  past 
Nine  o'clock,  A.  M.  till  Eleven,  or  from  half  past  Three  P.  M.  as  shall  be 
found  most  convenient,  and  the  2d  Class  in  the  same  mamier  for  the  first 
half  of  that  year. 

December  7th,  1789,  it  was  Voted,  that  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1790, 
be  the  time  assigned  for  putting  into  operation  the  new  system  of  Education 
as  adopted  by  the  Town,  and  regulated  by  this  (viz.  the  inspecting,  referred 
to  in  a  previous  vote,)  Committee. 

December  21st,  1789,  it  was  Voted,  that  the  Instructor  of  the  Latin  School 
be  entitled  the  Latin  Grammar  Master  j     *     *     * 

*  See  Appendix  L. 


60  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


After  Mr.  Gould  became  the  Master,  further  changes  were  made, 
by  Avhich  the  curriculum  was  much  increased.  In  liis  article  in  the 
Prize  Book,  from  which  we  have  alreaily  freely  drawn  in  these  pages, 
he  himself  gives  an  account  of  the  subjects  studied,  and  the  methods 
used  in  imparting  instruction :  — 

■^he  scholars  ai'c  distributed  into  six  separate  apartments,  imdor  the  eare 
of  the  same  number  of  instinictors ;  viz.  a  Principal,  or  Head  Miusler.  a 
Sub-Master,  and  four  Assistants.  For  admission,  boys  must  be  at  least  nine 
yeai's  old;  able  to  read  con-eetly  and  with  fluency,  and  to  write  nnming 
hand;  tliey  must  know  all  the  stops,  marks,  and  abbreviations,  and  have 
sirSicient  knowledge  of  English  grammar  to  jDarse  common  sentences  in 
prose^  The  time  of  admission  is  the  Friday  and  Saturday  next  preceding  tlie 
Commencement  at  Cambridge,  which  two  days  are  devoted  to  the  examina- 
tion of  candidates.  The  regular  course  of  instruction  lasts  five  years ;  and 
the  School  is  divided  into  five  classes  according  to  the  time  of  entrance^- 

■Wlien  a  class  has  entered,  the  boj's  commence  the  Latin  Grammar  all 
together,  under  the  eye  of  the  Principal ;  where  they  continue  until  he  has 
become  in  some  degi'ee  acquainted  with  tlieir  individual  characters  and 
capacities.  As  they  change  their  places  at  each  recitation,  those  boys  will 
naturally  rise  to  the  upper  part  of  the  class,  Avho  are  most  industrious,  or 
who  leani  with  the  greatest  facility.  After  a  time  a  division  of  from  twelve 
to  fifteen  boys  is  taken  off  from  the  upper  end  of  the  class ;  after  a  few  days 
more,  anotlier  division  is  in  like  manner  taken  ofl';  and  so  on  until  the 
whole  class  is  separated  into  divisions  of  equal  number,  it  having  been  found 
that  from  twelve  to  fifteen  is  the  most  convenient  nmnber  to  drill  togetheix' 

In  this  way  boys  of  like  capacities  are  put  togt^ther,  and  the  evil  of  having 
some  unable  to  leani  the  lesson  which  others  get  in  half  the  time  allowed,  is 
in  some  measure  obviated.  The  class,  thus  arranged  for  the  year,  is  distrib- 
uted among  the  assistant  teachers,  a  division  to  each.  This  is  preferred  to 
keeping  them  together ;  for  they  ai"e  in  the  room  with  two  divisions  of  higher 
classes,  there  being  always  three  divisions  in  each  apartment,  and  by  the 
example  of  older  boys  they  more  readily  correct  their  childish  foibles  and 
fall  in  witii  the  habits  of  the  School.  And  further,  as  Avriting  is  not  taught 
in  the  School,  the  younger  classes  for  the  first  two  or  three  years  are  dis- 
missed at  eleven  o'clock,  an  hour  before  school  is  done,  that  they  may  attend 
a  writing  school.  It  is  therefore  necessary  that  one  division  of  a  class  tliat 
stays  till  twelve  should  bo  in  each  room,  to  aflbrd  the  instructor  employment 
from  eleven  to  twelve  o'clock.  This,  therefore,  is  an  hour  of  uninterrupted 
instruction  to  a  single  division  in  each  room,  after  the  other  two  have  been 
dismissed. 

Wlien  this  distribution  is  made,  the  boys  contiime  for  the  year  in  tJje 
apartment  in  which  they  are  first  placed,  unless  some  particular  rea.son 
should  exist  for  changing  them ;  or  when  tlio  higher  divisions  attenti  the 
Sub-Master  for  instruction  in  Geography  and  ]\Iu(licmatics,  to  whom  these 
departments  are  committcil. 


HISTOEICAL   SKETCH.  61 


This  method  of  studying  each  branch  separately,  is  adopted  throughout 
the  School.  The  same  individuals  do  not  study  Latin  one  part  of  the  day, 
and  Greek  the  other,  but  each  for  a  month  at  a  time ;  and  so  with  mathe- 
matics, except  that  tlie  lesson  for  the  evening,  which  is  usually  a  written 
exercise,  or  a  portion  of  Latin  or  Greek  to  be  conmiitted  to  memory,  is  in 
a  different  dejiartment  from  the  studies  of  the  day.  Li  this  way  the  aid  of 
excitement,  from  tlie  continuity  of  a  subject,  is  secured,  and  a  much  more 
complete  view  of  the  whole  obtained  than  when  studied  in  detached  portions, 
and  the  grammar  of  neither  language  permitted  to  go  out  of  mind.     *     *     * 

<A.t  the  close  of  every  month  the  boys  in  each  apartment  imdergo  a  rigid 
examination  in  all  the  studies  of  that  month.  This  is  conducted  by  the  Prin- 
cipal, with  whom  only  the  first  class  remains  permanently,  in  the  presence 
of  their  particular  teacher,  and  such  other  insti'uctors  of  the  School  as  find  it 
convenient  to  attend.  These  monthly  examinations  are  sometimes  attended 
by  the  sub-committee  of  the  School,  and  are  open  for  parents,  and  any  other 
persons  interested.  If  any  class,  or  any  individuals,  do  not  pass  satis- 
factoiy  examination,  they  are  put  back,  and  made  to  go  over  that  portion 
of  studies  in  which  they  are  deficient  till  they  do  pass  a  satisfactory 
examination.  The  rank  of  each  scholar  and  his  seat  for  the  succeeding 
month  are  determined  by  this  examination,  unless  an  aceomit  of  places  for 
each  recitation  of  the  month  has  been  kept,  in  which  case  they  are  deter- 
mined by  a  general  average.  The  boy  at  the  head  of  the  first  division  of  the 
first  class  is  monitor  for  the  month.  The  monitor  wTites  in  his  bill  a  list  of 
all  the  classes,  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  now  arranged ;  and  notes,  each 
half  day,  such  as  are  absent.  The  absences  of  each  individual  for  a  month,  or 
a  year,  may  be  known  by  reference  to  this  bill. 

Boys  commence  with  Adam's  Latin  Grammar,  in  learning  which  they  are 
required  to  conm^iit  to  memorj'  much  that  they  do  not  understand  at  the  time, 
as  an  exercise  of  memory,  and  to  accustom  them  to  labor.  There  are  some 
objections  to  this,  it  is  true,  but  it  has  been  found  extremely  difiicult  to  make 
boys  commit  thoroughly  to  memory  at  a  subsequent  period,  what  they  have 
been  allowed  to  pass  over  in  first  learmng  the  grammar.  It  takes  from  six  to 
eight  months  for  a  boy  to  commit  to  memory  all  that  is  required  in  Adam's 
Gi'ammar ;  but  those  who  do  master  the  gi'ammar  completely,  seldom  find 
any  difficulty  afterwards  in  committing  to  memory  whatever  may  be  required 
of  them.     *     *     *     * 

The  examples  imder  the  rales  of  syntax  are  the  first  exercises  in  parsing. 
The  Liber  Primus  is  the  first  book  after  the  gi-ammar.  No  more  of  this  is 
taken  for  a  lesson  than  can  be  parsed  thoroughly.  This  and  the  grammar 
form  the  studies  of  the  first  year.  To  these  succeed  Grascite  Historife  Epito- 
me, ViriRomse,  Ph^edri  Fabulje,  from  Burman's  text,  with  English  notes; 
Cornelius  Nepos ;  Ovid's  Metamorphoses,  by  Willymotte ;  with  particular 
attention  to  scamiing  and  the  rules  of  prosody.  Portions  of  Ovid  are  com- 
mitted to  memory  in  the  evening  that  were  ti-anslated  in  the  day,  and  verses 
selected  from  them  for  capping,  which  is  a  favorite  exercise  with  boys. 
Valpy's  Chi-onology  of  Ancient  and  English  History,  Dana's  Latin  Tutor,  for 


62  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


writing  Latin,  and  Tooke's  Pantheon,  with  the  books  already  mentioned, 
comprise  the  studies  of  tlie  second  year,  The  (ireek  Grammar  is  now  com- 
menced, if  it  has  not  been  before,  Coesar's  Commentaries  and  Electa  ex 
Ovidio  et  Tibullo.  Then  follows  the  Delectus  Sententiarum  Gra^carum,  a 
most  excellent  little  book  for  the  commencement  of  Greek  analysis. 

And  here  paiticular  care  is  taken  that  no  word  be  passed  over  till  all  the 
changes  of  which  it  is  susceptible  be  gone  through,  and  tlie  nile  given  for 
each.  Much  depends  on  the  manner  in  which  boys  are  introduced  to  a  new 
study.  They  like  what  they  can  imderstand.  Hence  it  not  unfreciuently 
happens,  that  lads  properly  initiated  into  Greek,  soon  prefer  it  to  Latin  and 
every  other  study.  The  Col.  Gr.  Minora  follows  ne.xt,  witJi  Sallust  and 
Virgil ;  and  these,  with  the  writing  of  translations  in  English,  from  Latin 
and  Greek,  form  the  studies  of  the  third  year.  The  exercises  in  the  Latin 
Tutor  continue  till  tlie  book  is  entirelj'  written  tlirough  once  or  twice.  Much 
time  and  labor  are  saved  in  correcting  these  exercises.  The  head  boy  gives 
his  exercise  to  the  teacher,  and  takes  that  of  the  next  below  him,  who,  in  his 
turn,  receives  his  next  neiglibor"s,  and  so  on,  through  the  class.  The  boy 
at  the  bottom  reads  the  English,  a  sentence  at  a  time  ;  and  tlie  teacher  reads 
the  same  in  Latin,  from  the  exercise  in  his  hand,  marking  with  a  pencil  such 
words  as  are  wrong.  Where  the  sentence  admits  of  variety,  each  form  is 
given.  The  boys  in  the  mean  time  mark  all  words  difleriug  from  what  is 
read,  by  placing  the  figures  1,  2,  3,  etc.,  under  them.  When  the  exercise 
has  all  been  read,  and  each  boy  has  marked  the  errors  of  his  next  neighbor, 
the  one  who  has  fewest  takes  the  head,  and  so  on.  This  exercise  is  returned 
to  be  coiTected,  and  has  a  second  reading  with  tlie  next  new  exercise.  Thus 
in  fifteen  minutes  the  task  of  an  hour  and  a  half  is  performed.  The  atten- 
tion in  the  mean  while  is  efi"ectually  secured  by  the  interest  each  boy  has  in 
noticing  the  mistakes  of  his  neighbor,  and  the  liability  of  having  all  marked 
to  his  otvn  account,  which  shall  appear  on  second  reading  not  to  have  been 
noticed  in  the  first.  But  tliis  method,  of  course,  can  be  adopted  only  so  long 
as  the  Latin  words  are  given  in  the  exercise  book. 

When  the  Latin  Tutor  can  be  converted  into  coiTect  Latin,  Valpy's  Ele- 
gantiaj  Latinte  succeeds  it.  This  book  is  a  very  valuable  auxiliary  in  teach- 
mg  to  write  Latin,  and  an  important  addition  to  our  school  books.  It  consists 
of  a  free  translation  of  select  portions  of  the  most  approved  Latin  autliors, 
with  many  judicious  and  critical  remarks  on  the  rules  of  construction,  and 
the  use  of  words,  witli  a  key,  separate  from  tlie  book,  t<.)  be  kept  by  tlie 
instructor,  where  the  original  passages  may  be  seen  by  the  learner,  and 
compared  with  his  own  Latin.  When  boys  can  -.vrite  Latin  prose  grammati- 
cally,  they  are  required  to  make  nonsense  verses,  or  to  put  words  into  verses 
with  regard  to  their  <juantity  only,  ^^^lt'n  the  mechanical  structure  of  diftVr- 
ent  kinds  of  versification  is  familiar,  thi'y  have  given  tlicui  a  literal  transla- 
tion, of  a  few  verses  at  a  time,  taken  from  somoautlior  with  wlioso  style  they 
are  not  acquainted,  which  is  to  be  turned  into  verses  of  the  same  kind  as 
those  from  which  it  was  taken ;  and  then  compared  witli  tlie  original. 
Bradley's  Prosody  is  used  for  this  exercise.     Afterwards  portions  of  iMiglish 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  63 


poetry  are  given,  to  be  translated  into  Latin  verse.  Original  verses  are 
then  required,  which  with  themes  in  Latin  and  English,  continue  through 
the  course.  Considerable  portions  of  all  the  Latin  and  Greek  jjoets  used 
in  school  are  committed  to  memory  as  they  are  read ;  particularly  sev- 
eral books  of  Virgil,  all  the  first  book  of  Horace,  and  parts  of  many 
others ;  the  thi7-d  and  tenth  Satires  of  Juvenal  entire ;  all  the  poetry  in 
the  GrjBca  Minora;  and  many  himdreds  of  verses  in  Homer.  This  is  an 
important  exercise  to  boys ;  and  without  it  they  can  never  write  Latin 
pi-ose  or  verse  with  the  same  facility  as  with  it.  It  is  in  this  way 
that  the  idioms  of  any  language  are  gained,  and  in  ■v\Titing  verses  the 
quantity  and  proper  use  of  most  words  employed  by  the  best  -N^i-iters 
ai'e  instantaneously  determined  by  recalling  a  verse  in  which  they  occur. 
Cicero's  select  orations,  De  Ofiiciis,  De  Senectute,  De  Amicitia,  Horace 
Exp.,  Juvenal  and  Persius  Expur.  Greek  Pi-imitives,  Xenophon's  Ana- 
basis, Maittaire's  Homer,  Greek  Testament,  "Wyttenbach's  Greek  Histo- 
lians,  together  Avith  the  aforenamed  exercises,  and  Geography,  Arithmetic, 
Geometiy,  Ti'igonometry,  and  its  uses.  Algebra,  etc.,  form  the  studies  of 
the  last  two  3'ears. 

The  study  of  arithmetic  is  commenced  the  latter  part  of  the  third  year,  or 
the  beginning  of  the  fourth,  with  Colburn's  "  First  Lessons."  Eecitations  in 
this  are  made  two  or  three  times  each  half  day  by  those  who  are  studying  it. 
The  boys  are  not  expected  to  commit  to  memory  the  answers  to  the  several 
questions,  but  to  find  them  repeatedly  before  the  recitation  that  their  answers 
may  then  be  given  -with  more  facility ;  and,  in  order  that  the  operations,  by 
which  they  solve  the  questions,  may  be  sti-ictly  intellectual,  numbers  are 
often  announced  by  the  insti-uctor  difterent  from  those  in  the  book,  and  only 
the  form  of  the  questions  is  adhered  to.  After  the  question  is  announced, 
a  sufficient  time  is  allowed  for  each  individual  of  the  class  to  find  the  answer, 
and  then  one  is  called  upon;  the  question  is  passed  through  the  class, 
whether  the  answer  be  given  right,  or  not,  and  all  whose  solutions  are  right, 
go  above  those,  whose  are  Mi'ong.  After  all  the  questions  in  a  section  have 
been  undei'stood,  and  solved,  each  boy  is  called  upon  to  state  the  general 
method  of  their  solution,  or  the  nile  for  working  them.  This  rule,  thus 
made  by  the  boys,  not  given  them,  when  corrected  as  to  phraseology  by  the 
teacher,  is  written  in  a  manuscript  book,  and  committed  to  memory.  The 
same  system  of  advancing  fi-om  particular  examples  to  the  general  rule  is 
observed  in  teaching  Lacroix's  Arithmetic  and  Euler''s  Algebra;  Synthesis 
being  considered  preferable  to  Analysis,  in  these  studies.  The  class,  with 
their  slates,  come  to  the  recitation  forms,  a  question  is  proposed,  which 
each  is  required  to  solve ;  others,  more  and  more  difficult  of  solution,  de- 
pending on  the  same  principles  are  announced ;  each  boy  on  finding  his 
answer  glasses  his  slate  to  the  one  above  him ;  and  thus  no  one  can  correct 
his  solution  on  the  authority  of  a  better  scholar.  All  whose  sums  are  right, 
take  precedence  of  the  others.  After  the  solution  of  numerous  questions  pro- 
posed in  as  many  difi"ei-ent  forms  as  possible,  they  are  furnished  with  the 
rule,  and  required  to  commit  it  to  memory.    The  blackboard  is  also  used. 


64  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


to   show   the  method  of  arranging  their  work  with  the  greatest   economy 
of  space  and  labor. 

In  Geometry  the  diagrams  of  Euclid  are  taken  oflF,  first  on  paper,  with 
figures  instead  of  letters,  that  nothing  may  be  committed  to  memory  without 
beino"  understood.  When  they  have  been  demonsti'ated  from  thci)aper,  they 
are  afterwards  drawn  by  the  jjupil  on  the  blackboard,  with  figures ;  when 
the  proposition  is  demonstrated  without  a  book,  or  any  aid  to  the  memory 
whatever.  Worcester's  Geography  is  tlie  te.xt  book  in  that  branL-h  ;  and  here 
constant  and  particular  use  is  made  of  the  maps.  The  boys  are  retjuircd  to 
find  upon  them  tlie  rise  and  course  of  every  river,  the  situation  of  each  to^vn, 
etc.,  in  tlieir  lesson  ;  and  beside  getting  the  text  of  the  book,  to  answer  any 
question  which  may  ai'isc  upon  tlie  map  of  the  countrj-  v.-ho^e  geogi-aphy 
they  are  studying. 

Beside  the  books  already  mentioned,  use  is  made  of  the  following,  viz. : 
Neilson's  Greek  Exercises  for  writing  Greek,  Schrevelius's  Greek  Lexicon, 
Iledericus,  Scapula,  MorelPs  Thesaurus,  Walker's  Chissical  Key,  Lem- 
priere's  Classical  Dictionary,  Adam's  Roman  Antiiiuities,  Entick's  and  Ains- 
worth's  Latin  Dictiouaiy,  etc. 

On  Saturdays  the  whole  School  comes  together  in  the  hall  for  declama- 
tion. The  four  upper  classes  speak  in  turn,  a  class  on  each  Saturday. 
The  youngest  class  attends  this  exercise,  but  does  not  t;ike  pait  in  it. 
After  a  boy  has  spoken,  and  the  presiding  instructor  has  made  such  ob- 
sei-vations  as  he  sees  fit,  any  individual  of  the  class  that  is  speaking  has 
a  rio-ht  to  coiTect  any  errors  in  pronunciation,  or  any  violation  of  the  text, 
that  may  not  have  been  pointed  out;  and  if  none  of  the  class  does  this 
before  another  boy  is  called  out  it  ma}'  be  done  by  any  boy  in  tiie  school. 
This  leads  to  much  attention  to  the  subject  of  pronunciation;  and  great 
acuteness  is  often  discovered  by  very  young  boys.  This  is  the  only  day 
in  the  week  in  which  all  the  instructors  and  scholars  unite  in  any  religious 
or  literary  exercise. 

On  these  occasions,  boys  are  promoted  from  a  lower  to  a  higlier  division, 
or  a  higher  class,  who  have  distinguislieil  themselves,  by  maintaining  their 
place  for  a  given  time  at  the  head  of  the  division  in  which  they  niilo.  In 
tliis  way,  a  scholar  sometimes  gains  one  or  two  j-ears  in  the  five  of  the 
regular  course.  Cards  of  distinction,  to  such  as  deserve  tliem,  arc  also  given 
out  once  a  month,  in  presence  of  tlie  whole  School. 

We  have  allowed  Mr.  Gould  to  tell  at  tliis  length,  of  the  studies 
and  methods  of  the  School,  because  tiie  iinjiression  made  by  him 
upon  its  character  and  discipline  was  so  strong  that,  except  for  varia- 
tion in  the  text  books,  tliis  description  would  answer  for  almost  any 
time  in  the  forty  years  subsequent  to  his  mastership,  and  the  pupils 
of  tliose  yi-ars  will  there  fiinl,  rei-alled  to  themselves,  tlie  manner 
of  their  own  recitations  and  the  discipline  of  the  Scliool,  with  which 
they  were  familiar. 


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The  curriculum  continued  to  be  enlarged  under  Mr.  Dillaway  and 
Mr.  Dixwell. 

In  1860  we  find  the  following  regulations  and  course  of  study, 
which  differ  but  little  from  the  requirements  of  the  decade  pre- 
ceding:— 

Each  candidate  for  admission  shall  have  attained  to  the  age  of  ten  years, 
and  shall  produce,  from  the  master  of  the  school  he  last  attended,,  a  certiti- 
cate  of  good  moral  character.  He  shall  be  able  to  read  English  correctly 
and  fluently ;  to  spell  all  words  of  common  occurrence  ;  to  write  a  iTinning 
hand ;  understand  mental  arithmetic,  and  the  simple  rules  of  written  arith- 
metic ;  shall  be  able  to  answer  the  most  important  questions  in  geogi-aphy ; 
and  shall  have  a  sufficient  knowledge  of  English  Grammar  to  parse  common 
sentences  in  prose.  A  knowledge  of  Latin  Grammar  sliall  be  considered 
equivalent  to  that  of  English. 

Boys  shall  be  examined  for  admission  into  this  School  only  once  a  year, 
viz  :  on  the  Friday  and  Saturday  of  the  last  week  of  the  vacation  succeeding 
the  Exhibition  of  the  School  in  July. 

The  regular  course  of  instruction  sliall  continue  six  years  ;  and  no  scholar 
shall  enjoy  the  i^rivileges  of  this  School  beyond  that  term,  unless  by  leave 
of  the  Sub-committee.  But  scholars  may  have  the  option  of  completing 
their  course  in  five  j^ears  or  less,  if  willing  to  make  due  exertion  ;  and  shall 
be  advanced  accoixling  to  scholarship. 

The  books  and  exercises  required,  during  the  course  of  instniction  in  this 
School,  are  the  following : — 

SIXTH   CLASS, 

1.  Andrews  and  Stoddard's  Latin  Grammar.  2.  English  Grammar.  3. 
Reading  English.  4.  Spelling.  5.  Mental  Arithmetic.  6.  Mitcheirs  Geo- 
graphical Questions.  7.  Declamation.  8.  Penmanship.  9.  Andi*ews's 
Latin  Lessons.     10.  Andi'ews's  Latin  Reader. 

FIFTH   CLASS. 

1,  2,  3,  1,  6,  7,  8,  continued.  11.  Viii  Roma3.  12.  Written  Translations. 
13.  Colburn's  Sequel.  11.  Cornelius  Nepos.  15.  Arnold's  Latin  Prose 
Composition. 

FOURTH   CLASS. 

1,  2,  3,  4,  7,  8,  12,  13,  15,  continued.  16.  Sophocles's  Greek  Grammar. 
17.  Sophocles's  Greek  Lessons.  18.  Caesar's  Commentaries.  19.  Fasquelle's 
French  Grammar.  20.  Exercises  in  Speaking  and  Reading  French,  with  a 
native  French  Teacher. 

THIRD    CLASS. 

1,  2,  3,  4,  7,  8,  12,  13,  15,  16,  19,  20,  continued.  21.  Ovid's  Metamor- 
phoses. 22.  Arnold's  Greek  Prose  Composition.  23.  Felton's  Gx-eek  Reader. 
24.  Sherwin's  Algebra.     25.  English  Composition.     26.  Le  Grandpere. 


66  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


8EC0N"D    CLASS. 

1,  2.  3,  4,  7,  8,  15,  16,  19,  20,  22,  23,  24,  25,  continued.  27.  Virgil. 
28.  Elements  of  History.     29.  Translations  from  English  into  Latin. 

FIRST    CLASS. 

1,  7,  15,  IG,  19,  20,  22,  23,  25,  27,  28,  29,  continued.  30.  Geometry. 
31.  Cicero's  Orations.  32.  Composition  of  Latin  Verses.  33.  Composition 
in  French.     34.  Ancient  Hi-story  and  Geography. 

Tlie  following  books  of  reference  shall  be  used  in  pui-suing  the  above 
studies : — 

Leverett's  Latin  Lexicon,  or  Gardner's  Abridgment  of  the  same. 

Liddell  and  Scott's  Greek  Lexicon ;  or  Pickering's  Greek  Lexicon,  last  edition. 

Worcester's  School  Dictionary. 

Anthon's  Classical  Dictionarj-. 

Smith's  Dictionary  of  Antiquities. 

Bau-d's  Classical  Manual. 

No  translations  of  the  foregoing  Latin  and  Greek  authors  are  allowed  in 
the  School ;  nor  any  Interpretation,  Keys,  or  Orders  of  Construction. 

The  following  are  the  holydays  and  vacations  granted  by  tlie  School  Com- 
mittee to  tlie  Latin  School :  viz.,  every  Wednesday  and  Saturday  afternoon 
throughout  the  year ;  Christmas  Day,  New  Year's  Day,  the  Twent}--second 
of  February,  ]May  Day  and  Fast  Day  ;  Artillery  Election  ;  the  Fourth  of  July  ; 
Thanksgiving  Week  ;  the  week  immediately  preceding  the  first  iMonday  in 
March  ;  one  week,  commencing  on  the  IMonday  preceding  the  last  Wednes- 
day in  May ;  the  two  days  of  public  exhiljition  at  Harvard  University ;  and 
the  remainder  of  the  school-year  following  the  Exhibition  in  July. 

The  changes  of  the  next  decade  were  described  very  fully  by  the 
present  Head  Master  of  the  Scliool,  Mr.  Merrill,  at  the  dinner  of  tlie 
Latin  School  Association  in  1877,  and  we  insert  that  portion  of  his 
remarks  which  had  special  reference  to  them  : — 

*  *  *  There  are  persons  in  the  community,  and  it  may  bo  tliat  there  are 
some  here,  who  believe  tliatthe  School  is  not  a  useless  incumbrance  upon  the 
tax-payers,  and  yet  are  perplexed  by  some  of  the  statements,  derogatory  to 
its  usefulness,  put  into  circulation  from  public  and  private  sources.  There- 
fore I  feel  compelled  to  present  to  you  as  briefly  as  possible  a  history  of  tlio 
School  since  1870,  and  make  known  its  present  condition  and  aims.  There  is 
a  quiet  but  disagreeable  rumor  abroad  tliat  it  has  lost  its  proud  name  of 
superiority  among  tlio  preparatory  schools  of  the  country,  ami  has  been  out- 
.strippcd  by  its  yoinigcr  and  more  fortunate  rivals.  In  the  first  place  I  shall 
attempt  to  jtrovo  that  for  six  years  it  was  not  a  "  preparatory  si-hool,"  and, 
in  the  second  place,  if  tiio  rumor  bo  founded  in  fact,  there  is  no  occa- 
sion for  any  alarm,  distrust,  or  discouragement  now.  It  nnist  nml  will  regain 


its  vantage-ground,  if  left  to  pursue  its  way  without  further  interruption. 
No  institution  of  learning  can  pass  througla  the  abrupt  changes  in  its  cur- 
riculum, methods  and  teachers,  which  the  Latin  School  has  passed  througli 
since  1870,  witliout  suffering  a  diminution  of  jjower  and  thoroughness  in 
scholarship. 

What  these  changes  have  been  I  will  brietij'  state,  and  I  invite  your  espec- 
ial attention  to  the  following  order  offered  to  the  School  Boai'd  and  adopted 
September  8,  1868  :— 

Ordered,  That  a  committee  of  nine  be  appointed  to  consider  the  subject  of 
establishing  an  institution  of  learning  in  wliich  tlie  English  and  classical  studies  ' 
may  be  pursued;  that  said  committee  shall  have  public  hearings  to  which 
eminent  educators  shall  be  invited;  that  said  committee,  if  they  deem  it  expedient, 
shall  prepare  a  fidl  and  liberal  com'se  of  study,  to  be  submitted  to  this  board 
which  shall  include  Latin  and  Greek,  one  or  more  modern  languages,  English 
literature,  mathematics,  music,  and  other  sciences ;  that  if  the  need  for  such  an 
institution  is  shown,  said  committee  shall  consider  the  expediency  of  merging  in 
it  the  Latin  School  and  the  English  High  School,  and  of  establishing  in  the  new 
school  a  special  coiurse  of  study  for  those  who  desire  to  fit  for  a  university  edu- 
cation; that  in  reference  to  such  special  training  for  the  university,  said  committee 
shall  make  inquiry  as  to  the  methods  of  teaching  the  ancient  languages  in  use 
upon  the  continent  of  Europe,  as  well  as  in  the  best  English  and  American 
schools. 

It  will  be  obseiwed  that  the  object  of  this  order  was  to  destroy  the  identity 
of  the  Latin  School.  It  was  at  first  proposed  to  establish  a  free  academj^ 
or  Boston  College,  for  advanced  instruction  in  the  language  and  sciences. 
When  this  project  was  abandoned  it  was  proposed  to  unite  the  Latin  and 
English  High  Schools.  Long  and  patient  hearings  were  given  by  the  com- 
mittee to  several  of  the  most  prominent  teachers  of  New  England,  of  whom 
two  were  instructors  in  the  Latin  School — Dr.  Gardner  and  J\Ir.  Gay,  The 
committee  solved  the  difficulty  by  recommending  that  the  two  Schools  be 
combined  in  one  under  the  name  of  "  Latin  and  High  School."  This  reijort, 
which  is  quite  long  and  condemns  the  method  of  teaching  Latin  and  Greelv  in 
vogue  in  the  Latin  School,  was  made  May  11,  1869.  No  action  was  taken 
upon  it,  and  it  was  recommitted  June  8.  The  whole  subject  of  High  School 
education  was  referred  to  a  special  committee  of  seven,  February  8,  1870,  no 
action  having  been  taken  on  the  reports  of  the  previous  committee  of  nine. 
The  new  committee,  as  well  as  the  old,  was  composed  of  some  of  the  most 
intelligent  and  cultivated  gentlemen  of  the  board,  and  who,  without  ques- 
tion, had  at  heart  the  best  interests  of  education  in  this  city.  Such  being  the 
case,  it  has  always  been  inexplicable  to  all  practical  teachers  witli  whom  I 
have  conversed  on  the  subject,  under  what  infatuation  the  following  cur- 
riculum was  adopted  for  the  School  in  the  summer  of  1870.  I  accounted  for 
it  at  the  time  in  the  supposition  that  there  was  a  detemiination  to  introduce 
into  the  jmblic  school  system  of  Boston  a  German  gymnasium,  pure  and 
simple,  whether  the  concomitants  of  such  an  institution  could  be  introduced 
or  not. 


68  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Sections  1  iirnl  10  of  the  regulations  of  the  Public  Latin  School,  adopted  at 
that  time,  are  as  follows : — 

Section  1.  The  purpose  of  this  School  is  to  give  tliorough  general  culture 
to  boys  intending  to  pursue  the  higher  branches  of  learning  or  preparing  for 
professional  life. 

Sect.  10.  The  studies  pursued  in  the  several  years  of  the  course,  and  the 
list  of  authors  used,  are  here  given  : — 

SiiUh  Class. — Harkness's  Latin  Grammar  (Rudiments)  ;  Ilarkness's  Latin 
Reader ;  Yin  Roma3 ;  Fables  of  Pluedrus ;  Scott,  Goldsmith,  Campbell, 
Wordsworth,  Cowper,  Teimyson,  Leigh  Hunt ;  Ancient  History  of  the  East ; 
Review  of  General  Geography ;  Geogi-aphy  of  Asia ;  Arithmetic  reviewed 
and  completed ;  Eaton's  Arithmetic,  Crittenden's  Calculations ;  Elementary 
Algebra  through  simple  equations,  one  unknown  quantity ;  Ray's  Element- 
ary Algebra  ;  Zoology' ;  Drawing ;  Penmanship  ;  Music ;  G^nnnastics. 

Fifth  CTff.<ts.— Nepos ;  Justin  ;  Old  English  Ballads ;  Sterne,  Mrs.  Thrale, 
Beattie,  Cowper,  Hawthorne,  Tennyson,  Longfellow,  ^lorris,  Ilazlitt ;  His- 
tory of  .\ncient  Greece ;  Geography  of  Europe  and  Africa ;  Otto's  French 
Grammar,  first  part,  with  exercises ;  Elementiiry  Algebra  to  the  Binomial 
Theorem,  Ray;  Geology  (winter).  Botany  (spring  and  summer),  Dana  and 
Gray,  Avith  specimens ;  Drawing ;  Music ;  Gymnastics. 

Fourth  Class. — Ca3sar,  De  Bello  Gallico  ;  Ovid,  Motamoi-phoses ;  Quintus 
Curtius;  Virgil,  iEneid  I,  H;  Cicero,  De  Amicitia,  De  Senectute ;  Greek 
Grammar  (Rudiments)  ;  Greek  Lessons  ;  Xenoj)hon,  Anabasis  begiui ;  ^lian, 
Extracts;  Lucian,  Dialogues;  Plutarch,  one  life;  Gray,  Addison.  Moore, 
Burns,  Irving,  Bryant,  Hood,  ILawthorne,  Shelley,  Rogei-s :  History  of  An- 
cient Rome  ;  Revision  of  Geography  of  Asia,  Eurojjc  and  Africa ;  Geography 
of  .Ajnerica  and  Oceanica ;  Le  Grand  Pere,  witli  applications  of  Syntax  ;  Ex- 
ercises in  translating  and  writing  from  a  French  treatise  on  Xatural  Science : 
Plane  Geometry ;  Chauvenefs  Elementary  Geometry ;  Geology  and  Botany, 
as  in  previous  year;  Drawing;  Music;  Gymnastics. 

Third  Class.— Latia  Prosody;  Virgil,  .Eneid  Hi,  IV,  V— Eclogues ; 
Cicero,  Arcliias,  Marcellus  ;  Sallust,  Catiline  ;  Horace,  a  few  Odes ;  Terence, 
Andria,  Adelphi.  Homer,  Iliad;  Isocrates,  PanegjTic  on  Athens;  Plutarch, 
Morals  (one  part)  ;  Lucian,  Art  of  "Writing  History ;  Milton,  Pope,  Irving, 
Thompson,  Collins,  Prescott,  Coleridge,  Keats,  Burke,  Wordsworth,  Holmes, 
Tyndall ;  History  of  tlio  ^Middle  Ages,  from  the  fiftli  century  to  the  four- 
teenth ;  Physical  and  Political  Geogi-aphy  of  Europe  in  minute  iletail ;  Frem-lj 
Comedy  ;  Translation ;  Recitation  ;  Writing  French  ;  Exercises  in  translating 
and  writing  from  French  Scientific  Treatise;  Krauss's  German  Grammar, 
with  Exercises  in  Gtirman ;  Turv  Algebra  begun :  Algebraic  Doctrine  of 
Logaritluus;  Loomis's  Algebra,  Breniiker's  Logaritlnnic  Tables;  Plane 
Trigonometry  begiui ;  Chauvenefs  Trigonometry;  a  Kreneli  Treatise  on 
Pliysieal  J'hiiosopliy  and  Mechanics;  Drawing;  Music  (optional);  Gym- 
nastics. 


Second  Class. — Latin  Verses;  Virgil,  ^neid  VI,  VII,  Vlil — Passages 
from  the  Georgics ;  Cicero,  Verres,  Catiline,  Dream  of  Seipio  ;  Horace,  Odes, 
Epodes,  Epistles ;  Tacitus,  Agricola ;  Livy,  one  book ;  Quintilian ;  Greek 
Prosody  ;  Homer,  Iliad ;  Em'ipides,  Alcestis  ;  Demosthenes,  Olynthiacs,  Phil- 
ippics ;  Plato,  Crito,  Apologia ;  Milton,  Pope,  Dryden,  Spencer,  Thackeray, 
Lamb,  Temiyson,  Lowell,  "Whittier,  Ruskin,  Shakesjjeare ;  History  of  tlie 
IVIiddle  Ages,  and  of  modern  times,  from  the  fourteenth  century  to  the  mid- 
dle of  the  seventeenth ;  Physical  and  Political  Geography  of  Asia,  Africa, 
America,  Oceanica,  in  minute  detail ;  Racine,  Corneille,  Moliere,  Rousseau ; 
French  Essays ;  Conversation  in  French ;  Krauss's  Grammar,  with  German 
Reader ;  Plane  Trigonometiy  finished,  with  applications ;  Chauvenet,  Solid 
Geometry ;  Chauvenet's  Elementary  Geometr}' ;  Pliysics ;  IMechanics ;  As- 
tronomy (French  Treatise)  ;  Drawing;  Music  (optional)  ;  Gymnastics. 

First  Class. — Virgil,  Parts  of  JEneid ;  Cicero,  De  Rcpublica ;  Tacitus,  An- 
nals ;  Livy ;  Horace  continued,  with  Ars  Poetica ;  Plautus  ;  Lucretius,  Extracts ; 
Greek  Verses  ;  Homer,  Odyssey  ;  Thucydides,  first  book ;  Demosthenes,  Phil- 
ippics, De  Corona ;  Sophocles,  ffidipus ;  Aristophanes,  Birds,  Clouds ; 
Macaulay,  Junius.  Emerson,  Marvell,  George  Ilei'bert,  BjTon,  Carlyle,  Rob- 
ert Hall,  Channing,  Ben  Jonson,  Bacon,  Shakespeare  ;  Modern  History,  from 
the  accession  of  Louis  the  Fourteenth  of  France ;  Geography  reviewed ; 
Geography  in  relation  to  climate,  soil,  manufactures,  commerce;  Cosmo- 
graphy ;  French,  as  in  previous  3'ear,  a  French  Historical,  or  Scientific 
author ;  German  prose  writers  and  poetry ;  Spherical  Trigonometry ; 
Chauvenet's  Trigonometiy ;  RevicAv  of  Trigonometric  Formulae,  Higher 
Algebra,  etc.,  Loomis's  Algebra;  Chemistry;  Astronomy;  Music  (optional)  ; 
GjTnnastics. 

It  will  be  admitted  that  the  School  was  no  longer  a  preparatory  school. 

The  age  for  admission  was  raised  from  ten  to  tw^elve  years.  Twelve  boys 
only  were  admitted  to  the  I'egular  coui'se  of  study  in  1870 — the  first  year  of 
this  experiment.  All  these  left  school  or  were  graduated  before  1876 — the 
time  for  fully  completing  the  course.  Consequently  there  was  no  graduat- 
ing class  for  that  year.  Had  there  been  no  modifications  in  the  requirements 
for  admission  and  in  the  curriculum  in  1871,  there  would  have  been  no  class, 
or  a  very  small  one,  to  graduate  in  1877.  At  this  time  also — i.  e.,  in  1870 — 
the  departmental  method  of  instruction  was  introduced.  All  the  teachers 
were  raised  to  the  grade  of  Masters,  and  the  quota  of  pu^^ils  for  each  in- 
structor was  reduced  to  twenty-five.  The  exjjenses  of  the  School  increased 
enormously.  The  discipline  immediately  declined — attributable  more  to  the 
position  taken  by  the  Head  Master,  after  these  changes,  than  to  any  other 
cause.  I  speak  no  ill  of  the  dead.  If  Dr.  Gardner  were  with  us  to-night  he 
would  confirm  my  statement  and  defend  his  course.  He  declared  that  he 
would  not,  and,  true  to  his  declarations,  he  did  not,  aid  the  subordinate 
teachei's  in  their  attempts  to  conti'ol  their  classes.  To  use  his  own  woixls, 
"  Each  man  must  paddle  his  own  canoe."  In  some  instances  disoi'der  and 
insubordination  reigned.     That  Dr.  Gardner  was  not  in  sj'^mpathy  with  the 


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change  in  sentiment  in  regard  to  these  methods  and  objects  of  education  is 
too  well  known  to  require  affirmation.  He  believed  that  the  day  of  sound 
leai-ning  was  rapidly  passing  away.  Evidences  of  his  declining  health  be- 
came apparent,  and  he  was  in  a  chronic  state  of  desijondency  and  discour- 
agement which  continued  until  feebleness  prevented  any  further  participa- 
tion in  the  active  duties  of  life.  The  inevitable  result  of  this  state  of  things 
was  a  decline  in  that  strict  discipline  and  thorough  scholarship  which  had 
been  characteristic  of  the  School  from  time  immemorial. 

Another  result,  very  serious  for  the  time  being,  but  not  so  penuanent  in  its 
effects,  was  a  distrust  in  the  commmiity  in  regard  to  the  efficiency  of  the 
School,  and  a  dislike  for  it  (I  think  hatred  too  strong  a  word),  arising  from 
causes  already  stated,  as  well  as  from  the  unpopularity  of  the  Head  Master 
in  certain  quarters,  and  the  exorbitant  expenses,  amounting  to  nearly  $250  a 
year  for  each  pupil.     The  present  tuition  is  $117. 

Mr.  Gay  took  charge  of  tlie  School  in  November,  1875,  as  Acting  Head 
Master,  during  Dr.  Gardner's  illness;  succeeding  him  in  June,  1870.  The 
new  board  of  education  was  organized  at  the  time,  I  tliink  the  very  day, 
of  Dr.  Gardners  deatli.  One  of  the  first  acts  of  Mr.  Gay  and  the  board, 
relating  to  the  Latin  School,  was  the  preparation  and  adoption  of  a  coui*se 
of  study  to  suj)ersede  that  of  1870,  which  had  never  been  repealed,  but 
modified,  of  course,  from  year  to  year ;  and  such  a  course  as  would  restore 
the  School  to  its  time-honored  aims  and  purposes,  the  preparation  of  boys 
for  college,  especially  for  IIai*vard.  "WTiile  many  gentlemen  took  a  deep 
interest  in  this  work,  we  are  indebted  to  President  Eliot  more  than  to  any 
other  person  for  our  present  excellent  curriculum.  A  year''s  experience 
shows  that,  with  very  slight  and  unimportant  modifications,  it  is  entirely 
practicable.  It  uiceLs  with  general  commendation,  and  many  parents  have 
expressed  the  desire  to  place  their  sons  in  a  School  which  aftbrded  a  course 
of  study  so  admirable  in  all  respects.  This  course  was  adopted  by  tlie 
School  in  September,  1876,  one  montli  previous  to  my  appointment  as  acting 
Head  Master.  ^Mr.  Gay  was  greatly  interested  in  its  adoption,  and  felt  tliat 
the  School  was  entering  ujion  a  new  and  more  efliciont  career.  But  his 
state  of  health  was  such  that  he  could  spend  with  us  but  two  or  three  hours 
each  day,  and  at  the  end  of  the  first  month  his  visits  ceased  altogether.  He 
died  November  2.  Thus  witliin  the  period  of  a  single  year  two  Head  Masters 
terminated  their  labors  in  the  School  and  passed  from  this  life  to  anotlier. 
Though  we  reverently  and  submissively  bow  to  these  dispensations  of  God's 
providence,  yet  such  a  loss  and  the  consequent  cluuiges  must  necessarily 
prove  detrimental  to  tlie  highest  welfare  of  the  School.  Both  have  gone 
to  their  rest  after  a  life  of  entire  consecration  to  their  profession,  and  tliere 
are  many  ready  to  rise  and  bless  their  memory.     Rcquicscanl  in  pace. 

It  has  been  shown  that  the  School  had  no  definite  aim  from  tlio  year  1870 
to  the  time  of  Dr.  Gardner's  decease,  or  pei'haps  better,  the  unattainable  aim 
of  "  gciueral  culture."  The  highest  of  aims  you  will  .say,  perhaps.  1  grant 
it.  But  the  pupils,  or  their  parents,  desired  to  avail  themselves  of  tlio  advan- 
tages of  the  Latin  School  for  on\y  one  stage  in  (his  i)ursuit  of  "general 


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culture,"  namely  the  preparation  of  their  sons  for  college.  They  preferred 
the  University  for  the  more  advanced  stages. 

Our  "  general  culture"  plan  included  a  preparatory,  and  a  good  part  of  a 
university,  course  in  certain  branches.  A  school  without  a  definite  aim  can- 
not be  successful,  any  more  than  a  man  without  an  aim.  Our  School,  under 
the  "  general  culture"  plan,  was  undertaking  too  much,  and  more  than  the 
public  desired.  But,  thanks  to  the  Committee  on  High  Schools,  aided  by 
the  late  Head  IMaster,  Mr.  Gay,  and  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  to  the  Presi- 
dent of  Harvard  University,  and  to  all  others  interested  in  the  welfare  of  our 
school,  that  day  has  past.  The  School  has  now  a  definite  aim,  and  "general 
culture  "  is  no  less  a  part  of  it  than  before.     *     *     *     * 

I  firmly  believe  that,  notwithstanding  all  the  mistakes  and  disappoint- 
ments of  the  last  six  or  seven  yeai's,  which  the  teachers  were  powerless  to 
avoid  or  prevent,  the  Latin  School  is  as  dear  to-day  to  the  citizens  of  Boston 
as  any  other  institution  of  learning  within  its  limits,  and  that  they  are  as  ready 
to  extend  and  perpetuate  its  usefulness  by  money,  sympathy  and  cheering 
words  as  our  fathers  were  when  it  was  a  select  school,  principally,  as  it  has 
been  intimated,  for  the  rich  and  exclusive.  The  changes  in  the  School  have 
not  been  so  great  as  the  changes  in  our  population.  And  I  am  willing  to 
admit  that  our  jDupils  do  not  all  bear  the  names,  nor  are  the  lineal  descend- 
ants, of  our  glorious  old  forefathers  who  came  over  here  in  the  IMayflower  ; 
some  even  bear  names  of  those  who  have  come  over  in  vessels  of  a  later  date. 
But  I  am  confident  in  the  ojDinion  that  j'ou  cannot  find  in  any  j^ublic  or 
private  school  in  this  countiy  four  hundred  and  thirty  lads  more  cultivated 
or  more  intelligent  than  those  in  the  Boston  Latin  School  of  to-day.  *  *  * 
They  are  ti'eated  as  gentlemen,  and  they  are  gentlemanly  in  return  ;  they 
are  taught  to  resiject  themselves  by  the  confidence  placed  in  them ;  their 
statements  are  received  as  time  unless  there  are  the  strongest  reasons  for 
doubting  them.  *****  j^  ^g  ^.j^g  g^jj^^  ^f  ^j^g  teachers  to  inculcate 
principles  of  morality,  honor  and  pati'iotism,  pure  living  and  high  aspira- 
tions, as  well  as  to  give  the  best  possible  intellectual  training.  Secta- 
rianism is  carefully  avoided,  but  we  do  not  hesitate  to  present  the  divine 
precepts  and  example  of  our  Lord  as  well  as  the  virtues  of  Socrates  and 
the  patriotism  of  Eegulus  and  Hannibal.  No  parent  need  fear  contamina- 
tion in  the  Latin  School  beyond  what  might  happen  wherever  boys  are 
assembled  together. 

The  School  contains  430  boys,  divided  into  eight  classes.  It  has  one  Head 
Master,  three  Masters,  six  Sub-Masters  and  three  Ushers.  It  has  special 
instructors  in  German,  French,  drawing,  music  and  military  drill.  It  is  not 
a  select,  but  it  is  a,  public  school,  supported  by  the  tax-payers  of  Boston,  and 
is  open  to  all  boys  who  wish  to  prepare  for  college. 

The  depailmental  system  is  still  adhered  to  in  the  four  upper  classes,  and 
I  believe  with  advantage.  *  *  *  *  Each  teacher  cheerfully  takes  the 
responsibility  of  the  progress  and  final  results  of  his  own  depaitment.  The 
four  lower  classes,  consisting  of  seven  divisions,  are  placed  in  charge  of 
teachers  who  take  them  along  in  all  branches,  except  music  and  drawing. 


PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


All  the  insti'uctors  have  been  selected  with  great  care  by  the  committee, 
and,  most  of  them  have  already  met  with  tlie  highest  success  as  teuchera 
ill  our  New  England  colleges  and  best  preparatory  schools  ;  the  younger  men 
are  doing  well.  The  methods  of  instruction  have  been  changed  in  some 
branches,  especially  in  Latin,  geography  and  French.  The  wliolc  School 
seems  to  ha  well  classified,  based  upon  the  records  of  last  year's  work,  and 
a  rigid  examination  in  all  studies  given  to  each  pupil  at  tlic  close  of  tlie 
year. 

Mr.  Capen,  the  Senior  ^Master,  who  spent  an  entire  vacation  in  Germany  a 
few  yeai's  since,  in  examining  the  methods  of  instruction  in  the  best  schools 
for  secondary  education,  asserts,  without  fear  of  contradiction,  tliat  tlie 
methods  in  our  School  are  as  nearly  like  those  of  the  best  German  gym- 
nasiums as  they  possibly  can  be  without  transplanting  the  entire  German 
system  to  America.  When  he  presented  for  their  inspection  the  course  of 
study  of  which  I  have  already  given  3'ou  some  extracts,  they  looked  at  him 
with  surprise,  and  asked  him  if  we  accomplished  all  tliat.     *     •     ♦     * 

I  will  close  with  a  brief  statement  of  wliat  tlie  School  has  done  for  those 
who  left  us  tlie  past  summer.  If  tlie  verdict  mu.st  still  be  onl}-  ten  jjcr  cent.- 
of  what  is  accomplished  in  some  foreign  schools,  it  certainly  is  a  very  fair 
percentage  toward  the  requisitions  of  the  best  American  colleges.  Thirty- 
four  young  gentlemen  from  this  School  applied  for  admission  to  higher 
institutions  of  learning,  and  not  one  was  rejected — twcnty-tliree  to  Harvard, 
four  to  Amherst,  one  to  Yale,  one  to  Dartmoutli,  one  to  "Williams,  one  to 
Weslcyan,  one  to  Boston  University,  one  to  AVest  Point  and  one  to  llic  Agri- 
cultural College  in  Amherst ;  two  more  have  entered  immediately  ui)on  the 
study  of  medicine  and  law,  and  still  another  could  have  received  his  certifi- 
cate of  admission  to  college,  but  preferred  to  wait  another  year — making  in 
all  thirty -aeven.  Two  of  these  students  were  fitted  in  one  year  in  the  classics. 
One  pupil  of  the  third  class,  after  three  or  four  months  of  private  instruction, 
was  admitted  to  one  of  our  Xew  England  colleges.  A  very  fair  per  cent,  of 
these  api)licants  wei*e  admitted  without  "  conditions,"  tliough  not  so  large  as 
will  be,  we  trust,  in  future  years. 

The  following  year,  speaking  of  tlie  requirements  for  admission  to 
college,  and  tlie  work  done  in  the  School  to  prepare  tlie  ])upils  to 
meet  them,  lie  said  further  : — 

Many  of  you  may  not  be  aware  of  the  important  changes  which  have 
recently  taken  place  in  the  requisitions  for  admission  to  our  higher  institu- 
tions of  learning  and  the  course  of  study  pursued  after  admission,  and  tlio 
eflects  of  these  changes  upon  Ihe  jireparatory  schools.         •         •         •         • 

Twenty-five  years  ago,  and  for  several  sueeeeding  years,  the  re(|uisition9 
for  admission  to  college  embraced  four  subjects  in  I^atiii,  four  in  Greek, 
three  in  mathematics,  ancient  and  modern  geograpliy,  and  elements  of 
ancient  history,  in  all  thirteen  subjects.  Freiieli,  English  composilinn, 
physical  geography  and  physics  (or  one  optional  branch  of  three  in  natural 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  73 


science),  have  since  "been  added,  so  an-anged  with  the  others  as  to  make  six- 
teen subjects.  In  French,  the  candidate  is  required  to  translate  at  sight  a  -pa.?,- 
sage  of  easy  prose  ;  in  Englisli  composition,  he  is  required  to  write  a  "  piece 
of  English,  correct  in  spelling,  i^unctuation,  gi*ammar,  division  by  para- 
graplis,  and  expression  "  ;  the  subject  for  the  composition  is  taken  from  cer- 
tain specified  works  of  standard  English  authors.  There  has  also  been  a 
marked  increase  in  the  ■  amount  of  Latin,  ancient  history,  algebra  and 
geometry  required.     *     *     *     * 

From  these  facts  there  can  be  but  one  inference  about  the  test  for  admis- 
sion applied  to  the  sons  of  to-day  compared  with  the  test  applied  to  their 
fathers  when  they  knocked  at  the  college  doors.  The  sons  may  not  be 
required  to  know  twice  as  much  as  the  fathers  knew  to  gain  admission — it 
is  certain  they  do  not — but  the  test,  if  rigidly  applied,  is  doubly  severe. 

The  last  Harvard  catalogue  contained  a  new  method  in  the  requisitions. 
*  *  *  *  It  prescribes  a  minimum  requisition  in  four  groujis  of  subjects, 
viz. :  Latin,  Greek,  mathematics,  physical  and  natural  science ;  a  maximiun 
in  at  least  two  of  these  groups.  Fully  one-half  of  the  examination  in  Latin 
and  Greek  prose  is  the  translation  at  sight  of  passages  like  the  authors 
studied.  The  amount  required  to  Idc  read  in  the  preparatoiy  school  is  con- 
siderably less  in  Latin  and  somewhat  less  in  Greek.  But  the  candidate 
cannot,  in  my  opinion,  be  suital)ly  prejiared  for  the  examination  without 
translating  nearly  or  quite  as  much  in  both  languages  as  before,  and  the  test, 
as  applied  by  the  new  method,  demands  a  more  careful  and  elaborate 
analysis  of  the  text,  though  less  of  the  minutiee  of  the  grammar.     *     *     *     * 

These  changes  are  not  arbitrary ;  they  are  the  inevitable  result  of  the  senti- 
ment that  has  arisen,  or  been  developed,  in  the  last  quarter  of  a  century  in 
regard  to  the  methods,  scope  and  objects  of  a  finished  education.  Unless  we 
are  ready  to  show  that  this  sentiment  is  erroneous,  it  would  be  absurd  to 
assert  that  these  changes  are  a  mistake.  Whatever  difficulties  we  have  to 
meet  and  overcome,  we  are  certainly  takmg  progressive  steps  in  the  cause  of 
education.  In  fact,  the  very  difficulties  indicate  progression,  and  not  declen- 
sion. If  the  standard  is  higher  the  attainments  will  be  greater.  But  it  is  an 
undeniable  fact  so  far  as  the  Latin  School  is  concerned,  that  what  is  under- 
taken to  day  is  not  so  thoroughly  done  as  when  less  was  required,  because 
very  little  more  time,  if  any,  is  given  to  accomiilish  it.  The  increase  of  time 
has  not  been  proportionate  with  the  increase  of  requirements.  I  would  not 
lessen  the  requirements,  but  allow  the  additional  time  necessary  to  do  well 
the  Avoi'k  imposed :  and  this  brings  me  to  the  consideration  of  the  most  im- 
portant pai't  of  my  subject,  to  which  I  would  call  your  especial  attention. 

"Wliat  advantages  do  the  boys  of  to-day  enjoy,  that  their  fathers  did  not.  to 
meet  the  severer  test  of  higher  education  ?  Do  they  have  better  teachers  ? 
If  such  were  the  fact  it  would  not  be  becoming  in  us  to  assert  it ;  we  will  not 
claim  it.  Do  they  have  better  means  of  acquiring  information?  If  the 
student's  acquisitions  depended  upon  this,  something  might  be  granted  in 
favor  of  the  present  day ;  but  I  have  not  yet  become  a  convert  to  the  belief  in 
any  "  royal  road  to  learning."    Do  they  have  more  time  ?     I  think  not.     In 


the  Latin  School  Saturday  has  become  a  holiday ;  the  summer  vacation  is 
extendt'd  from  six  weeks  to  ten  or  eleven  weeks :  gymnastics,  or  military  drill, 
music  an<l  drawing,  which  do  not  enter  into  the  examination  for  admission 
to  college,  occupy  four  hours  a  week  ;  four  hours  are  given  to  English  liter- 
ature and  physical  science,  and  additional  hours  to  mathematics  and  French, 
which  were  formerly  given  to  Latin  and  Greek.  Much  that  is  superfluous  or 
fruitless  in  the  earlier  requirements  has  been  omitted,  it  is  true,  but  the  essen- 
tials still  remain. 

Another  fact  is  j)ertinent  here.  It  used  to  be  a  common  remark  that  the 
Latin  School  graduates  had  little  to  do  during  the  Freshman  ^ear.  This  was 
imdoubtedly  true.  *  *  *  *  jjut  that  day  is  past.  Tlie  Freshman  is 
required  now  to  enter  a  new  and  almost  imtried  field  of  labor,  and  to  do  work 
as  difficult  as  in  any  year  of  his  whole  course.  If  Avell  informed  on  one  or 
more  subjects,  that  fact  is  ascertained  by  tlif  examination  for  admission,  and 
he  is  2iliic*id  in  an  advanced  division.  Therefore,  it  will  be  seen  that  students 
no  longer  do  a  part  of  tlie  college  work  in  the  preparatory  school.  The 
preparation,  however  perfect,  becomes  the  basis  of  more  advanced  and 
(liflicult  work  in  the  college.  This  is  as  it  should  be.  Furtliennore,  the 
college  offers  to  the  new  candidate  examinations  for  advanced  standing  in 
Latin,  Greek,  mathematics  and  modern  languages,  and,  if  successful  in  any 
one  or  all  of  them,  he  will  be  placed  in  advance  of  his  less  proficient 
competitor.  I  do  not  think  this  difference  in  the  gi-ade  of  scholarship  at 
Harvard  and  elsewhere  is  fully  understood  or  appreciated,  even  by  gradu- 
ates, as  late  as  ten  years  ago. 

Notwitlistiinding  this  increase  in  the  requisitions  for  admission,  the  growth 
in  the  college  curriculum,  the  pnming  of  the  school  year  with  us,  :md  the  in- 
troduction of  exercises  in  the  weekly  round  of  school  duties  not  absolutely 
necessaiy  for  the  examination,  yet  with  many  parents  the  desire  i-emains  that 
entrance  to  the  college  be  gamed  in  the  shortest  possible  time,  too  often 
regardless  of  tlie  state  of  preparation. 

No  additional  legislation  is  required  t  >  meet  the  difliculties  of  tlie  case, 
because  the  regulations  of  the  School  B<mrd  provide  for  a  course  of  eight 
years,  to  begin  at  nine  years  of  age.  We  find,  however,  liy  exi)erience,  that 
candidates  of  that  age  cannot  pass  our  i^xamination  and  carry  along  the  work 
of  the  first  year  with  success,  except  in  rare  instances.  Ten  seems  to  be  a 
more  suitable  age  for  admission,  and  eighteen  for  graduation,  and  to  this 
there  is  little  objection.  But  the  great  majority  of  our  graduates  do  not  enter 
the  sc1io(j1  at  ten,  but  couk!  later — from  twelve  to  eighteen — and,  whatever 
their  aljility,  or  previous  accpiisitions,  desire  to  get  ready  for  college  in  one, 
two,  or  three  years.  Pupils  oftentimes  leave  or  are  withdrawn  from  the 
school  when  they  are  told,  alter  trial,  that  they  cannot  be  prepared  for  col- 
lego  in  the  time  tliat  they  have  assigned  for  this  part  of  their  education.  •  • 

It  appears  to  me  that  there  can  be  but  onc^  deduction  from  these  facts.  A 
more  thorough  and  complete  preparation  than  ever  before  is  absolutely 
nc^ces.sary,  bolli  fur  a  successful  admission  to  college  and  for  tlie  successful 
prosecution  of  the  studies  after  such  admission.      To  accomplish  this  more 


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time  must  be  given  to  it  than  in  the  past,  and  sufficient  time  to  meet  the 
increasing  demands  of  higher  education. 

A  few  words  in  conclusion  about  the  present  condition  of  the  School.  As 
you  will  see  by  the  catalogue,  the  number  of  the  pupils  is  428,  or  about  the 
number  of  last  year.  Since  Sejitember  1  about  forty  lads  have  been  refused 
who  Avished  to  become  pui3ils.  Dr.  Gardner  rarely  refused  an  applicant. 
Such  a  policy  this  year  would  have  carried  the  number  to  nearly  500  pupils. 
Would  tills  indicate  success?  I  think  not.  Numbers  alone  are  not  requisite 
for  the  highest  degree  of  prosperity.  And  yet  no  boy  has  been  refused  who 
seemed  to  give  any  promise  of  continuing  long  at  the  School  or  possibly  com- 
pleting the  course  and  entering  college.  I  have  been  compelled  to  postpone 
the  admission  of  a  few  applicants  till  there  should  be  vacancies  in  the  classes 
which  they  are  qualified  to  join.  Every  room  in  the  two  buildings  granted  to 
our  use  is  occupied,  and  some  rooms  are  over-crowded.  But  we  are  toiling 
patiently  on  to  the  time  when  there  will  be  room  enough  and  to  spare.  It  is 
expected  that  the  new  School-house,  situated  on  the  square  bounded  b}'^  War- 
ren Avenue  and  Dartmouth,  Montgomery  and  Clarendon  Streets,  will  be 
ready  for  occupancy  in  September,  1880.  Till  then  we  must  be  subjected  to 
many  inconveniences.  Tempus  veniat.  There  are  twelve  Masters  and  junior 
masters  engaged  in  the  regular  insti'uction  of  the  School,  faitliful  and  earnest 
men,  who  were  among  the  best  scholars  in  their  respective  classes  in  the  pre- 
paratory and  collegiate  courses  of  study,  and  many  of  whom  had  gamed  an 
enviable  name  as  instructors  in  colleges  and  high  schools  before  coming  to 
Boston.  Owing  to  their  firm,  discreet  and  courteous  management  the  School 
is  in  a  good  state  of  disciiiline.  Its  moral  tone  is  excellent,  of  which  I  have 
had  several  proofs  this  term.  The  j^upils  appear  to  be  imjiressed  with  the 
idea  that  the  School  is  a  place  for  work  and  manly  behavior.  So  far  as  schol- 
arship is  concerned,  our  instruction  has  not  been  satisfactory.  Will  it  ever 
be  ?  Can  it  ever  be  ?  Growth  in  knowledge,  like  growth  in  piety,  seems  to 
remove  one  farther  from  the  goal  of  perfection  the  more  one  struggles  to 
reach  it.  Still,  we  shall  persevere  in  striving  to  give  the  puj^ils  as  thorough 
a  preparation  and  as  broad  a  culture  as  is  in  our  power,  and  not  be  dis- 
couraged by  defeats  and  disappointments. 

A  marked  change  in  the  methods  of  instruction  was  made  when  a 
separate  department  was  assigned  to  each  teacher,  instead  of  his 
instructing,  as  had  hitherto  been  the  case,  one  class  in  all  its 
branches  of  study.  In  the  Appendix*  we  insert  a  tabular  view  of  the 
exercises,  arranged  for  the  year  1876,  just  after  this  change  had 
taken  place,  and  about  the  time  of  the  changes  referred  to  in  Mr. 
Merrill's  speech  of  the  next  year. 

After  the  decease  of  Dr.  Gardner  and  Mr.  Gay,  considerable  discus- 
sion arose  in  respect  to  their  successor.  The  School  had  once  more 
failed  to  possess  the  entire  confidence  of   its  alumni  and  the  com- 

*  See  Appendix  M. 


76  PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


munity.  This  was  the  result  of  various  circumstances  and  had  been 
for  some  time  growing.  A  correspondent  of  one  of  the  daily  papers 
thus  writes  of  it : 

Ten  years  ago  several  members  of  tliu  St-hool  Committee  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  Public  Latin  School  had  fulfilled  its  mission,  and  advanced 
several  proposals  with  regard  to  its  future.  First,  that  its  existence  should 
be  tenninated  at  once ;  second,  that  it  should  be  merged  in  the  English 
High  School ;  third,  that  it  should  be  made  a  branch  of,  and  subordinate  to  the 
High  School.  This  attempt  to  destroy  tlie  School  signally  failed,  and  in 
truth  was  more  in  the  nature  of  a  personal  attack  ujjou  the  then  Head  Master 
tlian  an  honest  desire  for  refonn.  Fortunately  for  the  School  and  the  city  no 
one  of  these  proposals  was  adopted ;  but,  unfortimately,  for  the  last  six 
years  of  its  histor}-,  a  plan  was  adopted  that  has  jjroved  itself  impracticable, 
and  even  im^wssible,  of  execution. 

The  cun'iculum  of  the  School  has  ever  been  one  of  severe  and  rigid  dis- 
cipline in  the  ancient  classics,  based  upon  the  established  oi)inion  of  learned 
men  that  there  was  but  one  course  of  study  suitable  to  lay  the  foundation  of 
a  thorough  and  liberal  culture.  When  we  recognize  the  eminence  of  past 
gi-aduates  of  this  School  and  of  the  other  classical  schools  of  the  country,  >Vho 
wore  educated  on  this  plan,  even  the  most  ardent  advocates  of  new  methods 
must  hesitate  to  call  it  false  and  absiu'd ;  j^ct  it  undoubtedly  is  true  tliat  the 
devotees  of  classical  education  recognize  that  the  requirements  of  the  times 
necessitate  a  modification  of  the  old  methods  of  instiiiction  in  the  classics,  and 
see  the  necessity  of  inti'oducing  into  the  curriculum  the  rudiments  of  modern 
languages  and  vailous  other  branches  of  study. 

The  course  of  instruction  at  the  School  for  the  last  six  years  Inis  endeav- 
ored to  revolutionize  I'athcr  than  reform  the  School.  Its  aim  was  in  the 
direction  of  a  union  of  the  High  and  Latin  Schools,  to  jiroduce  a  sort  of  brevet 
university  of  the  mongrel  kind,  in  which  any  or  all  species  of  learning 
might  be  had  in  lots  to  suit.  *  *  *  *  The  last  six  years  have  proved  the 
impracticability  of  this  plan,  tlie  best  evidence  of  which  is  that  it  has  failed  to 
fit  pupils  satisfactorily  for  the  requirements  of  our  colleges,  that  it  has  not 
beiMi  ai)proved  by  tlie  teachers,  or  foiuid  accejituble  to  pareiUs  or  scholars. 
This  year  an  entirely  new  cun-ieulum  has  been  adopted,  based  on  tlie  old 
classical  system,  eradicating  from  it  the  paiTOt  gi'ammatical  part,  which  w:vs 
the  bane  of  the  old  system,  and  teaching  the  ancient  languages  rather  in  the 
method  and  spirit  of  a  modern  tongue.  This  system  also  reduces  the  time 
formerly  given  to  the  higher  mathematics,  and  adds  a  modicum  of  French, 
liistory,  the  sciences  and  Engli.>5h  literature. 

It  will  be  seen  that  1S7()  begins  a  new  era  in  the  history  of  Boston's  most 
venerable  and  moat  celebrated  literary  institution.  It  has  been  most  wisely 
decided  to  continue  it  as  a  distinctly  cla.ssical  jjreparatory  school,  witli  a  new 
and  improved  curriculum,  in  which  a  careful  training  in  Latin,  Greek,  nnd 
mathematics,  and  in  the  rudiments  of  the  French  andriernian  hinguaees  is  to 
form  the  l)ase,  with  <renei;i!  instruction  in  the  elements  of  the  natural  .sciences. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  77 


history  and  English  literature,  grammar  and  rhetoric,  together  with  instruc- 
tion in  drawing  and  music.  This  course  is  to  be  pursued  not  with  reference 
to  educating  the  pupil  for  business — that  is  the  proper  and  peculiar  work  of 
the  English  High  School,  a  task  wliich  it  has  most  acceptably  accomplished 
in  the  past,  and  wliich  requires  a  curriculum  which  shall  anticipate  a  part  of 
the  woi-k  provided  for  by  the  college.  But  tlie  work  of  the  Latin  School  is  to 
prepare  the  student  to  enter  college  with  the  kind  of  instruction  which  shall 
best  enable  him  to  pursue  a  college  course.  Li  a  word,  its  work  is  to  feed 
the  professions,  and  so  long  as  Boston  needs  clergymen,  doctors  and  lawyers, 
it  is  right  and  proper  that  she  should  see  to  it  that  a  free  school  is  provided, 
so  that  her  humblest  citizen  may  secure  to  his  children  a  classical,  college 
education,  and  that  poverty  may  be  no  insurmountable  obstacle  to  talent. 

Not  only  does  this  new  curriculum,  founded  on  the  advice  of  President 
Eliot  of  Harvard,  and  other  leading  educators,  go  into  operation  this  year, 
but  a  new  system  of  government  is  to  be  tried.  A  system  of  coiTections  and 
penalties  for  misbehavior  has  been  introduced.  By  it  constant  communication 
is  kept  up  between  the  parents  of  the  offender  and  the  Head  Master  of  tlie 
School,  and  the  parent  distinctly  understands  what  the  boy's  offence  is,  and 
what  penalty  is  inflicted,  and  what  will  be  the  next  step  in  the  boy's  punish- 
ment. Thus  the  parents  can  never  be  taken  unawares,  and  are  compelled  to 
co-operate  with  the  government  of  the  School  in  disciplining  their  children. 
This  plan  is  an  improvement  on  the  old,  severe,  and  often  unwise  and 
cruel  methods  of  government,  and  must  tend  to  elevate  and  improve  the 
morale  of  the  institution. 

At  the  present  time  the  course  of  instruction  and  the  text-books 
employed,  as  given  in  the  Annual  Catalogue  for  1883,  are : — 

COURSE  OF  STUDY. 

FIRST  YEAK. — CLASS  VI. 

Latin. — 1.  Regular  forms;  Latin  into  English,  with  some  imprepared 
translation.  2.  Writing  Latin  from  dictation.  3.  Vocabulaiy;  English  into 
Latin,  oral  and  written  exei'cises. 

English. — Reading  aloud  fi'om  (a)  Hawthorne's  Wonder  Book  Mid  True 
Stories ;  (6)  either  Tom  Brown''s  School  Days  at  Bugby,  or  Charles  and  Mary 
Lamb's  Tales  from  Shakspeare ;  and  (c)  History  of  the  United  States.  2. 
Reading  aloud  and  recitation  of,  some  of  Whittier's  and  Longfellow's  poems. 
3.  Language  lessons,  including  (a)  the  study  of  the  princiiiles  of  English 
Grammar ;  (6)  oral  and  written  abstracts  of  the  history  and  other  reading  les- 
sons ;  and  (c)  Spelling  m  connection  with  the  wi'itten  exercises. 

Geography  and  History. — 1.  Physical  and  Political  Geography,  with  map 
drawing,  of  (a)  the  United  States ;  (b)  tlie  counti-ies  of  Europe ;  (c)  the  re- 
maining countries  of  North  America.  2.  History  of  United  States  read.  [See 
"English."] 


78  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Natural  or  PhyHcal  Science. — (To  begin  March  1).  Physiology  and 
Hygiene  (oral  instruction). 

Mathematics. — Arithmetic,  oral  and  written  ;  1.  Review.  2.  Metric  Sys- 
tem. 3.  Percentage,  including  commission,  profit  and  loss,  and  other  simple 
applications. 

Oral  Geometiy  :  Forms  and  simple  truths. 

Miscellaneous. — Penmanship.    Military  drill  and  Gymnastics. 

SECOND    YEAR. — CLASS     V. 

Latin. — 1.  Forms  and  Sj'ntax.  2.  Translation  of  easy  Latin,  and  Caesai**s 
Gallic  War,  Books  I-II.  3.  Translation  of  Latin  at  sight.  4.  Writing  Latin 
from  dictation;  committing  passages  to  memory.  5.  Vocabularj-,  turning 
English  into  Latin,  including  sentences  like  those  in  Caesar. 

English — 1.  Reading  aloud  from  (a)  Hawthorne's  Tanglewood  Tales; 
(6)  Autobiography  of  Franklin ;  Familiar  Letters  of  John  and  Abigail 
Adams,  etc. ;  and  (c)  History  of  England.  2.  Reading  aloud,  and  reci- 
tation of,  some  of  Holmes's,  Br3'ant''s,  and  jiai'ts  of  Scott's  poems.  3.  Lan- 
guage lessons  of  Class  VI  to  be  continued. 

Oeography  and  History. — 1.  Physical  and  Political  Geography,  -witli  map- 
drawing  of  (rt)  the  countries  of  South  America ;  (6)  the  West  Indies,  etc. ; 
(c)  the  countries  of  Asia  and  Africa;  (d)  Australia,  ^Malaysia,  and  other 
islands  of  the  Pacific.     2.  Reading  fi-om  English  Histor}-. 

Natural  Science. — (To  begin  March  1.)     Zoology  (oral  instruction). 

Mathematics. — Arithmetic,  oral  and  written;  1.  Percentage  continued,  in- 
including  simple  interest,  discount,  "problems"  in  interest,  paitial  paj-ments, 
and  compound  interest.  2.  Compound  numbers.  3.  Ratio  and  proportion. 
4.  Powers  and  roots.     5.  Mensuration,  with  oral  Geometiy. 

Miscellaneous. — Penmanship.    Military  drill  and  Gymnastics. 

THIRD  YEAR. — CLASS  IV. 

Latin.— 1.  Caesar's  Gallic  War,  Books  IH-IV ;  Ovid,  about  1,000  lines,  and 
Virgil's  Aeneid,  Book  I,  including  some  study  of  prosody ;  uni)repared  trans- 
lation. 2.  Writing  from  dictation;  committing  passages  to  memory.  3. 
Vocabulary;  English  into  Latin,  including  retranslation  of  passages  from 
CtBsar. 

English. — Reading  aloud  from  (a)  Church's  Stories  from  Homer;  (b) 
either  Dana's  Two  Years  before  the  Mat^t  or  Irving's  Sketch  Book ;  (<■)  Plu- 
tarch's Liccs  of  Famous  Greeks.  2.  Reading  aloud,  and  n-citation  of,  some 
of  I^owell's,  and  Gray's,  and  parts  of  Goldsmith's  poems.  3.  Oral  and 
written  exercises,  including  (a)  abstracts  of  Plutarcli's  Lives,  and  (6)  com- 
positions, chiefly  nan-atives  or  descriptions,  on  subjects  drawn  from  reading 
lessons. 

French. — 1.  Pronunciation ;  forms  of  regidar  verbs,  etc. ;  oral  reading  and 
translations  of  easy  French;  unprepared  translation.      2.  Writing  Frentli 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  79 


from  dictation.  3.  Vocabulai'y ;  English  into  French,  oral  and  written  exer- 
•  cises. 

Geography  and  History. — 1.  General  reviews  of  Geography,  with  special 
attention  to  (a)  astronomical  and  physical  phenomena ;  and  (6)  the  political 
and  commercial  relations  of  dilierent  counti'ies.  2.  (a)  Plutarch's  Lives  of 
Famous  Greeks  read ;  (b)  Histoiy  of  Greece,  with  historical  Geography. 

Natural  Science. — Zoology  (oral  insti'uction) . 

Mathematics. — Algebra,  including  the  generalizations  of  Arithmetic. 

Military  Drill  and  Gymnastics. 

FOURTH  YEAR. — CLASS  HI. 

Latin. — 1.  Aeneid,  Books  II-IV;  Sallust's  Catiline;  easy  passages  from 
Cicero;  unprepared  translations.  2.  Committing  passages  to  memory.  3. 
Vocabulary ;  English  into  Latin,  including  retranslation  of  passages  from  Sal- 
lust  and  Cicero. 

Greek. — 1.  Forms.  Greek  into  English,  including  the  translation  of  about 
25  pages  from  Xenophon's  Anabasis;  unprepared  translation.  2.  Writing 
Greek  from  dictation.  3.  Vocabulary ;  English  into  Attic  Greek,  oral  and 
written  exercises. 

English. — 1.  Reading  aloud  from  (a)  Plutarch's  Lives  of  Famous  Romans; 
(6)  Addison's  papers  in  the  Spectator.  2.  Reading  aloud,  and  recitation 
of,  Macaulay's  Lays  of  Ancient  Rome,  and  some  of  Tennyson's,  Emerson's 
and  Woi'dsworth's  poems.  3.  Written  abstracts  ;  compositions ;  ti'anslations 
from  a  foreign  language. 

French. — 1.  Oral  reading;  oral  and  written  translation  of  some  modern 
jjrose  work ;  unprepared  translation.  2.  Writing  fi'om  dictation ;  committing 
passages  to  memory.  3.  Vocabulary;  English  into  French,  oral  and  "v^Titten 
exercises. 

History. — History  of  Rome,  with  historical  Geography. 

Natural  Science. — Botany. 

Mathematics. — Algebra,  including  the  generalizations  of,  and  applications 
to,  Arithmetic. 

Military  Drill  and  Gymnastics. 

FIFTH  YEAR. — CLASS  H. 

Latin. — 1.  Cicero,  four  orations;  Vergil's  Bucolics,  and  review  of  Aeneid, 
Books  I-IV;  translation  at  sight.  Committing  passages  to  memory.  3. 
Vocabulary ;  English  into  Latin,  including  oral  and  written  exercises  based 
upon  passages  fi'om  Cicero. 

Greek. — 1.  Anabasis,  Books  I-IV,  or  its  equivalent;  sight  ti'anslation  of 
easj'  passages  from  Xenophon's  wci'ks.  2.  Writing  Greek  from  dictation ; 
committing  passnges  to  memory.  3.  Vocabulary;  English  into  Attic  Greek, 
including-  sentences  like  those  of  Xenophon. 


80 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


English. — 1.  Reading  and  study  of  (a)  one  play  of  Shakspeare  :  and  (6) 
a  part  of  the  English  rctiuired  for  tulmission  to  college.  2.  Kecitation  of 
prose  and  poetr}'.  3.  Writing  translations  from  a  foreign  language;  and 
compositions. 

French. — 1.  Oral  reading;  oral  and  \\Titten  translation  of  some  modem 
prose  and  poetry  ;  translation  at  sight.  2.  Committing  passages  to  memory. 
3.  Oral  and  written  exercises  in  French  comj^osition. 

History.    Histoiy  and  Geography  of  Greece  and  Rome  completed. 

Natural  Science.— Thy sics. 

Mathemalics. — 1.  Algebra  through  quadratic  equations.  2.  Algebra  and 
Arithmetic  re^^ewed.     3.  Plane  Geometr}-. 

Military  Drill  and  Gymnastics. 

SIXTH  YEAR. — CLASS  1. 

Latin. — 1.  Aeneid,  Books  V-IX;  Cicero,  three  orations;  translation  at 
sight.  2.  Committing  passages  to  memory.  3.  Vocabulary ;  English  into 
Latin,  including  oral  and  written  exercises  based  upon  passages  from 
Cicei'O. 

Orcek. — 1.  Herodotus,  selection;  and  sight  translations  of  ordinaiy  pas- 
sages; Homer's  Iliad,  Books  1-lH,  or  its  equivalent,  with  study  of  prosody. 
2.  Committing  passages  to  memory.  3.  Greek  composition,  oral  and  writ- 
ten. 

English. — 1.  Reading  and  study  of  the  English  required  for  admission  to 
college.  2.  Recitation  of  prose  and  poeti'y.  3.  Writing  translations  and 
compositions. 

French. — 1.  Prepared  and  sight  translations,  oral  and  written,  of  one  or 
more  French  classics ;  reading  a  history  of  France.  2.  Committing  passages 
to  memory.     3.  Oral  and  written  exercises  in  French  composition. 

Mathematics. — Plane  Geometi-y  completed. 

Military  Brill  and  Gymnastics. 


The  earliest  Latin  School  house  was  just  behind  the  present  loca- 
tion of  Kinti's  Chapel,  and  the  name  of  "  School  Street,"  a  con- 
traction of  the  older  "South  Latin  Grammar  School  Street,"  is  a 
continual  reminder  that  here,  for  the  first  two  centuries  of  the  town 
and  city  of  Boston,  stood  its  first  and  chief  School.* 

The  first  School  house  was  undoubtedly  as  simple  and  i)lain  a 
building  as  the  first  Meeting  house,  the  Master  probably  living  in 
a  portion  of  it,  and  keeping  the  School  in  the  remainder,  as  we  find 


•  School  St.  is  culk-d,  at  iis  late  n  period  us  1009  in  a  dccil  of  Uoheit  Ui^rht's,  "  the  sti-oct 
(^oin^  lip  to  elder  James  Penii's"  (Penu's  lot  was  where  the  Albion  uow  stauds) ;  yet  the 
towij  school  had  been  kept  there  siucc  1645  {sic).    Proc.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc'y  xx,  p.  318. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  81 


that  was  the  case  when  Mr.  Woodmansey  was  Master  in  1650-67.* 
A  conjectural  drawing  of  the  building  has  been  made,  which  represents 
a  two-story  building,  with  an  old-fashioned  roof,  rude  and  plain,  but 
it  is  uncertain  whether  this  represents  the  original  or  the  second 
building. 

Probably  the  School  ceased  to  be  held  in  the  Schoolmaster's  house 
during  Mr.  Cheever's  mastership  (1671-1708),  for  in  Mr.  Hassam's 
monograph  on  Cheever  we  have  an  account  of  the  erection  oi  a  new 
house  for  Mr.  Cheever's  occupancy,  in  which  no  provision  for  the 
School  appears,  and  a  little  later  we  find  the  following  on  the  Town 
Records : 

"  At  a  Town  Meeting  held  in  the  Town  House  in  Boston,  March  13,  1703-4:, 
it  was.  Voted  that  a  New  School-house  be  build  instead  of  the  Old  School 
House  in  wch  mr  Ezekiell  Chever  Teacheth  and  it  is  Left  wth  the  Selectmen 
to  get  tlie  same  accomplished." 

June  27th,  1704,  the  Selectmen  voted  to  proceed  to  the  erection  of 
the  new  School-house  authorized  by  this  vote,  advising  with  Mr. 
Cheever  and  Mr.  Williams  in  regard  to  it. 

On  the  24th  of  July  of  the  same  year  they  made  a  contract  with 
Mr.  John  Barnard  for  the  erection  of  a  School-house,  "  forty  foot  long, 
twenty-five  foot  wide,  and  eleven  foot  stud."t 

A  portion  of  this  School-house  must  have  stood  very  near  the 
present  location  of  the  statue  of  Franklin.  A  plan  of  Boston,  dated 
1733,  gives  a  representation  of  this  School,  with  a  double  roof,  a 
chimney,  windows,  and  doors,  very  much  resembling  the  picture 
already  given  -of  the  earlier  edifice.!  The  same  j^icture  gives  a 
view  of  the  old  King's  Chapel  building,  and  of  Mr.  Lovell's  house. 

From  the  Records  of  King's  Chapel  we  learn : — 

March  14th,  1747-8.  A  petition  §  of  the  Minister,  Wardens  and 
Vestry  of  King's  Chapel  was  presented  to  the  Town  Meeting  stating, 
that  owing  to  the  ruinous  condition  of  that  church,  it  was  desired  to 


*  See  note  p.  23. 

t  The  full  text  of  this  vote,  as  weU  as  of  those  preceding,  and  of  those  passed  in  regard 
to  the  erection  of  the  house  for  Mr.  Cheever's  dwelling  will  be  found  in  Appendix  D. 

X  This  representation  would  seem  to  be  incorrect,  because  the  new  School-bouse,  con- 
structed in  1748,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  by  the  King's  Chapel  congregation, 
which  was  by  the  terms  of  the  contract  to  be  built  like  the  old,  was  of  but  one  stoi-y,  or  at 
most  one  and  a  half,  as  will  be  seen  b}'  the  representation  of  it  which  we  give  beyond. 

§  The  full  text  of  this  petition,  and  of  the  action  of  the  Town  in  Town  Meeting  upon  it, 
is  given  in  the  second  volume  of  the  Annals  of  King's  Chapel  by  the  Rev.  Henry  W. 
Foote. 


82  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


reconstruct  it  in  the  same  place,  and  to  make  it  somewhat  larger  and 
more  commodious,  and  asking  for  that  purpose  a  piece  of  ground  at 
the  oa.st  en<l  of  tlie  Churcli,  which  was  town  property.  The  petition 
further  prays  the  aj)pointment  of  a  committee  to  consider  the  petition, 
view  the  premises  and  re])ort  to  tlie  Town. 

Dr.  Greenwood,  in  liis  History  of  King's  Chapel,  gives  the  further 
history  of  the  proceedings  : — 

Tlie  town  chose  a  committee  to  confer  with  the  committee  of  tlie  church, 
and  the  result  of  the  conference  was  a  pi'oposal  that  the  church  should  have 
the  lot  occuijietl  Ijy  the  school-house  at  the  east  cntl  of  the  old  building;,  with 
the  resen^ation  of  a  passage  way  of  ten  feet  wide  into  the  burying-gi-ound, 
on  condition  that  the  school-house  should  be  rebuilt  by  the  church  on  a  con- 
venient spot  in  the  vicinity.  Thereupon  the  petitioners  bargaiiietl  for  a  piece 
of  ground  at  a  short  distance  from  the  school-house,  and  also  for  another 
more  expensive  lot  opposite  the  school-house,  on  the  south  side  of  School 
Street,  as  the  fomier  could  not  be  purchased  without  the  latter.  But  the 
Committee  of  the  town,  finding  tlie  latter  piece  a  more  desirable  situation 
than  the  other,  rose  iu  their  demands,  and  insisted  that  a  sehool-liouse  should 
be  erected  for  them  there.  This  came  near  to  break  off  the  negotiations,  and 
comjiel  the  church  to  rebuild  according  to  the  old  dimensions.  But  Governor 
Shirley  and  others  came  forward,  and  said  nobly  and  sensibly,  "that  svs  the 
Building  was  designed  for  Posterity  as  well  as  themselves,  it  would  liere- 
after  be  deemed  very  injudicious  if  an  advantage  of  enlarging  it  into  a  con- 
venient and  regular  building  should  no^^-  be  lost  for  the  sake  of  an  increased 
charge." 

In  view  of  these  things,  we  learn  from  the  Records,  that  it  seemed 
best  that  the  Proprietors  of  King's  Chapel  sliould  follow  the  advice  of 
the  committee,  and  substitute  another  petition  containing  tlie  pro- 
po.sals  agreed  upon  after  this  mutual  consultation,  and  meanwhile 
should  take  a  formal  vote  in  regard  to  taking  down  and  rebuilding 
tliat  edifice ;  "  for  tho'  People's  Minds  were  generally  known  as  to 
this  matter,  yet  nothing  publick  or  authoritative  had  been  done 
about  it."  A  meeting  was  accordingly  lield  after  evening  service 
on  Sunday,  March  '27th,  when  a  vote  to  that  effect  was  passed 
unanimously. 

The  further  action  on  the  subject  we  give  as  it  ajipcars  upon  the 
Town  Records  : — 

April  nil,  A.  D.  1748.     This  meeting  being  called  to  consider 

I'etition  of        „     .       ,,     .^.  .  ^,       ^,.    .  ^,„         ,  ,  ,    ■•»  • 

King's  "I  liK-  rctition  or  tlie  Minister,  (  hurchwanlens,  and   >  estry  of 

wlltli'drawii.     '"^i"^''"*  ChajiiJel  for  granting  (-"m  a  piece  of  Land  at  tho  Kiust 

end    of  said    Chajjpel    on    i)art    wluavof   the   Latin  School  now 

stands  in  onler  to  Enlarge  the  same,  and  of  the  proposals  of  said  Petitrs.  for 

Purchasing  a  piece  of  Land  and  erecting  a  New  Scliool  house  at  their  Ex- 


SUPPOSED    FIRST    OR   SECOND   SCHOOL  HOUSE. 

IN  WHICH   EZEKIEL  CHEEVER  PROBABLY  BEGAN  TO  TEACH. 


,B  RAR 
or  THE 

UNIVERSITY 


HISTORICAL    SKETCH.  83 


pence  in  Consideration  of  said  Grant ; — The  Gentn.  who  Petitioned  for  this 
Meetmg  being  present,  desired  the  town  would  not  at  this  time  proceed 
thereupon,  but  prayed  thej-  might  have  Liberty  to  withdraw  their  said  Peti- 
tion for  the  Grant  of  said  Land,  &c, — "Wliereupon  It  was  Voted  that  the 
Petitioners  have  Liberty  to  wathdraw  their  said  Petition,  and  they  accordingly 
withdrew  the  same. 

April  11th,  A.  D.  1748.  The  Petition  of  the  IVIinister  Wardens 
ye'^^l<lug's  and  vestry  of  Ivings  Chaj^ple  in  Boston  in  behalf  of  themselves 
Minister  &c  '^^^^  *^'^*^  Congregation  that  usually  attend  the  Publick  worship 
of  God  there,  setting  forth — 

That  said  Chapel  which  has  constantl}'  been  Improved  for  the  Publick 
worship  of  God  for  about  Sixty  Years  past  is  in  many  Parts  of  it  Rotten  and 
greatly  decayed  and  almost  rendered  uncapable  for  that  Service  any  longer, 
and  said  Congi-egation  out  of  Regard  to  the  Honour  of  God  and  for  their  own 
Edification  being  very  desirous  that  the  Publick  worship  of  God  should  be  still 
Supported  and  Camed  on  in  said  Place,  have  determmed  to  Rebuild  said 
Church  and  make  it  somewhat  larger  more  Comodious  and  Regular  tlian  it 
now  is,  but  apprehend  they  shall  be  greatly  Straitened  for  want  of  Ground 
at  the  East  End  of  said  Church  to  Effect  the  same. — Your  Petitioners  there- 
fore pray  the  Town  would  be  pleased  to  Grant  to  said  Church  34  foot  East- 
ward for  the  Cody  of  said  chapel  and  10  foot  for  a  Chancel  in  order  to 
enlarge  the  same  into  a  Regular  and  Commodious  Building  and  whereas  the 
Town  has  a  School  house  upon  Part  of  the  Land  which  your  Petrs.  Request, 
It  is  therefore  humbly  proposed  in  consideration  of  the  Grant  hereby  Request, 
That  the  Petrs.  do  Purchase  and  make  over  to  the  Town  a  Piece  of  Ground 
at  the  upper  End  of  the  Lane  or  Passage  fi-onting  the  present  School  house 
of  like  dimensions  Avith  the  present,  the  said  Petitioners  not  to  dig  or  open 
any  Ground  which  the  Additional  Building  shall  cover,  excepting  to  lay  the 
Foundation,  nor  at  any  time  to  exclude  those  who  have  vaults  or  Tombs 
within  the  requested  Limits  to  have  free  access  to  them. 

Your  Petrs.  ajjprehend  that  the  said  Grant  will  be  no  deti'iment  to  the 
Town  as  the  present  School  house  is  much  decayed,  in  many  parts  defective, 
and  will  in  a  Short  Space  of  time  require  to  be  Xew  Built,  and  as  the  place 
now  pi'oposed  for  the  School,  neither  has  nor  can  possibly  have  any  Conti- 
guous Building  being  Eighty-eight  foot  long,  and  Seventy  seven  foot  wide, 
has  a  free  air,  a  pleasant  assent  and  Capable  of  a  Southerly  Highway  to  it 
ivom  Bromlield  Lane  which  if  it  be  thought  necessar}-  the  Petitioners  have 
a  reasonable  Prospect  of  Obtaining,  is  very  near  to  School  Sti*eet,  and  yet 
agreeably  Retired,  The  Town  will  have  a  larger  Piece  of  Ground  to  Accom- 
modate the  School,  The  Chapel  aforesaid  and  other  Neighbouring  houses 
Will  be  less  in  danger  from  Fire  and  such  accidents,  The  To'^atii  Receive  a 
New  Ornament  in  the  Buildings  i)roposed,  and  all  to  be  effected  at  the  Charge 
of  the  Petitrs.  and  others  such  well  disposed  persons  as  shall  tliink  proper  to 
Contribute  to  the  same,  for  a  clearer  View  of  what  j'our  Petrs.  hereby 
Request  Ave  Refer  to  the  Platts  of  the  Gi-ound  and  the  Buildings  annexed. 


84 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Hoping  tlie  Town  upon  the  considerations  aforesaid  will  f^TMit  the  said 
Petition, — was  Read,  and  after  some  Debate  thereon,  It  was  Moved,  Seconded 
and  Voted  that 


The  Honble  Andrew  Oliver,  Esqr. 
John  Steel  Esqr. 
Thomas  Hancock  Esqr. 
Mr.  John  Tyng. 


]Mr.  Edward  Bromfield. 
John  Fayenveather  Esqr.  & 
Mr.  Hugh  Vans 


be  and  they  hereby  are  appointed  a  Committee  to  prepare  the  form  of  a  Vote 
in  answer  to  the  said  Petition  with  such  Conditions  and  Reservations  annexed 
to  it  as  said  Committee  shall  think  necessary  and  proper  and  they  are  desired 
to  Report  hereon  at  the  intended  Adjournment  of  this  Meeting. 

Voted  that  this  Meeting  be  Adjourned  to  Monday  the  18th  inst.  at  nine 
o'clock  in  the  Forenoon. 


Report  on 
Kings 
Chappel 
Petition. 


April  18th,  A.  D.  17-48.  The  Committee  appointed  tlie  11th 
instant  to  prepare  the  fonn  of  a  Vote,  in  answer  to  the  Petition 
of  the  Wardens  and  Vestry  of  King's  Chapel,  praying  for  a  piece 
of  Ground  in  order  to  Enlarge  the  Church,  Reported  that  they 
had  maturely  considered  the  Affair,  and  agreed  to  offer  the  following  Draft 
to  the  Town,  Viz — 

That  the  Selectmen  be  Impowei-ed  to  make  a  legal  Conveyance  in  behalf 
of  the  Town  to  the  Petitioners  of  the  several  Pieces  of  Land  and  of  the  Privi- 
ledge  hereafter  mentioned,  upon  their  first  Complying  with  or  Satisfying 
the  Selectmen  with  Respect  unto  the  Terms  and  Conditions  herein  Required 
of  them  Viz — a  Piece  of  Land  Fronting  on  School  Street  extending  Thirty 
feet  on  said  Sti-eet  from  the  East  End  of  Kings  Chappel  and  includes  the 
Passageway  into  the  Burying  Ground,  and  the  Westerly  i)art  of  the  School- 
house  and  of  the  Yard  thereto  belonging  measuring  Thirty  Seven  feet  back 
from  the  said  Street  together  with  the  old  School  house  and  other  Buildings 
belonging  to  it,  being  partly  on  the  premises  and  partly  on  the  Towns  Land 
adjoining  to  be  Removed  when  the  Town  shall  Require  it  at  tlie  Expence  of 
the  Petrs.  Also  a  Strip  of  Land  Thirty  feet  in  Length  and  four  feet  wide 
extending  from  the  Northeast  Corner  of  the  old  Chappel  upon  a  Line  with 
the  North  Side  of  said  Chappel  in  order  to  Erect  thereon  part  of  the  Walls  of 
the  proposed  New  Church,  Also  another  Strip  of  Land  ni  said  AVedth  adjoin- 
ing to  and  turning  upon  a  Right  Angle  with  the  former,  thence  running  until 
it  meets  the  lai-ger  Piece  lierein  first  projjosed  to  be  granted  saving  a  piussage 
way  of  Six  feet  wide  in  the  last  mentioned  Strip,  throu  tlie  Walls  of  the  New 
Church  in  some  convenient  Place  between  the  Northeast  Corner  and  the 
Chancel  herein  after  mentioned  which  Entrance  shall  be  at  least  Six  feet 
high  leading  into  a  Piece  of  Burying  Ground  belonging  to  the  Town  which 
piece,  nicasurcs  Twenty  five  feet  Nortii  and  South  and  twenty  feet  East  and 
West,  Also  Another  piece  of  Land  in  fonn  of  half  Oval  adjoining  Easterly 
upon  the  beforcmentioned  proposed  Grants  and  exti'!:diiig  fifteen  feet  North, 
and  as  much  South  from  the  middle  of  the  Eastermost  Line  thereof,  and  to 


extend  ten  feet  further  East  in  its  extreme  distance  from  said  middle  Point 
being  for  the  i^i'oposed  Chancel,  provided  there  shall  be  Still  left  a  Passage- 
way of  at  least  Eleven  feet  in  the  Narrowest  part  between  said  Chancel  and 
Mr.  Cook's  line  into  the  Buiying  Ground ;  pi'ovided  also  that  the  Bodys  of 
those  who  shall  be  known  to  lye  in  the  said  Strips  of  Land,  or  within  the 
said  half  Oval  Piece  shall  be  decently  taken  up  and  buiyed  in  some  other 
jjart  of  the  Burying  Ground  with  the  consent  of  their  Friends,  and  in  such 
manner  as  they  with  the  Selectmen  shall  agi'ee  to  and  direct  or  where  no 
Friends  shall  ajjpear  they  shall  be  Removed  as  the  Selectmen  shall  direct  at 
the  Charge  of  the  Petitioners. 

Also  a  privilege  to  Extend  their  N'ew  Building  over  the  aforesaid  Piece  of 
Burjdng  Ground  lying  to  the  Northward  of  the  present  School-house  and 
measuring  25  feet  by  20  as  before  expressed ;  provided  they  do  not  cany  the 
floor  of  the  Church  or  other\vise  Incmnber  the  same  within  eight  feet  of  the 
Surface  of  the  Earth  as  it  now  lyes,  and  that  no  monuments  or  Grave  Stones 
either  within  or  without  the  Building  be  desti'oyed  or  if  accidentally  broken 
in  carrying  on  the  Work  be  repaired  at  the  charge  of  the  Petitioners  ;  unless 
they  shall  agi'ee  with  the  Friends  of  those  who  may  lye  Buryed  in  said  Piece 
of  Ground,  or  where  no  Friends  appear  with  the  Selectmen  to  Remove  the 
Bodys  in  manner  as  is  herein  provided  for  the  other  Dead  Bodys  before  men- 
tioned then  and  in  such  case  that  the  Selectmen  be  Impowered  likewise  to 
convey  to  the  Petrs.  said  piece  of  Burying  Ground  and  the  Entrance  into  it 
herein  before  resei*ved. — 

That  in  Consideration  of  the  proposed  Grants  beforementioned  the  Peti- 
tioners shall  procure  and  .cause  a  legal  Title  to  be  made  to  the  Town  of  a 
Certain  Piece  of  Land  over  against  the  present  Grammar  School  now  in  the 
Occupation  of  the  Widow  Green  and  others  measuring  oAh  feet  or  thereabouts 
on  School  Street  and  running  97  feet  back  more  or  less,  bounded  on  the 
West  by  Col.  Wendell's  Land,  and  Eastei'ly  on  a  passage  way  leading  to  the 
house  where  Mr.  Gunter  now  dwells,  together  with  the  privilege  of  said 
Passageway  forever.  Saving  to  the  Petitioners  a  Liberty  of  Removing  if  they 
see  good  the  Buildings  now  upon  said  Land,  when  Required  by  the  Select- 
men, said  Petitioners  likewise  to  Erect  upon  said  Land  a  new  School-house  of 
like  dimensions  and  accomodations  with  the  present  and  finish  the  same  in 
like  decent  manner  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Selectmen ;  unless  the  Petrs. 
should  propose  a  Sum  of  money  to  the  Acceptance  of  the  Town,  instead  of 
Erecting  the  said  Building. 

All  which  is  humbly  Submitted  in  the  Name  and  by  order  of  the  Com- 
mittee. 

Andr.  Oliver. 

Boston  18th  April  1748. 

Which  Report  being  Read  and  a  long  Debate  had  thereon  It  was  Moved 
and  Seconded  that  the  following  Question  be  put  viz — whether  the  Town 
have  Power  in  this  Meeting  to  Appropriate  or  Dispose  of  the  Land  on 
which  the  South  Latin  School  stands  to  any  other  use  than  for  a  School,  the 


86  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Vote  of  the  Town  of  the  14th  Imo  1635  as  Entred  in  the  Towns  Records  not- 
withstanding, and  the  same  being  accordingly  put, — It  was  Voted  in  Affirm- 
ative. 

And  then  on  a  Motion  made  and  Seconded  the  following  Question  was  put 
viz — Whetlier  the  Town  have  power  to  accept  of  tlie  said  Report  of  the  Com- 
mittee, the  province  Laws  of  the  fourth  of  William  and  Mar\',  Entitled  an 
Act  for  Regulating  of  Townships,  choice  of  Town  Officers,  and  Setting  forth 
their  Power,  and  the  Twelfth  of  Queen  Anne,  Entitled  an  act  directing  how 
Meetings  of  proprietors  of  Lands  lying  in  common  may  be  called,  which 
have  been  now  read,  notwithstiinding,  and  It  was  Voted  in  the  Affirmative. — 
and  then  it  wixs  projiosed  and  Seconded,  that  the  following  Question  may  be 
put  Viz — Whether  the  said  Draft  of  a  Vote  as  prepared  by  the  Committee 
be  Accepted. — Whereupon,  it  was  moved  that  the  Vote  of  Acceptance  of  said 
Draft  may  be  Determined  by  a  written  Vote. — It  passed  in  the  Affirmative  ; 
— and  thereuijon  the  Inliabitiints  were  dh*ected  to  bring  in  their  Votes  in 
writing,  and  such  of  'em  as  were  for  accepting  of  said  Draft  of  a  Vote  as 
proposed  by  the  Committee  and  jiassing  the  same  as  tlie  Vote  of  the  Town  in 
answer  to  said  Petition  were  desired  to  write  Yea,  and  such  as  were  not  for 
iiccepting  it  to  write  Nay.  And  the  Liliabitants  proceeded  to  bring  in  their 
Votes,  and  the  Votes  being  brought  in  and  Sorted  it  appeared  that  there  was 
Four  hundred  and  tAVO  Voters  and  there  was 
Two  hundred  and  five  Yeas  & 
One  hundred  &  Ninety  Seven  Nays 

Whereupon,  it  was  declared  by  the  Moderator,  that  the  said  Form  of  a 
Vote  was  Accepted  and  Passed  by  the  Town  accordingly. 

The  account  of  this  meeting,  in  the  Records  of  King's  Chapel, 
mentions  an  interesting  attempt  on  the  part  of  a  prominent  citizen, 
by  means  of  cumulative  voting,  to  secure  the  expression  of  public 
opinion  in  accordance  with  the  wislies  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
Church,  which  having  been  detected,  was  promptly  rebuked,  and  fitly 
punished,  for  the  full  account  of  which  we  would  refer  the  curious  to 
the  second  volume  of  the  Annals  of  King's  Chapel,  by  the  Rev. 
Henry  W.  Foote. 

In  the  afternoon  of  the  same  day  on  which  this  meeting  was  held, 
Joseph  Green,  Esq.,  who  lived  a  few  rods  behind  the  School-house, 
sent  into  the  Latin  School  to  Mr.  Lovell,  who  heartily  opposed  the 
project  of  removing  the  School,  the  following  epigram : — 

"  A  fi<^  for  your  Icarninff !  I  tell  you  the  Town, 
To  make  tlie  c/jwrc/t  larjjcr,  must  pull  the  school  down. 
Unluckily  spoken,  replicil  Muster  Rirch, — 
Then  learning,  I  fear,  stops  the  growth  of  the  church." 

Dr.  Greenwood  adds : — "  The  end  of  the  whole  business  was  that 
the  Church  erected  a  School-house  on  the  required  lot,  opposite  the 
old  one." 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH.  87 


"  During  the  building  of  this  School-house,"  continues  the  record, 
"  they  met  with  much  vexation  and  Delay  from  the  various  Humours 
of  the  Selectmen  and  others,  but  especially  from  the  continued  Imper- 
tinence of  Mr.  Lovel,  the  Schoolmaster,  indeed  every  man  seemed 
to  imagine  he  had  a  Right  to  dictate  and  prescribe  his  own  Fancy 
in  the  Building,  but  the  Committee  endeavored  to  encourage  their 
Avorkmen  to  proceed  thro'  all  opposition  and  to  hearken  to  no  altera- 
tions but  what  the  projectors  would  become  bound  to  pay  for." 

At  much  expense  (the  cost  was  £2,700  old  tenor*),  and  after  many 
vexatious  delays,  the  new  School-house  was  at  last  completed,  on 
the  opposite  side  of  School  Street,  on  the  corner  of  what  was 
then  Cook's  Court,  now  Chapman  place  (where  a  corner  of  the 
Parker  House  was  subsequently  erected),  on  the  spot  where  it  was  to 
stand,  for  the  larger  part  of  a  century,  in  part  at, least,  since  a  portion 
of  the  wall  then  built  was  incorporated  in  the  structure  which  about 
sixty  years  later  superseded  it. 

As  this  School-house  remained  standing  until  1810  or  later,  it  might 
be  supposed  that  its  general  appearance  could  be  easily  ascertained, 
but  a  most  diligent  search  and  inquiry  has  brought  no  representation 
to  light,  and  the  descriptions  given  by  the  few  persons  still  living, 
who  either  went  to  school  in  it,  or  lived  in  the  vicinity,  so  that 
they  would  be  likely  to  be  familiar  with  it,  vary  so  much  that  no 
conclusion  can  be  reached  from  them  on  the  subject.  We  know, 
however,  from  the  agreement  made  by  the  Selectmen  with  the  pro- 
prietors of  King's  Chapel,  that  it  was  of  brick,  thirty-four  feet  front 
toward  School  Street,  thirty-six  feet  deep  on  the  passage  and  twelve 
feet  stud. 

In  1847,  when  the  first  edition  of  the  Catalogue  was  prepared, 
an  inquiry  concerning  this  building  elicited  some  descriptions  from 
former  pupils,  Avhich  we  give.  As  showing  the  uncertainty  of  human 
memory  these  testimonies  are  valuable.  Those  by  whom  they  were 
given  describe  the  building  as  of  wood  and  as  of  brick ;  as  red  and 
black,  and  as  white,  in  color ;  as  one  story,  and  as  two  stories  in  height ; 
as  having  a  yard  and  fence  before  it,  as  having  no  yard  and  no 
fence.  Remembering  that  it  was  a  reproduction  of  the  old  building 
on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  we  conclude  that  those  who  assign 
one  story  as  its  height  are  more  correct  than  those  who  describe  it 

*  This  sum  was  not  far  from  twelve  hundred  dollars  at  the  present  value  of  money.  In 
1745,  the  depreciation  of  the  bills  of  credit  had  reduced  the  value  of  eleven  or  twelve 
pounds  in  paper,  to  one  pound  sterling,  and  when  the  redemption  of  this  issue  began 
in  the  fall  of  1749,  forty-five  shillings  paper  were  exchanged  for  a  silver  dollar. 


as  havin<2:  two ;  who  have,  perhaps,  confused  their  recollections  of 
this-  buildinii  with  tliose  of  the  three-story  edifice  afterwards  erected 
on  the  same  site. 

Rev.  Dr.  E.  E.  Hale  writes :  "  This  house  was  built  of  brick.  It  must  have 
been  as  wide  as  the  late  School-house  and  was  nearly  square.  The  architect 
of  the  cupola,  Ur.  Jenks  tells  me,  and  probably  the  whole  building,  was  the 
same  man  who  designed  the  cupola  of  Faneuil  Hall ;  and  the  cupola  was 
considered  graceful  in  its  proportions.  The  School-room  was  entered  directly 
from  the  sti'eet.  In  the  rear  was  a  sort  of  projection,  in  which  was  a  stair- 
case which  led  to  the  attic,  and  in  this  attic  the  boys  used  sometimes  to  stud}'. 
Dr.  Jenks  tells  me  iie  has  often  sat  with  Dr.  Wai'ren*  at  work  at  the  window 
over  the  door  on  School  Street. 

*  *  *  "  We  boys  speculating  on  the  fact  that  there  was  a  cross  on  our 
School  bell  (in  1835)  guessed  that  it  once  belonged  to  the  old  French  Church 
in  School  Street.  Can  any  one  tell  if  it  were  the  same  bell  that  was  in  the 
old  School-house,  and  whence  did  it  come?" 

Mr.  Thomas  Farrington,  of  our  Class  of  1788,  says  (in  1855) : — 

The  School-house  was  higher  in  proportion  to  its  width  than  the  rough 
sketch  with  which  Dr.  Hale  accompanied  his  inquiry,  which  formed  the  start- 
ing-point for  our  picture.  The  School-room  was  so  high  from  the  ground 
that  a  flight  of  six  (?)  steps  was  necessary  to  reach  it.  The  door-way  was 
very  plain.  The  Mastei''s  desk  was  at  the  soutli  end  on  the  right  side  of  the 
back  door,  which  opened  into  a  porch  m  which  were  the  staircase  and  a  door 
leading  to  the  yard,  which  was  small,  with  a  board  fence.  The  Usher's  desk 
was  in  the  northeasterly  corner;  between  it  and  the  door  was  a  small,  or 
short  seat  and  desk,  in  which  a  few  of  the  tirst  class  sat  at  times,  as,  I  think, 
for  want  of  room  with  the  others ;  between  this  desk  and  the  door  came  do\\ni 
a  bell-rope.  Then  going  round  against  the  sun  were  the  seats  of  the  third 
and  fourth  classes,  on  the  west  side  wei'e  the  first  and  second,  and  on  the  east 
side  were  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  classes;  the  lowest  class  was  without  desks 
and  not  elevated  from  the  floor.  The  seats  and  desks  were  as  plain  and 
compact  as  possible ;  boys  in  those  days  were  not  so  important  members  of, 
did  not  I'equire,  nor  receive  so  much  room  and  accommodation  from,  society 
as  at  the  jjresent  day ;  which  is  evident  to  everyone  who  can  comiiare  from 
his  own  knowledge,  that  School-house  with  the  present  one. 

'  The  cupola  wa.«  at  the  extreme  front  of  the  building.  There  wore  no  trees 
on  the  School-house  lot.  The  chimney  was  a  rare  one,  if  not  singular.  It 
was  of  brick,  about  a  foot  scjuare,  built  in  an  iron  frame  that  came  down 
the  ceiling  in  about  the  middle  of  the  room,  which  was  a  high  one,  from  ten 
to  twelve  (feet)  high,  I  think  nearly,  or  quite,  tlie  latter,  with  a  sheet-iron 
sliding  bottom,  and  the  funnel  of  a  large  wood  stove  admitted  on  one  side. 


or  THE 

i/NIVERSiTY 


^^^, 


or 


FIRST  SCHOOL   HOUSE   ON    SOUTH    SIDE   OF   SCHOOL  STREET. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  89 


Our  next  witness  is  Mr.  Ebenezer  Thayer  of  our  Class  of  1806, 
who  died  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  in  1883,  while  these  pages  were  still 
passing  through  the  press.  His  memory  of  the  old  School-house  was 
perfectly  clear,  and  we  have  been  greatly  indebted  to  him  for  assist- 
ance which  has  made  it  possible  at  this  distance  of  time  to  pre- 
sent a  picture  so  reasonably  accurate.  Mr.  Thayer  lived  on  Cook's 
Court,  in  tlie  rear  of  the  School-house.  When  attending  School 
he  probably  entered  through  the  yard,  and  came  in  at  the  back 
door,  through  the  iDorch  described  by  Mr.  Farrington.     He  says : — 

I  recollect  in  going  down  to  the  School-house  in  the  morning  we  entered 
by  the  gate,  and  the  door  of  the  i^orch  was  right  before  us,  on  entering  which 
we  turned  to  the  right  and  entered  the  School-room  door ;  on  the  left  was 
Master  Biglow's  desk,  on  the  right  were  two  short  forms  occupied  by  the 
senior  boys ;  tlien  two  long  forms  brouglit  you  to  the  Usher's  desk — the  back 
forms  were  two  feet  higher  than  the  front,  the  windows  so  high  that  the 
boys  could  not  "  shin  up  "  to  see  the  soldiers  passing. 

The  front  of  the  building  on  School  Street  was  about  fifty  feet  high  to  the 
bell  cupola,  with  a  porthole  near  the  ridge,  Avhich  may  be  presumed  to  have 
been  a  dial  for  a  clock.  The  width  of  the  building  front  was  probably  thirty- 
eight  to  forty  feet.  (We  know  it  was  thirty-four.)  The  School-house  lot 
was  probably  eighty  feet  deep,  and  the  building  sixty  feet  deep.  (This  is 
nearly  double  the  correct  depth.)  The  front  of  the  School-house  was  about 
fifteen  feet  from  the  curb-stone  ;  a  flight  of  five  or  six  steps  rose  to  the  front 
door.  Thei-e  were  two  windows,  one  on  each  side  of  the  door,  with  sills 
fifteen  feet  from  the  ground  (this  is  manifestly  too  high) ,  the  windows  eight 
or  ten  feet  high,  and  from  top  of  the  windows  to  the  eaves  about  fifteen 
feet.  (Again  the  figures  are  too  great.)  The  roof  was  peaked.  The  build- 
ing M'as  all  of  brick. 

Mr.  Thayer  furnishes  a  rough  ground  plan  of  the  School-house 
and  yard,  which  substantially  accords  with  the  description  given  by 
Mr.  Farrington. 

Dr.  Watson,  of  our  Class  of  1805,  who  has  also  recently  deceased, 
says : — 

It  was  a  brick  building  with  a  stone  foundation,  of  the  height  of  four  or 
five  feet,  or  more,  from  the  ground.  The  front  had  two  large  windows,  one 
on  each  side  of  a  large  front  door  in  the  lower  story ;  and  two  smaller  win- 
dows over  the  lower,  in  what  may  have  been  the  second  story,  and  I 
think  the  front  door  had  a  fan  window  over  it.  At  the  enti'ance  there 
was  a  large  stone,  perhaps  four  feet  square,  for  the  landing-place,  with 
three  or  four  steps  below  it.  On  top  of  the  roof  there  was  a  belfry,  and 
a  bell,  the  rope  coming  down  into  the  School-room,  immediately  behind  the 
front  door.  There  certainly  was  another  room,  over  the  main  School-room, 
which  was  sometimes  used  for  recitations  to  the  Usher,  and  rehearsals  of 


90  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


"pieces,"  etc.  I  will  only  add  that  the  front  of  the  building  did  not  abut 
directly  on  the  street,  but  ten  or  twelve  feet  from  it.  There  was  a  small 
yard  in  the  rear,  and  a  tliglit  of  stairs  (in  a  small  addition  to  the  back  part 
of  it)  led  to  the  second  story.  There  was  a  gate  to  the  back  yafrd*  which 
opened  into  an  alley,  where  there  were  three  small  houses,  and  at  the  upper 
part  of  it  a  stable,  kept  by  one  Zeph  Spurr,  whose  son  was  at  the  School,  I 
think,  for  a  time. 

Mr.  Jona.  Darby  Robins,  of  our  Class  of  1766,  said,  about  1847 : — 

The  School-house  was  of  one  story,  with  an  attic  above,  a  cupola,  with  the 
bell  in  front,  as  in  the  late  School-house.  There  was  but  one  school-room,  in 
which  tlie  whole  School  assembled,  though  some  of  the  boys,  particularly 
those  of  the  seventh  form,  were  permitted  sometimes  to  go  upstairs  into  the 
attic  room.  This  was  reached  by  a  sUiircase  in  the  rear  on  the  outside.  The 
boys  of  the  younger  forms  sat  on  benches,  with  a  box  underneath  in  which 
to  put  their  books;  but  after  the  fourth  form,  when  they  began  to  make 
Latin,  they  had  desks  in  front  of  them  on  which  to  write.  There  was  a 
single  entrance  in  front,  and  you  then  ascended  two  or  three  steps. 

Hon.  Edward  G.  Loring,  of  our  Class  of  1811-12,  writes  that  his 
recollection  of  the  School-house,  when  under  Mr.  Gould,  is  of  a  two- 
story  building  on  the  south  side  of  School  Street,  with  windows  on 
a  side  alley.  His  class  was  in  the  second  story.  He  cannot  remem- 
ber how  the  lower  story  was  occupied,  nor  any  architectural  details 
of  the  building.     He  adds  : — 

There  is  a  lurking  impression  in  my  mind  that  under  Master  Biglow  the 
Latin  School  was  a  smaller  building  than  under  blaster  Gould,  and  tliat  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  sti'eet,  where  the  City  Hall  now  stands,  tliere  was  a 
square  wooden  building,  where  the  schools  for  reading,  writing,  and  aritli- 
metic,  were  kept  under  Masters  Snelling  and  Ilaskins,  but  these  impressions 
are  very  vague  and  unreliable  to  myself. 

From  these  varying  descriptions  we  have  had  our  drawing  pre- 
pared, which,  while  not  exactly  agreeing  with  any  of  them,  combines 
the  characteristic  features  included  in  each.f     When  finished  it  was 

♦This  back-yard,  or  play -ground,  was  a  space  about  20x40  feet,  not  a  tree  nor  shrub 
therein ;  nor  anything  but  a  high-peaked  fence,  and  a  clumsy,  rickety  gate,  with  a  six 
pound  shot  tied  to  it  to  keep  it  closed. — J.  L.  W. 

t  In  addition  to  these  old  pupils  of  the  School  the  Committee  addressed  a  number  of 
aged  citizens  of  Boston,  and  several  of  the  oldest  surviving  graduates  of  Harvard  College, 
who  having  been  at  Cambridge  while  this  house  was  still  standing,  might  fairly  be  sup- 
fMjsed  to  have  passed  it  occasionally  on  their  visits  to  Boston,  even  though  School  St.  in 
these  days  was  not  so  much  of  a  resort  for  the  Harvard  stmlent  as  it  hius  become  since 
ArteinuH  Ward  described  the  College  as  pleasantly  located  there;  and  the  result  of  these 
applications  is  given  below  : 

Mr.  Joseph  Head  (Ilarv.  1807),  in  1881  the  oldest  living  graduate  of  the  College,  writes 
in  that  year,  that  the  building  was  a  one-story  building  of  brick,  partly  black  and  partly 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  91 


submitted  to  most  of  these  gentlemen  for  approval,  and  was  generally 
acceptable.     The  Hon.  Henry  K.  Oliver  of  our  Class  of  1810-11,  on 

red,  with  gable  end  to  the  street,  surmounted  by  a  small  ch-cular  cupola  in  which  hung  a 
small  bell  which  was  said  to  have  belonged  to  the  original  King's  Chapel.  It  was 
approached  by  six  or  seven  steps,  door  of  ordinary-  size  in  middle  of  fi-ont,  with  a  single 
window  on  each  side  of  door,  and  he  thinks  there  was  a  cornice  to  both  gable  and  eaves, 
but  is  not  certain.  It  was  replaced  by  a  three-story  building  about  the  time  of  the  incorpo- 
ration of  the  city,  about  the  year  1822.  [Here,  of  course,  he  is  in  error  as  to  time.]  The 
mansion  house  of  Moses  Gill  stood  directly  west  of  the  old  building. 

A  few  days  later,  after  seeing  our  rough  sketch,  he  writes  that  it  agrees  very  well  with 
his  recollection  of  the  old  house,  but  "  I  think  the  windows  were  smaller  in  proportion, 
and  that  there  were  at  least  five  or  six  steps  to  the  front  door.  The  basement  was  higher 
in  front  and  the  ground  sloped  upward  considerably  to  the  rear." 

Dr.  Wm.  Pen-y,  of  the  Class  of  1811,  Harv.  Coll.,  one  of  the  four  survivors  of  the  class 
in  1881,  writes  in  that  year,  that  although  he  passed  it  daily  during  the  closing  mouths  of 
1812-1813  and  part  of  1814  his  recollections  of  it  are  not  very  definite.  "  I  can  onlj-  say 
that  the  building  was  two  stories  high,  by  no  means  an  imposing  structure,  wooden,  I 
believe,  and  painted  white.  Its  roof  gradually  descended  from  the  front  to  the  rear.  It 
stood  in  a  yard  that  appeared  sufficiently  large  for  the  uses  of  the  students,  and  was  separa- 
ted from  the  street  by  an  iron  fence." 

Mr.  Moses  Williams,  an  aged  citizen  of  Boston,  writes,  April  19,  1881 :  "  I  remember  the 
building.  It  was  a  two-story  wooden  building,  stood  end  to  the  street,  and  I  have  the 
impression  that  it  stood  a  few  feet  back  from  the  street,  and  that  there  was  a  flight  of  steps 
on  the  outside  to  the  second  story.  The  roof  was  not  steep.  The  dimensions  did  not  exceed 
forty  by  eighty  feet.  The  roof  had  only  a  slight  pitch.  I  have  an  impression  that  the  land 
on  which  the  School-house  stood  belonged  to  a  Mr.  Holloway  (.S!C)*  previous  to  the  Revolu- 
tion. He  was  a  tory  and  went  to  England.  His  estate  was  forfeited  for  his  life,  but  was, 
after  his  death,  inherited  by  his  nephew.  Ward  Nicholas  Boylston.  The  old  School-house 
was  a  cheap  building,  probably  built  at  a  small  cost,  on  account  of  the  uncertain  title. "t 

In  a  later  letter,  after  having  seen  the  sketch,  he  writes :  "  The  Latin  School-house 
which  I  have  in  my  eye  as  on  the  Boylston  Holway  tory  estate,  was  a  two-story  wooden 
building  with  a  low  pitch  to  the  roof,  too  low  to  look  well,  and  too  narrow  in  its  front  on 
School  Street  to  strike  the  eye  pleasantly.  The  pitch  of  the  roof  was  also  too  low  for 
beauty  and  at  one  time  there  was  an  outside  flight  of  stairs  to  the  second  story,  giving  it  a 
very  awkward  appearance.  I  think  this  is  an  accurate  description  of  the  building  which 
was  on  this  confiscated  estate  in  1800,  or  in  1801  or  1802." 

Mr.  Wm.  Thomas  (Hai"v.  1807),  \vi-ites  in  1881 :  "  It  stood,  as  I  remember,  opposite  or 
nearly  opposite  the  School  Street  side  of  the  Stone  Chapel,  and  was  about  30  or  40  feet  back 
from  the  line  of  buildings  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street  to  the  Chapel.  I  do  not  remem- 
ber ever  going  from  the  sidewalk  up  to  the  building,  but  do  remember  noticing  that  not 
any  doors  of  entrance  were  to  be  seen  from  the  sidewalk,^  so  that  I  concluded  the  end  of 

*  An  error  for  Hallowell. 

t  Perhaps  the  agreement  to  have  it  correspond  with  the  house  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
street,  from  which  the  School  had  been  removed,  may  be  a  better  reason  for  its  inexpen- 
siveness. 

t  Dr.  Watson  writes  that  he  can  only  account  for  this  impression  of  Mr.  Thomas's  by 
"  the  supposition  that  he  had  in  his  mind  tlie  appearance  of  the  public  writing-school, 
Master  Snelling's,  which  in  those  days  was  immediately  opposite,  occupying  very  nearly 
the  position  of  the  City  Hall  of  to-day;  it  was  a  long  wooden  building  with  the  entrance  on 
the  eastern  side,  and  showing  nothing  but  the  ugly  dimensions  of  its  sides  to  a  spectator 
on  the  sidewalk  on  School  Street." 


92  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


seeing  it,  said  :  "  If  the  Latin  School  building  was  of  but  one  story, 
that  is  it,  but  I  thought  it  had  two;"  an  opinion  easily  accounted 
for  when  we  read  Dr.  "Watson's  description  of  the  u]»i)er  or  attic 
room.  Mr,  John  Rogers,  of  our  Class  of  1808,  who  was  also  a  pupil 
attending  in  this  School-house,  pronounces  it  substantially  the  School 
which  he  attended. 

Dr.  Watson  further  describes  the  building: — 

From  the  west  side  was  a  brick  wall  about  four  feet  high  (and,  perhaps,  a 
kind  of  latli  rail  above  it)  running  down  to  the  side-walk,  and  separating  the 
School  grounds  from  the  next  premises ;  there  was  no  passageway  between 
the  western  wall  of  the  School  and  the  eastern  wall  of  the  next  house.*  There 
were  no  windows  in  the  western  wall  of  the  School-house.  In  front  of  tlie 
School  there  was  a  wooden  fence  of  some  kind  and  a  gate  opening  between 
the  tw'o  sides,  from  a  ver}'  naiTow  side-walk  of  brick,  alwaj^s  out  of  order. 

On  the  3d  of  May,  1749,  Mr.  Lovell  was  notified  to  remove  his 
boys  into  the  new  building.  Here  the  School  remained  until  1785, 
when  it  became  necessary  to  make  some  repairs  ujion  the  building, 
and  Master  Hunt,  for  a  time,  taught  in  Faneuil  Hall.      About  1812 

the  building  was  presented  to  the  street,  and  the  dooi-s  of  entrance  were  on  the  sides  of  the 
house,  which  could  not  he  readily  seen  from  the  street." 

A  few  days  later  Mr.  Thoman  writes,  after  having  seen  a  rough  sketch  of  the  building, 
"  I  remember  the  windows  on  the  end  to  be  as  numerous  as  the  space  could  with  any  pro- 
priety justify.  The  panes  of  glass  were  small  and  of  much  older  type  than  then  prevailed 
in  the  town,  aud  the  framework  and  sashes  of  the  window  much  heavier." 

Mr.  Thomas  T.  Spear  writes  in  April,  1881 :  "  The  facade  of  the  building  was  of  granite 
and  the  rest  was  of  brick,"  ami  sends  a  rough  sketch  of  a  two-storj'  building.  He  has 
evidently  confounded  the  school  of  Lovell  with  that  of  Gould. 

*  This  next  house  was  that  of  the  Hon.  Moses  Gill,  Lieut. -Governor  of  the  Common- 
wealth. Mr.  Thayer  says  it  was  a  three-story  house,  but  Dr.  Watson  says  that  as  he 
recollects  it,  "  it  was  a  two-stori*  house  with  an  attic,  a  long  covered  piazza,  which  in  winter 
time  was  entirely  closed  in.  I  think  also  that  it  was  used  as  a  hotel  or  stage  house  at  one 
time." 

This  building  was  known  earlier  as  the  Boylston  House.  It  was  situated  about  fifty  feet 
west  of  Cook's  court,  had  a  front  of  forty  feet  and  a  door  in  the  centre.  It  stood  about 
ten  or  twelve  feet  from  the  street,  on  which  was  a  fence  on  a  foundation  of  stone  two  feet 
above  the  sidewalk,  surmounted  by  an  open  rail.  It  was  three  stories  high,  witli  dormer 
windows  on  the  roof.  On  the  westerly,  or  upper  side  of  the  house,  was  a  passage  way 
twenty  to  twenty-five  feet  wide,  leading  to  the  stable  and  gardens.  This  garden  extended 
to  Madame  Dc  Blois's  house  on  Bromfield  street. 

In  the  rear  of  the  School  in  Cook's  court  was  a  double  dwelling  house,  40  x  40,  of  two 
stories  with  dormer  windows  on  all  sides,  and  fifty  feet  of  gardens  on  eacli  side.  The  doors 
of  the  houses  were  on  the  north  and  south  sides  respectively,  and  were  reached  by  a  small 
yard  leading  from  Cook's  court. 

The  lot  of  laud  on  which  the  School-house  was  built  belonged  to,  Mr.  Thayer  thinks, 
and  was  probably  given  by  Mr.  Ezckicl  Cook,  who  lived  on  tlie  side  of  Cook's  court,  oppo- 
site the  School,  and  was  the  owner  of  mucli  laud  in  the  neighborhood. 


R  A  fty" 
"or  THE 

UNIVERSITY 


SECOND  SCHOOL  HOUSE  ON  SOUTH  SIDE  OF  SCHOOL  STREET. 

1812-44. 


HISTOEICAL   SKETCH.  93 


there  seems  to  have  been  a  fire  in  the  building,  and  probably  then,  or 
a  little  later,  the  old  building,  with  the  exception  of  the  western 
wall,  was  removed,  and  the  new  building,  of  three  stories,  with  a 
granite  front,  which  is  represented  in  our  next  engraving,  was  substi- 
tuted for  it. 

While  this  building  was  erecting,  the  School  was  kept  for  a  time 
in  an  old  barn  in  Cole  Lane,  now  Portland  Street  (occasionally  re- 
ferred to  as  the  Mill  Pond),  afterwards  in  Scollay's  Building  on 
Pemberton  Hill;  until,  about  1812,  the  work  was  completed,  and 
it  returned  to  the  old  site  and  the  new  stone  School-house.* 

Of  this  building  Mr.  Dillaway  sayst : — "  The  interior  had  none  of 
the  luxurious  furnishing  of  the  present  day.  Its  desks  and  seats  were 
long,  thick  planks,  much  too  hard  for  our  jack-knives.  And  yet, 
plain  as  everything  was,  I  don't  think  you  could  find  a  school  in 
our  city  showing  more  earnest,  successful  study,  or  more  real  school- 
boy happiness,  than  we  had  in  that  building  when  Benjamin  A. 
Gould  was  Head  Master." 

Originally  the  upper  story  alone  was  occupied  by  the  Latin  School, 
and  the  middle  story  was  assigned  to  what  was  then  known  as  a 
"reading-school,"  but  the  interest  in  the  School,  which  for  some 
years  previously  had  been  on  the  wane,  gradually  increased.  In 
August,  1814,  thirty  boys  were  admitted ;  in  the  August  following, 
fifty,  and,  in  1816,  sixty  were  admitted.  As  none  were  in  the  mean- 
time deemed  fit  to  enter  College,  the  number  had  so  increased  as  to 
render  an  additional  room  and  assistant  necessary.  The  reading- 
school  was,  therefore,  removed,  and  its  room  appropriated  to  the  use 
of  the  Latin  School.  As  the  number  of  scholars  continued  to  increase 
yearly,  more  assistant  instructors  and  additional  rooms  were  provided 
as  occasion  required. 

*  See  an  article  by  Geo.  S.  Hillard,  in  the  Boston  Book  for  1850,  giving  reminiscences 
of  this  building. 

t  In  his  speech  at  the  dinner  of  the  Latin  School  Association  in  1880.  In  a  speech  on  the 
like  occasion  in  1877  he  had  thus  spoken  of  the  surroundings  of  the  School-house  : — 

"  The  old  School-house  had  none  of  the  conveniences  of  modern  times,  and  yet  I  think 
there  was  as  much  hearty  work  done  there  and  as  much  enjoyment  by  the  Scholars  as  in 
any  of  the  palatial  edifices  of  the  present  day.  The  surroundings  of  the  School  have 
changed  immensely  within  fifty  years.  Allow  me  to  mention  some  of  them.  In  the 
square  opposite  the  City  Hall  there  were  on  the  right  and  left  brick  buildings  for  lawyers' 
offices ;  then  came  the  Court-bouse,  which  was  a  handsome  building,  certainly  as  far 
superior  to  the  present  Court-house  as  the  Parthenon  was  superior  to  our  School-house. 

Half  a  dozen  rods  behind  the  Court-house  there  was  a  jail Between  the  jail 

and  the  Court-house  there  was  a  large  space  which  we  boys  made  use  of  for  foot  ball  and 
base  ball." 


94  PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


It  was  found  expedient  likewise  to  appoint  a  sub-Master,  with  a 
his/her  salary  and  more  permanent  tenure  of  position  than  the  assist- 
ants had.  In  1822  the  whole  School-house  was  appropriated  to  this 
School  and  in  the  Catalogue  appeared  the  names  of  two  hundred  and 
twenty-five  scholars.  About  1844  this  buildini;  (of  whicli  the  key 
presented  to  the  Latin  School  Association  by  Mr.  Dixwell,  and  now 
in  the  library  of  the  new  School-house,  is  the  only  visible  token 
remaining)  was  taken  down  and  Horticultural  Hall  erected  on  its 
site,  which  again,  about  18G5,  gave  place  to  an  extension  of  the 
Parker  House.  Meanwhile  a  new  building  intended  for  the  joint  use 
of  this  School  and  the  English  High  School,  had  been  erected  in 
Bedford  Street,  and  to  it  the  School  was  transferred  on  the  8th  of 
July,  1844. 

The  boys  assembled  at  9  o'clock  in  the  morning  and  simple  ser- 
vices of  dedication  took  the  place  of  the  usual  school  exercises.* 
His  Honor  Martin  Brimmer,  the  Mayor  of  the  City,  presided,  and 
prayer  was  offered  by  the  Rev.  Nehemiah  Adams  of  the  Essex 
Street  Church,  after  which  his  Honor  congratulated  the  friends 
present  on  the  occupancy  of  the  building  and  remarked  that  great 
pains  had  been  taken  by  the  Common  Council  to  provide  suitable 
accommodations  for  the  School.  The  buildings  lately  occupied 
had  been  deemed  unworthy  of  further  use.  In  the  location  of 
the  present  School-house,  retirement,  quiet,  and  central  position,  had 
been  secured.  The  construction  of  this  new  edifice  might  well  be 
deemed  an  evidence  of  the  increasing  public  interest  in  the  welfare 
of  our  common  schools. 

The  recent  introduction  into  these  Schools  of  the  study  of  drawing, 
an  acquaintance  with  which  is  frequently  useful  to  business  men, 
was  mentioned  as  another  indication  of  this  interest.  Mr.  Brimmer 
said  he  hoped  also  that  the  Common  Council  would  ere  long  su])ply 
means  for  the  study  of  astronomy,  for  which  an  observatory  had 
been  raised  on  the  present  edifice;  as  he  believed  this  study  was 
eminently  calculated  to  l)ring  into  exercise  deep  religious  feelings, 
leadinf'  the  young  mind  to  contemplate  the  works  of  Deity.  Other 
branches  of  education,  would,  doubtless,  be  provided  for  in  the 
future  as  their  need  was  made  manifest. 

In  no  other  jdace  of  the  same  wealth  has  so  iimoh  l)een  done  for 
the  cause  of  common  scliools  as  in  Boston.  Of  ll),OOU  chil.lren,  15,000 
were  educated  at  the  public   expense.      No  pains  were  sjiared   to 


•The  account  wc  pive  is  compiled  from  reports  in  the  Boston  Daily  Advertitr  and 
Boston  Journal  of  tlic  next  day. 


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HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  95 


rendei*  this  system  of  instruction  successful.  The  lot  of  the  youth  of 
our  city  was  most  hapjjy :  of  the  many  distinguished  men  who  honor 
our  country,  few  enjoyed  in  early  life  the  advantages  with  which 
our  children  were  furnished.  All  that  was  asked  in  return  from 
the  pupils  was  attention  to  their  studies,  industry,  application  and 
the  maintenance  of  virtue — which  would  surely  redound  to  their  own 
credit  and  the  honor  of  their  country.  In  conclusion,  the  Mayor 
said  he  placed  in  the  charge  of  the  instructors  and  pupils  this  edifice. 
It  was  a  temple  dedicated  to  learning  and  virtue,  to  be  watched  over 
with  care. 

Hon.  Wm.  J.  Hubbard,  Chairman  of  the  Sub-Committee  of  the 
High  School,  and  Geo.  S.  Hillard,  Esq.,  of  the  Sub-Committee  of  the 
Latin  School,  then  successively  addressed  the  boys  and  their  friends, 
each  speaking  principally  of  the  value  of  the  Institution  with  which 
he  was  officially  connected. 

Mr.  Hillard's  address  reminded  the  young  men  in  beautiful  and 
powerful  language,  of  the  real  and  intrinsic  value  of  the  studies  they 
were  pursuing ;  while  he  spoke  with  feeling  of  the  pleasures  and  in- 
terests of  his  own  school-boy  recollections,  and  of  the  associations 
which  the  pujiils  would  always  have  with  these  scenes  of  their  earlier 
education. 

Messrs.  Dixwell  and  Sherwin,  the  Principals,  replied  to  the  gentle- 
men of  the  City  Government  in  behalf  of  their  Schools,  giving  as- 
surances that  they  and  their  associates,  stimulated  by  the  means  now 
jDrovided  for  them  through  the  munificence  of  the  city,  would  labor 
with  increased  energy.  Mr.  Dixwell  suggested  to  the  alumni  of 
the  Latin  School,  the  great  value  it  would  be  to  that  institution, 
and  the  community,  to  have  a  classical  library  connected  with  it, 
together  with  other  similar  means  and  apparatus  of  classical  study 
which  might  be  j^rovided  by  its  graduates  and  friends.  As  a  result 
of  these  suggestions  a  meeting  of  the  alumni  of  the  Latin  School 
was  held  on  the  same  day,  at  which  the  Boston  Latin  School  Associ- 
ation was  formed. 

The  building  in  Bedford  Street  was  three  stories  in  height,  of  brick, 
with  a  granite  facade.  On  each  of  the  two  lower  stories  were  two 
rooms,  for  either  School,  on  the  sides  of  the  building — those  for  the 
Latin  toward  Howe  (now  Chaiincy)  Street ;  in  the  upper  story, 
two  large  halls  extended  across  the  building,  that  for  the  Latin 
School  occupying  the  front  on  Bedford  Street.  A  small  room  at  the 
side  of  the  hall  contained  the  library  of  the  Association,  and  beneath 
it  was  a  similar  room  on  the  second  floor.     Subsequently  the  number 


9(3  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


of  boys  became  so  great  that  a  room  in  the  basement  was  fur- 
nished (this  room  was  assigned  to  Master  Merrill,  when,  in  1858, 
he  entered  the  School  as  an  Usher,  so  that  he  has  literally  worked 
up  from  the  lowest  place  to  his  present  position),  and,  in  1861,  a 
fourth  story  was  added  to  the  building,  in  which  the  halls  of  the 
two  schools  were  accommodated,  while  the  old  halls  were  changed 
into  class-rooms  corresponding  with  those  on  tlie  floors  beneath. 

No  one  wlio  Avas  ever  in  the  old  Latin  School  hall  will  forget  its 
appearance.  At  one  end  was  the  platform  used  for  declamations, 
behind  which  in  later  times  stood  the  marble  statue  representing  the 
School,  to  which  reference  will  be  made  later.  On  the  Bedford 
Street  side  was  the  Master's  platform,  opposite  to  it  bemg  a  plaster 
cast  representing  the  shield  of  Achilles;  above  this,  after  the  war  of 
the  Rebellion,  hung  the  standard,  of  the  old  Roman  pattern,  pre- 
sented by  the  School  to  the  com])any  *  called  the  Latin  School  Com- 
pany, and  carried  by  it  throughout  its  service,  crossed  by  a  "  John 
Brown  pike." 

The  walls  Avere  hung  with  photographs  of  buildings  in  ancient 
Athens  and  Rome,  including  a  large  picture  of  the  Roman  Forum, 
and  the  portraits  of  some  of  the  Head  Masters,  Gould  and  Lovell 
and  Dillaway,  and,  afterwards,  Gardner;  and  on  brackets  or  tables 
were  cork  models  of  the  Colosseum  and  of  ancient  temples,  plaster 
casts  of  ancient  busts  and  statues,  or  curious  antiquities  illustrating 
the  studies  pursued  in  the  School. 

The  engraving  which  we  give,  taken  by  the  kind  permission  of  the 
Messrs.  Harper  Brothers,  from  Harper's  Magazine^  in  which  it 
originally  appeared,  will  recall  pleasant  memories  to  those  familiar 
with  this  school-room,  and  give  to  others  a  fair  idea  of  its  general 
aspect. 

Within  a  quarter  of  a  century  this  building  became  too  small  for 
the  needs  of  the  School,  and  rooms  had  to  l>e  procured  outside  for 
the  boys  who  flocked  to  it  from  year  to  year  ;  necessary  repairs  were 
delayed  or  neglected  until  it  became  positively  unsafe  for  occupancy, 
and  at  last,  in  1880,  a  new  building  was  erected  on  Warren  Avenue 
to  which,  in  1881,  the  School  was  removed. 

On  the  morning  of  the  13th  of  September,  1881,  there  appeared 
in  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser  an  article  of  which  we  give  a  part 
as  follows : — 

•  D  of  the  Muosiicliusetts  12th,  or  Weh.-.tiM'  Regiment,  comniiuuleil  by  Col.  Fletcher 
Webster,  of  our  (  hi-s  of  1S21,  i)f  whioh  Nathaniel  IJ.  Shurtlctr,  Jr.,  of  our  Class  of  ISoO, 
was  the  captain. 


HALL   OF   THE    BEDFORD   STREET    SCHOOL    HOUSE. 

FROM  HARPER'S  MONTHLY  MAGAZINE,  BY  PERMISSION. 


At  four  o'clock  this  afternoon  the  old  School-house  on  Bedford  Sti-eet  will 
be  opened  for  a  farewell  glimijse  from  the  teachers  and  scholars  who  cherish 
such  abiding  memories  of  the  hours  passed  within  its  walls.  To-mon'ow  it 
will  be  sold  for  removal,  and  its  demolition  will  follow  immediately,  to  make 
way  for  the  extension  of  Harrison  Avenue. 

Before  1844  the  Latin  School's  latest  abode  was  on  the  site  of  the  wing 
of  the  Parker  House,  near  Chapman  Place,  and  the  English  High  School 
was  on  Pinckney  Sti-eet  at  the  corner  of  Anderson,  ■\\'here  the  Phillips 
School  now  is.  Records  of  school  history  of  those  days  read  in  spirit  very 
much  like  those  of  recent  j-ears  in  regard  to  the  Bedford  Street  School- 
house.  They  were  too  small  for  the  constantly  increasing  number  of 
pupils  ;  they  were  inconvenient ;  they  were  not  well  adapted  to  their  uses ; 
the  land  on  Avhich  they  stood  (particularly  the  Latin  School)  was  valu- 
able for  business  purposes.  So  the  change  was  made.  May  1,  1843,  a 
report  to  the  City  Government  was  made  by  a  committee  appointed  to 
examine  into  the  need  of  a  new  School-house  and  "  the  feasibility  of  erect- 
ing one."  It  Avas  signed  by  M.  Brimmer,  Chairman,  and  as  a  consequence 
of  its  recommendations  an  order  was  passed  by  the  city  government  for  the 
purchase  of  lands  for  the  erection  of  a  School-house  near  the  western  boundaiy 
of  Ward  10,  as  the  wards  then  lay.  The  total  expense  was  not  to  exceed 
$21,000,  and  the  existing  Latin  School-house  was  ordered  to  be  sold  to  help 
defray  the  expense.  This  appears  to  have  been  allowed  in  addition  to  the 
original  appropriation.  The  latter  was  afterward  increased  by  $4000,  so  the 
fund  for  the  new  Bedford  Sti-eet  building  stood  like  this:  Appropriation, 
$25,000 ;  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  the  Latin  School-house,  $8,000  ;  interest, 
$3,000;  total,  $37,000.  The  account  of  expenditure  was:  Cost  of  land 
(12,980  feet),  $26,486  ;  cost  of  building,  $10,642,90;  total,  $37,128.90— thus 
oveiTunning  the  allowance  a  trifle.  In  a  few  years  the  house  was  crowded 
too  much  for  convenience,  and  in  1861  a  new  story  was  added.  Since  then 
it  has  stood  till  the  continued  pressure  upon  its  accommodations  and  the 
gradual  removal  of  population  further  south,  led  to  the  purchase  of  the  site 
of  the  present  magnificent  structure  on  Warren  Avenue  and  ilontgomery 
Street,  the  bargain  being  concluded  in  binding  shape  on  the  very  day  of  the 
great  fire,  a  few  hours  before  the  flames  broke  out. 

In  the  way  of  reminiscence  about  the  old  building  and  the  Schools  and 

teachers  mthin  it,  the  field  is  almost  limitless Details  as 

to  the  management  of  the  School,  as  to  the  committees  Avho  have  planned 
its  success,  and  as  to  its  growth  and  adaptation  to  the  widening  educa- 
tional ideas  of  the  time,  would  be  a  long  record,  better  left  to  the 
recollection  of  the  scholars  of  by-gone  days.  Doubtless  many  -will  improve 
their  opportunity  for  a  farewell  visit  this  afternoon. 

The  present  building,  on  Warren  Avenue,  which  has  been  described 
as  "  the  largest  structure  in  America  devoted  to  educational  purposes, 
and  the  largest  in  the  world  used  as  a  free  public  school,"  is  in  a 
modern  Renaissance  style,  of  brick,  with  the  lines  of  strength  treated 


98  PUBLIC   LATIIf   SCHOOL. 


architecturally  in  stone,  and  intended  to  be  fire-proof.  It  was  begun 
in  1877,  and  finished  in  November,  1880.  The  Dartmouth  Street 
front,  wliich  is  intended  to  be  occupied  by  the  School  Board,  is 
not  to  be  completed  at  present.  Without  it,  the  building  is  339 
feet  long  and  220  feet  wide. 

The  structure  is  three  stories  high,  with  a  basement,  and  is 
designed  after  the  German  plan  of  the  hollow  square  with  corridors 
following:  its  outlines.  The  walls  of  the  corridors  are  of  brick,  mak- 
ing fire-proof  sections.  The  width  of  the  whole  building  is  simply 
the  width  of  a  room  and  its  corridor,  thus  insuring  the  Ijest  light 
and  ventilation.  The  staircases  are  of  iron,  and  to  each  building 
there  is  a  tower  with  a  winding  staircase,  providing  an  extra  means 
of  egress.  Each  School  is  furnished  with  a  large  exhiljition  hall, 
arranged  as  an  amphitheatre  62  by  82  feet  and  25  feet  high,  as  well 
as  an  ample  room  for  drawing,  suitably  lighted  from  above.  The 
whole  interior  is  finished  in  })ine. 

Since  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  instruction  in  military  drill  has 
been  given  in  this  as  in  other  high  schools  in  the  city.  Opinions 
will  differ  about  the  wisdom  of  thus  introducing  the  study  of  arras 
among  the  elements  of  a  liberal  education ;  but  great  attention  has 
been  paid  to  it,  with,  it  is  claimed,  very  satisfactory  results,  and  there 
is  no  disposition  at  present  to  discontinue  it.  In  the  new  building 
the  rooms  best  adapted  to  their  purpose,  and  finished  with  the 
most  care  and  attention  to  detail,  are  the  large  drill-hall  and  gym- 
nasium for  the  common  use  of  both  Schools,  by  which,  as  well  as 
the  corridor,  they  are  connected.  The  drill-hall  is  a  grand  feature. 
It  is  130  feet  long  by  50  wide,  and  30  feet  high,  and  is  on  the  street- 
level,  with  entrances  from  Warren  Avenue  and  Montgomery  Street 
and  the  court-yards.  The  floor  is  of  thick  })lank,  calked  liked  a  ship's 
deck,  and  laid  upon  solid  concrete.  The  hall  is  large  enough  to 
accomuiodate  the  whole  school  battalion  when  at  drill.  With  its 
galleries  it  could  seat  3,000  persons.  Like  the  gymnasium  above, 
of  the  same  size,  it  is  finished  in  natural  materials,  and  treated  so  as 
to  get  a  structural  effect  of  oj)en  timber-work,  the  wood  being  hard 
pine,  finished  in  sliellac  and  varnished ;  the  walls  of  Philadelphia 
bricks,  laitl  in  bright  red  mortar,  and  trimmed  with  sandstone. 

The  building  surrounds  two  large  courts,  used  as  playgrounds  by 
the  pupils.  The  easterly  half,  facing  Montgomery  Street,  is  occupied 
by  the  English  High  School,  a  transverse  corridor  connecting  the 
two,  whilst  the  recitation  rooms,  twenty-four  in  number,  for  each 
School,  are    reache<l    bv  longitudinal   corridors    runninir    north    .-iikI 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  99 


south.  The  main  entrance  of  the  Latin  School  is  on  Warren 
Avenue.  After  entering  the  building,  one  sees  on  either  side  of  this, 
a  raural  tablet  bearing  the  names  of  those  graduates  of  the  School 
who  fought  in  the  war  for  the  Union  and  returned  to  enjoy  the 
fruits  of  their  patriotism ;  while  directly  opposite,  at  the  junction 
of  the  transverse  and  long  corridors  is  the  beautiful  statue,  by 
Greenough,  which  formerly  stood  in  the  Hall  of  the  Bedford  Street 
building,  of  the  Alma  Mater  of  the  School,  reclining  upon  a  shield, 
on  which  the  names  of  the  dead  heroes  are  inscribed.  On  either  side 
of  the  transverse  corridor,  on  the  first  floor,  are  the  following  apart- 
ments for  each  school:  The  janitor's  room,  a  reception  room  for 
parents  or  other  visitors,  a  teachers'  room  answering  to  the  faculty 
room  in  a  university,  the  Head  Master's  room  and  a  library.  These 
rooms  are  furnished  with  every  modern  convenience,  the  reception 
rooms  being  in  direct  communication  through  call  bells  with  every 
teacher's  room  in  the  building. 

On  the  second  floor,  and  leading  from  the  transverse  corridor,  are 
the  janitor's  bed-room,  kitchen  and  parlor,  and  a  large  lecture  room, 
accommodating  nearly  200  students,  and  opening  into  a  cabinet  of 
natural  history,  from  which  the  lecturer  on  zoology  or  botany  may 
take  the  specimens  with  which  to  illustrate  his  lecture.  On  the  same 
floor,  but  leading  from  the  long  corridor,  is  a  laboratory  for  the  study 
of  physics  and  chemistry. 

On  the  third  floor  are  the  rooms  for  drawing  and  the  Exhibition 
Halls  of  the  Schools.  The  latter  have  seats  for  over  800  persons 
in  each  hall,  besides  a  broad  platform  which  can  accommodate  many 
more.  Upon  the  walls  of  the  Exhibition  Hall  are  hung  the  portraits 
of  former  Masters,  and  a  few  of  those  pupils  who  distinguished  them- 
selves in  our  late  war. 

The  recitation  rooms  average  twenty-five  feet  by  thirty,  are  i^ro- 
vided  with  thirty-six  desks — this  number  is  never  exceeded,  and 
often  one  desk  is  taken  out — and  a  neat  bookcase  opposite  the 
teacher's  desk.  Each  room  is  heated  not  directly  from  the  furnace, 
but  by  the  process  of  indirect  radiation,  the  pure  air  from  outside 
becoming  heated  by  passing  over  coils  of  heated  wire — a  process 
which  eliminates  the  possibility  of  a  particle  of  coal-gas  finding  its 
way  into  the  school-room.  There  are  besides,  ventilators  above 
and  below,  which  draAv  away  the  impure  air.  In  addition  to  these 
devices  there  are  toplights  over  the  windows  which  can  be  opened 
or  closed  at  pleasure. 

Each  room  is  provided  with  an  electric  clock,  and  with  eighteen 


100  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


closets  about  three  feet  high,  which  are  partitioned  off  for  the 
boys'  hats  and  coats.  After  this  part  of  the  work  was  done,  the 
objection  was  made  that  the  boys'  coats,  if  folded  and  placed  in 
these  closets  when  wet,  would  dry  very  imperfectly,  and  not  with- 
out receiving  serious  injury,  and  though  at  first  it  was  disregarded, 
coat  stands  were  subsequently  placed  in  the  long  corridors  in  each 
School. 

The  building  was  occupied  early  in  1881,  but  was  not  formally 
dedicated  until  the  2*2nd  of  February  of  that  year,  when,  in  the 
presence  of  a  crowded  assembly,  consisting  of  more  than  three 
thousand  people,  filling  the  large  Drill  Hall  to  its  utmost  capacity, 
distinguished  speakers  representing  both  the  Latin  and  the  Eng- 
lish High  Schools  gave  interesting  addresses,  which,  together  with 
a  full  and  detailed  description  of  the  building,  have  been  published 
in  a  pamphlet  by  the  School  Committee,  from  which  we  extract 
such  as  were  made  by  representatives  of  our  School : 

A  temporary  platform,  elegantly  draped,  was  erected  on  the  east- 
erly side,  in  front  of  the  cavalry  entrance  from  Clarendon  Street  to 
the  magnificent  hall,  while  numerous  portraits  of  past  Head-Masters 
of  the  two  Schools  adorned  the  walls,  and  the  Stars  and  Stripes  hung 
in  festoons  in  front  of  the  balconies. 

Gen.  Thomas  Sherwin  was  in  charge  of  the  Hall,  as  marshal 
assisted  by  the  Officers  of  the  Latin  and  English  High  School 
Battalions,  and  the  exercises  were  conducted  in  accordance  with  the 
following 

PROGRAMME. 

1.  Music. — The  Heavens  are  Telling.    Beethoven. 

Sung  by  a  select  chorus  of  pupils  from  the  Girls'  High,  the  Girls'  Latin, 
and  the  English  High  and  the  Boy's  Latin  Schools. 

2.  Invocation  by  Rev.  William  Burnet  Wuigut. 

3.  Delivery  of  Keys  by  the  City  Government  to  the  President  of  the  School 

Board. 
Transfer  of  the  charge  of  the  Building  to  the  Committee  on  High  Schools. 

4.  Music. — Selections  by  the  Beethoven  (Quintet  Club.      Theme  and  Variations 

from  Quartette  op.  70,  No.  3.     Ilaijdn. 


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5.  Delivery  of  the  Keys  to  the  Head-Masters  of  the  Latin  and  English  High 

Schools. 

6.  Music. — Chorus.    HjTnn  to  Liberty.    Methfessel. 

Addkesses. 

Music— Female  Chorus  from  William  Tell.    Bossini. 

Addresses. 

Music. — Selections  by  the  Beethoven  Club.    Mid-Summer  Night's  Dream. 
Mendelssohn. 

Addresses. 

Music. — Chorus.    The  Chapel.    C.  Kreutzer. 

Addresses. 

Music. — The  One  Hundredth  Psalm. 

Benediction. 


Director  of  Music. — Julius  Eichberg. 


Beethoven  Quintet  Club. — Charles  N.  Allen,  Gustav  Danreuther, 
Violins;  Henry  Heindl,  Viola;  Wulf  Fries,  Violoncello;  A.  Stein, 
Contra  Basso. 


After  the  invocation  had  been  offered  by  the  Rev.  William  Burnet 
Wright,  Pastor  of  the  Berkeley  Street  Church,  Alderman  Woolley, 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Public  Buildings  of  the  City  Govern- 
ment, with  a  few  appropriate  remarks,  delivered  the  keys  to  His 
Honor  Mayor  Prince,  as  President  of  the  School  Board,  who,  after 
receiving  them,  replied  as  follows : — 

ADDRESS  OF   MAYOR  PRINCE. 

Mr.  Chairman : — In  behalf  of  the  School  Committee,  I  accept  from  you, 
as  the  representative  of  the  City  Government,  these  keys  in  token  of  the 
delivery  of  possession  of  this  building,  erected  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
Boston  Latin  and  English  High  Schools,  and  its  consecration  to  the  purjDoses 
of  public  education.  In  appropriating  the  large  sum,  more  than  three-quai'- 
ters  of  a  million  of  dollars,  required  for  the  purchase  of  land  and  construe- 


102  PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


tion,  the  citizens  have  shown  their  ancient  and  traditional  interest  in  the 
cause  of  free  schools.  By  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  this  stnicture  now 
passes  from  the  control  of  the  city  to  that  of  the  Board  of  School  Committee  ; 
and  we  of  this  Board  and  our  successors  in  office,  must  watch  well  that  the 
gi'eat  tioist  thus  reposed  in  us  is  faithfully  executed,  so  that  tlie  objects  for 
which  this  costly  temple  was  erected  may  be  successfully  accomplished. 
Believing  that  the  committee  fully  appreciate  their  responsibilities  in  the 
premises,  and  tliat  the  accomplished  teachers  who  will  minister  here  fully 
recognize  tlie  importance  of  their  work,  I  have  confidence  that  these  great 
schools  will  now  enter  upon  a  new  career  of  enlarged  usefulness,  so  that 
they  will  not  only  benefit  our  own  citizens  but  the  peoi)le  of  the  whole 
Commonwealth.  If  such  results  are  realized,  the  building  of  tliis  edifice 
was  inspired  by  policy  and  wisdom. 

The  formal  ceremonies  of  this  dedication  require  me  to  deliver  these  keys 
to  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  High  Schools,  and  this  accomplished, 
my  duties  at  this  time  are  performed.  Before  making  this  delivery.  I  wish 
to  say  a  few  words  touching  tliese  Schools,  which  their  importance  and  the 
proprieties  of  the  occasion  seem  to  demand.  Both  of  these  Schools  are 
venerable,  not  only  for  their  great  age,  but  for  their  great  success  in  accom- 
plishing the  objects  of  their  organization.  They  both  antedate  our  existence 
as  a  city.  The  Latin  School  was  established  in  1G35.  the  English  High 
School  in  1821.  As  there  is  a  vast  disparity  in  their  ages,  we  cannot  say 
that  they  are  ambo  aequales  aelatibus,  but  we  may  affirm  that  they  are 

Arcades  ambo, 
Et  cantaie  pares  et  respondere  parati. 

It  may  be  said  that  the  Latin  School  was  brought  here  by  Governor  Win- 
throp  and  the  Puritan  colonists,  in  1630,  for  their  first  thought,  after  estab- 
lishing a  church  was  to  organize  a  school.  They  built  their  religious, 
educational,  and  political  institutions  on  fomidations  of  rock ;  for  the  First 
Church  still  lives  as  with  immortal  youth;  the  First  School— our  Latin 
School— still  flourishes  with  no  sign  of  decrepitude  or  decay;  and  the 
political  dogma  to  which  we  owe  our  existence  as  a  nation — that  tiixation 
and  representiition  are  inseparable — enunciated  by  the  liberty-loving  emi- 
grants more  than  a  hundred  years  before  the  Great  Dechirution  of  the 
United  Colonies,  is  to-day  tlie  corner-stone  of  our  glorious  Constitution. 
It  is  not  strange  that  the  education  of  the  people  was  the  early  care  of 
the  colonists.  The  number  of  learned  men  among  tljem  was  most  extraor- 
dinary, when  we  consider  the  character  of  those  who  generally  settle  a 
new  country.  It  has  been  said — and,  I  believe,  truly  said — that  between 
1630  and  KJ'JO  there  were  in  New  England  as  many  graduates  oi  Cambridge 
and  Oxford  as  could  be  found  in  any  ixipulation  of  tlu"  s;inie  size  in  the 
mother  country.  Mr.  Savage,  in  liis  history  of  New  England,  asserts  that 
during  the  first  part  of  that  period  there  was  in  Massacluisetts  and  Connecti- 
cut a  Cambridge  graduate  for  every  two  hundred  and  fifty  inhabitants, 
"besides  sons  of  Oxford  not  a  few."     "Probably,"  says  the  historian  of 


HISTOKICAL  SKETCH.  103 


American  Literature,  "no  other  community  of  pioneers  ever  so  honored 
study,  so  reverenced  the  symbols  of  learning ;  theirs  was  a  social  sti'ucture, 
with  its  cornei"-stone  resting  on  a  book.  Universal  education  seemed  to 
them  a  universal  necessity,  and  they  promptly  jn'ovided  for  it  in  all  its 
grades." 

They  declared  in  their  laws  that  it  was  "barbarous"  not  to  be  able  j)er- 
fectly  to  read  the  English  tongue,  and  to  know  the  general  laws.  They  Avent 
further,  and  declared  that  "  skill  in  the  tongues  and  liberal  arts  is  not  only 
laudable,  but  necessary  for  the  well-being  of  the  Commonwealth." 

Their  zeal  in  this  respect  was  well  shown  by  their  action  touching 
Michael  Powell,  the  ruling  elder  of  the  Second  Church  of  Boston.  There  had 
been  considerable  difficulty  in  getting  a  minister  to  take  chai'ge  of  this  con- 
gregation, and  for  a  few  years  Mr.  Powell  conducted  the  worship,  and  so 
satisfactorily  that  he  would  have  been  ordained  teacher,  had  not  the  General 
Court  interfered  and  declared  that  it  "  would  not  suffer  one  that  Avas  illiter- 
ate, as  to  academical  education,  to  be  called  to  the  teaching  office  in  sucli  a 
place  as  Boston."  Mr.  Powell  "Avasa  man  of  sense  and  good  character, 
and  the  objection  to  him  was  not  that  he  was  a  layman,  but  that  he  Avas  want- 
ing in  learning." 

The  public  sentiment  in  respect  to  universal  education  was  so  strong  as  to 
induce  the  passage  of  laAvs  for  its  accomplishment,  and  as  early  as  the  year 
1649  every  Ncav  England  colony  except  Rhode  Island  made  public  instruc- 
tion compulsory  by  laAV.  Every  toAvn  containing  fifty  householders  Avas 
required  to  support  a  school  for  reading  and  writing,  and  CA'ery  toAvn 
containing  one  hundred  householders  a  grammar  school,  Avith  a  teacher 
competent  "  to  fit  youths  for  the  miiversity." 

They  did  this  not  only — to  quote  from  the  old  law  that — "learning  might 
not  be  bviried  in  the  gi'aves  of  our  fathers,"  but  that  they  might  baffle  that 
"  ould  deluder  Sathan,"  Avhose  one  chief  project  is  "to  keep  men  from  the 
knowledge  of  the  Scriptures,  by  persuading  them  from  the  use  of  tongues." 

As  the  historian  Tjder  well  remarks,  "only  six  years  after  John  Win- 
throp's  arrival  in  Salem  harbor,  the  people  of  Massachusetts  took  from  their 
own  treasury  the  funds  Avith  Avhich  to  found  a  university ;  so  that  while  the 
ti'ee-stumps  were  as  yet  scarcely  weather-broAvned  in  their  earliest  harvest- 
fields,  and  before  the  nightly  hoAvl  of  the  wolf  had  ceased  from  the  outskirts 
of  their  villages,  they  had  made  arrangements  by  which  even  in  that  Avilder- 
ness  their  young  men  could  at  once  enter  upon  the  study  of  Aristotle  and 
Thucydides,  of  Horace,  and  Tacitus,  and  the  Hebi'ew  Bible." 

We  can  appreciate  the  public  solicitude  for  learning  when  we  recall  the 
noble  declaration  of  the  high-spirited  Ncav  England  matron  to  her  son : 
' '  Child,  if  God  make  thee  a  good  Christian  and  a  good  scholar  thou  hast  all 
that  thy  mother  ever  asked  of  thee." 

Epitaphs  are  often  true  expressions  of  jjopular  sentiment.  On  the  tombstone 
of  a  young  and  promising  minister  who  early  died  here  Avas  inscribed — 
beneath  the  hie  jacet:  "  The  ashes  of  a  hard  student,  a  good  scholar,  and  a 
great  Christian." 


104  PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


But  the  early  Puritans  were  not  solicitous  in  respect  to  education  merely 
from  **  the  love  they  bore  to  learning,"  nor  for  the  sole  reasons  set  forth  in 
the  legislation  to  which  I  have  referred.  Those  of  them  wiio  were  deep 
tliinkers  and  studied  the  future,  saw  another  value  in  popular  intelligence. 
They  had  l>eeii  driven  from  tlie  fatherland  into  emigration  by  the  ])crsecu- 
tion  of  the  Englisli  hierarchy,  and  were  convinced  tliat  the  English  govern- 
ment in  tlieir  treatment  of  Dissenters  would  always  retlect  tlie  intolerance  of 
tlie  English  Church.  They  therefore  felt  tliat  the  time  would  come — and, 
l)erhaps,  ere  long,  when  they  or  their  posterity  would  be  compelled  to  estab- 
lish an  independent  government  for  the  attainment  and  maintenance  of  the 
great  objects  wliich  prompted  their  emigration, — civil  and  religious  libeity. 
The  shadow  of  coming  events  was  seen  as  early  as  1033, — three  years  after 
their  landing  here, — when  tlie  stout-hearted  and  irrepressible  Roger  Williams 
asserted  the  novel  but  prolilic  doctrine  "that  the  people  were  the  origin  of 
all  power  in  the  government."'  This  political  tioitli,  feniienting  in  the  public 
mind,  generalized  a  vast  amount  of  speculation  upon  the  natural  rights  of 
man,  and  the  elementary  principles  of  the  social  compact.  It  evoked  new 
theories  in  respect  to  the  nature  of  government,  and  evolved  new  views  of 
the  powers  and  rights  of  the  people.  The  colonists  soon  began  to  recognize 
the  great  tinith — now  regarded,  wherever  there  is  constitutional  liberty,  as 
axiomatic — that  government  is  merely  the  agent  of  the  people  for  the  man- 
agement of  their  political  aftairs,  and  the  enforcement  of  those  fundamental 
rules  and  principles  which  are  necessary  for  the  i)rotection  of  the  rights  of 
the  members  of  the  body  politic  and  the  maintenance  of  social  order ;  that 
such  agent,  like  all  agents,  is  responsiljle  to  its  constituents  for  the  way  it 
executes  its  delegated  powers,  and  that  it  can  be  dismissed  from  office  when 
the  latter  shall  think  it  for  their  interest  to  exercise  the  right  of  doing  so. 

But  it  was  obvious  to  those  far-seeing  men  that  no  such  goverimient  could 
be  establi.slied  or  successfully  maintained  if  the  requisite  conditions  were 
wanting;  that  it  was  absurd  to  expect  that  there  could  be  free  institutions 
unless  there  were  intelligent  citizens;  that  ignorance  was  incompatiblt-  witii 
liberty.  They  felt,  in  the  eloquent  words  of  the  committee  who  recom- 
mended in  after  years  the  establishment  of  the  p]nglish  High  School,  "  that 
to  presen'e  tranqnillitj'and  order  in  acommunit3%  i^erpetuate  the  blessings  of 
society  and  fnse  government,  and  promote  the  happiness  and  prosperity  of 
the  people,  tliere  must  be  a  general  dift'usion  of  knowledge." 

Free  public  education  was,  therefore,  made  an  in)])ortant  object  of  jiolitical 
care  and  State  i)olicy,  and  the  most  generous  provision  for  its  sui)i)ort  i-arl}- 
and  unceasingly  made.  Liberal  a.s  our  citizens  are  to-day  in  their  appropria- 
tions for  the  cause  of  popular  education,  they  give  no  more — i)erhaps  not 
so  nuich — as  the  colonists  six  years  after  tlieir  landing,  when  the  sul)seription 
towards  tiie  maintenance  of  a  .schoolmaster  was  circulated,  headed  by  "  tlio 
Governor,  Mr.  IleiuT  Vane,  Esq.,"  for  ten  j)ounds,  and  Deputy  tiovernor 
John  Winthrop,  and  Ricliard  Bellingham,  «'ach  for  tiie  same  sum  ;  forty-two 
others  of  that  poor.  God-fearing.  l)ut  letters-loving  comnumity  subscribing 
according  to  their  ability.     Our  Puritiin  ancestors  felt  with  the  great  Roman 


statesman  and  pliilosopher,  that  we  cannot  confer  a  gi'eater  benefit  upon  our 
country  than  by  instructing  and  giving  a  proper  direction  to  the  minds  of  our 
3'outh.  Quid  muiius  Reipublicae  majus — ineliusve  afferre  possurnus — quam 
si  jtiventutem  docemus  et  bene  erudiimis'? 

The  first  school,  as  I  have  observed,  was  gathered  in  1635,  as  soon  after 
the  arrival  of  the  emigrants  as  there  were  probably  children  to  teach,  Avhen, 
to  quote  the  recoi'd,  they  "  enti'eated  brother  Philemon  Poi-mort  to  become 
school-master  for  the  teaching  and  nurturing  of  children  with  us." 

There  is  some  reason  to  doubt  whetlier  brother  Philemon  ever  consented  to 
serve  as  schoolmaster,  so  that  it  may  be  claimed  that  he  was  the  first  teacher 
of  this  ancient  school.  The  records  say  that  the  Rev.  Daniel  Maude  was 
"  also  chosen"  to  the  office  of  school-master  in  August,  1636,  and  it  appears 
that  when  the  Rev.  Jolm  "Wheelwright  Avas  banished  in  1637  for  heterodoxy 
on  certain  doctrinal  points,  among  those  who  went  away  with  him  was 
brother  Philemon ;  so  that  if  he  ever  taught  this  School  it  was  only  for  a 
few  months. 

I  have  never  seen  the  course  of  study  adopted  at  the  organization  of  the 
first  school,  but  it  would  seem  that  the  higher  branches,  and  not  merely 
elementary  instruction  were  taught  from  the  start.  We  know  that  Latin  was 
taught,  because  some  of  the  pupils  knew  it ;  hence  the  inference  that  the 
first  school  from  its  establishment  was  a  Latin  School. 

I  have  never  seen  any  reliable  description  of  the  School-house  where  this 
first  school  was  located ;  but  it  was  not  probably  more  elegant  or  more 
imposing  in  its  architecture  than  the  first  church,  which  had  mud  walls  and 
a  thatched  roof.  It  was  situated  in  School  Street,  very  near  the  spot,  if  not 
on  it,  where  the  statue  of  Franklin  now  stands ;  so  that  the  location  of  that 
memorial  of  the  great  philosopher  and  constant  advocate  of  popular  educa- 
tion, on  the  site  where  he  received  his  first  instruction,  was  appropriately 
chosen.  All  places  hallowed  by  sacred  associations  will  be  regarded  by  the 
cultivated  and  I'efined  with  sentiments  of  reverence,  and  the  desire  to  protect 
them  from  uses  degrading  to  the  religio  loci  naturally  obtains.  The  alumni, 
therefore,  must  be  gratified  to  know  that  the  statue  of  the  great  man  guards 
the  original  and  natal  location  of  the  old  School. 

Although  the  two  original  buildings  consecrated  to  religion  and  education 
were  thus  humble,  yet  as  the  years  went  by  and  the  material  prosperity  of 
the  country  increased,  better  structures  were  erected  for  the  accommodation 
of  both  church  and  school.  We  know  that  the  former  Avas  removed  from  its 
first  site  in  State  Street  to  Washington  street,  where  Joy's*  Building  now 
stands,  thence  to  Chauncy  Street,  and  thence  to  the  beautiful  temple  on 
Berkeley  Street.  We  know  that  the  latter  was  removed  from  its  original 
location  to  that  opposite  on  the  same  street,  now  occupied  by  a  jjai-t  of 
Parker's  Hotel ;  that  afterward  it  was  removed  to  Bedford  Street,  and  then 
to  this  magnificent  edifice.  But  we  do  not  know,  nor  can  we  determine  with 
the  same  certainty,  what  has  been  the  influence  of  this  first  church  and  first 

*  Since  replaced  by  the  Rogers  Building. 


106 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


school,  during  their  long  existence,  on  this  coiniuunity.  We  may  safely  say, 
however,  tliat  to  their  teachings  the  people  of  Boston  largely  owe  the  moral, 
religious,  anil  intellectual  culture  which  has  so  greatly  distinguished  them  in 
all  their  history — ab  urbc  cotulUa — that  to  these  they  owe  the  formation  of 
that  solidity  of  character  which  has  ever  made  tliem  the  earnest  advocates  of 
the  principles  of  civil  and  religious  liberty — the  leaders  in  every  social  and 
l^olitical  reform,  and  tlie  friends  of  every  measure  for  the  elevation  of  man 
and  the  2)romotion  of  civilization.  We  are  indebted  to  these  teachings  for 
tlie  great  influence  we  had  in  establishing  the  mdependence  of  the  colonies, 
and  in  shaping  the  character  and  policy  of  tlie  government  in  tlie  early  days 
of  the  Republic.  We  are  indebted  to  these  teachings  for  much  of  our  won- 
derful municipal  prosperity. 

We  lind  evidence  of  the  successful  work  of  tlie  Latin  School,  in  its  early 
histoiy,  in  the  fact  that  it  was  able,  with  tlie  Grammar  School  on  Bennett 
Street,  and  three  writmg-schools,  to  instruct  all  the  youth  of  Boston  previous 
to  tlie  Revolution.  At  that  time  tliey  accommodated  about  nine  hundred 
scholai-s.  We  find  evidence  of  the  success  of  the  School  in  subsequent  years 
in  the  large  number  of  its  distinguished  ahmmi  who  attained  eminence  in 
the  arts  and  .sciences,  in  law,  medicine,  and  theology,  and  in  the  mercantile, 
manufacturing,  and  mechanical  professions. 

For  many  years  most  of  tlie  young  men  were  here  prepared  for  .idniission 
to  Harvard  College,  so  that  during  its  long  existence  it  has  well  dischai*ged 
the  objects  set  forth  in  the  law  under  which  it  was  established,  "to  fit  youtlis 
for  the  universit}',"  and  I  think  that  it  has  been  generally  found  that  the 
graduates  of  this  School  were  as  well  if  not  better  fitted  than  those  of  other 
schools. 

This  institution  has  been  fortimate  in  all  its  history  in  being  under  the  care 
of  able  teachers — teachers  who  were  not  only  eminent  for  learning  and 
culture,  but  for  their  comprehension  of  instruction  as  an  art  and  their  capac- 
ity to  teach.  Many  of  them  have  been  highly  distinguished  as  successful 
educators.  Under  the  charge  of  the  accomplished  scholar  who  is  now  tlie 
Principal  of  this  School  we  may  indulge  the  confident  expectation  that  its 
character  and  repuUition  will  be  maintiiincd  in  tlie  future. 

The  English  High  School  had  its  origin  in  tlie  want  that  was  felt  in  tJu' 
early  part  of  this  century  for  a  school  where  tliose  who  had  not  the  wish,  or 
were  without  the  means,  to  obtain  a  collegiate  education,  might  receive 
instruction  in  some  of  the  branches  of  practical  importance,  generally  tauglit 
only  at  colleges.  The  Latin  School,  as  has  been  stated,  had  for  its  chief 
purpose  the  fitting  ui  boys  for  tlie  university. 

These  schools  have  occupied  the  same  l)uilding  in  Bedford  Street  for  nearly 
forty  years.  We  now  dedicate  to  their  joint  use  this  beautiful  structure. 
May  they  continue  to  occupy  it  in  harmony  and  jirosperity  ns  long  as  mun- 
dane things  are  permitted  to  endure. 

This  day  is  inemorable  ami  dear  to  our  citizens  and  to  all  Americans  as 
the  natal  anniversary  of  tlie  Fatlier  of  his  country.  I  invoke  the  blessings  of 
his  spirit  on  these  two  institutions,  that  they  may  not  t>nly  instill  into  our  youth 


HISTORICAL    SKETCH.  lOi 


the  desire  for  intellectual  and  moral  truth,  so  as  to  lead  them  through  the 
pursuits  of  knowledge,  to  cultivate,  as  Tully  has  well  said,  in  our  mortal  life 
the  pursuits  of  heaven,  but  may  also  inculcate  the  spirit  of  a  lofty  patriotism, 
that  there  may  be  always  here,  where  Washington  first  drew  his  sword  in  the 
cause  of  civil  liberty,  those  Avho  will  make  every  sacrifice  for  its  defence. 

Mr.  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  High  Schools,  I  now  conclude  the  part 
assigned  to  me  in  this  dedication  by  delivering  you  these  keys.  I  do  so  with 
great  pleasure,  being  well  assured  that  you  and  your  committee  will  faith- 
fully administer  the  supervisory  powers  in  respect  to  these  schools  delegated 
to  you  by  the  Board. 

RESPONSE   OF  CHARLES   L.    FLINT,    ESQ. 

Mr.  Mayor: — In  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  High  Schools,  I  accept  the 
ti-ust  of  which  these  keys  are  a  fitting  recognition.  Let  me  express  the  ^jro- 
found  satisfaction  of  the  committee  with  the  completion  of  the  plans  for  the 
accommodation  of  tlie  great  schools  which  are  to  occupy  this  house.  These 
schools  have  labored  for  years  under  the  most  trying  disadvantages,  with 
classes  scattered  about  at  considerable  distance  from  the  main  building,  and 
imder  circumstances  which  made  it  impossible  to  do  the  best  work,  or  work 
which  was  satisfactory  to  the  teachers  themselves.  That  they  have  been  able 
tt>  maintain  their  popularity,  imder  such  conditions,  and  even  to  grow  in 
efficiency  and  usefulness,  is  due  chiefly  to  the  extraordmary  good  fortmie  of 
the  committee  in  securing  and  retaining  a  corj)S  of  instructors  in  both  schools 
luisurpassed  for  ability,  and  devoted  heai't  and  soul  to  the  work  they  were 
called  upon  to  do. 

The  schools  were  never,  Ave  believe,  iii  a  stronger  position  than  they  are 
now.  TheyAvere  never  in  a  condition  to  do  better  work.  With  tlie  facilities 
which  this  building  will  afford,  when  our  rooms  are  furnished,  as  I  have  no 
doubt  they  will  be,  with  suitable  chemical,  physical  and  philosopliical  appar- 
atus, the  appliances  which  science  and  mechanical  skill  have  devised,  we 
shall  be  recreant  to  our  duty  if  we  fail  to  impart  a  training  which  will  fit  the 
young  to  enter  upon  the  activities  of  life  with  all  the  conditions  requisite  to 
success,  so  far  as  they  depend  on  instruction  in  the  public  schools 

We  wish  to  express  our  grateful  acknowledgments  to  you,  sir,  and  to 
the  City  Government,  for  the  mimificent  liberality  that  has  provided  so 
generously  for  the  wants  of  these  schools,  and  to  the  Committee  and  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Buildings,  and  especially  to  the  City  Architect  for 
his  admirable  and  thoughtful  designs  for  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
teachers  and  pupils.  It  may  be  easy  to  suggest  improvements  and  to  find 
fault  with  defects  Avhen  the  work  is  done,  but,  take  it  all  in  all,  we  believe  it 
to  be  the  gi'andest  and  most  complete  school-house  in  this  country,  if  not  in 
the  world.  We  thank  you  all,  sir,  for  the  excellent  way  in  which  the  work 
has  been  done  It  is  a  monument,  noble  in  its  designs,  magnificent  in  its 
proportions,  and  fit  to  coimiiemorate  the  wise  and  far-seeing  liberality  of  our 
citizens. 


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The  committee.  I  am  sure,  feel  a  deep  sense  of  responsibility  to  the 
citizens  who  ni:unt;uii  these  schools,  and  to  the  parents  whoso  sons  are  to  be 
tauglit  here.  Let  us  have  your  considerate  co-operation,  your  generous  cou- 
lidence,  and  your  heartj'  support,  and  we  will  make  tliese  schools  not  only 
the  pride  of  every  citizen,  but  the  crowning  glory  of  the  free  public  .school 
system  of  Boston. 

After  music  by  the  choir,  Mr.  Flint  continued ; — 

Mr.  Merrill,  IIcad-Maslcr  of  the  Public  Latin  School:  I  have  the  honor,  on 
behalf  of  the  committee,  to  entrust  these  keys  to  you.  They  are  the  symbols 
of  your  authority.  Since  the  committee  called  you  to  the  honorable  anil 
responsible  position  at  the  head  of  this  great  School,  they  have  watched  you 
day  by  day,  with  increasing  contidence  in  j'our  ability,  in  your  scholarship, 
and  in  your  practical  sagacity.  When  you  entered  upon  your  duties,  four 
years  ago,  tlie  school  had  suUered  from  a  variety  of  causes.  Its  general 
tone  and  its  discipline  were  low,  and  it  failed  to  command  the  entire  con- 
fidence of  the  School  Board,  or  of  the  community.  1  state  what  I  know 
fi'om  my  own  experience  when  I  say  it  was  a  source  of  great  anxiety  to  the 
committee  in  charge.  You  have  revolutionized  it  in  these  i-espects.  and  you 
are  fairly  entitled  to  the  credit  of  it.  The  Latin  Scliool  was  never  in  a  better 
condition,  so  far  as  its  general  tone  and  spirit  are  concerned,  tlian  it  is 
to-day.  I  do  n(jt  believe  its  corps  of  teachers  was  ever  so  exceptionally 
strong  and  efficient  at  any  one  time  in  the  past,  or  so  united  in  their  eflbrts 
to  do  the  best  possible  work  for  the  credit  and  the  reputation  of  the  school 
itself. 

You  are  at  the  head  of  the  oldest  free  public  .*;chool  in  tlxis  countiy.  It 
was  the  work  of  men  struggling  with  tlie  hardships  and  the  gloomy  isolation 
of  colonial  life,  but  determined,  let  what  would  come,  that  learning  should 
not  be  buried  in  the  graves  of  their  fathers.  If  there  ever  was  a  case  where 
men  builded  better  than  they  knew,  it  Avas  that  of  the  early  fatliers  of  Xew 
England,  when  they  started  to  embody  in  a  material  and  practical  fonu  the 
declaration  of  their  great  spiritual  leader,  "that  government,  as  the  natural 
guardian  of  all  the  young,  has  the  right  to  compel  the  people  to  support 
schools."  They  applied  that  i)rinei  jjle  for  the  first  time  here,  in  the  establish- 
ment of  this  school,  only  five  years  after  the  settlement  of  this  i)lace,  and 
while  the  little  ccdony  was  still  hanging  almost  on  tlie  verge  of  despair. 

The  history  of  the  School,  therefore,  dates  back  to  the  early  infancy  of 
the  colony  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  to  a  jieriod  anterior  to  the  founding  of 
Ilan-ard  College,  and  for  a  hundred  years  or  more  it  was  regarded  as  "  the 
principal  school  of  all  the  colonics,  if  not  in  all  America."  It  is,  :us  wo  all 
know,  a  preparatory  school.  It  has  always  been  regarded  as  such,  and  as 
such  in  times  i)ast  it  gained  a  high  and  well-earned  reputation  as  the  most 
efficient  institution  in  the  country,  nobly  and  honorably  accomplishing  its 
mission,  and  proving  itself  to  bo  a  priceless  blessing  to  this  community. 

But  though  somewhat  venerable  with  age,  there  is  still  abundant  room  lor 
i'rowth.    The  standard  of  seliolarship  reijuiretl  for  admission  to  our  colleges 


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HISTORICAL    SKETCH.  109 


is  constantly  advancing,  so  that  we  shall  be  obliged  constantly  to  produce 
better  results,  and  forced  not  only  to  do  more  work,  but  to  raise  the  standard 
of  admission  to  the  higher  classes.  To  make  such  changes  as  may  be  needed 
fi-om  time  to  time  in  the  course  of  studies,  to  keep  the  School  in  the  line  of 
growth  and  progress  so  as  to  accomplish  the  highest  results,  will  require 
constant  watchfulness,  consummate  skill,  and  an  untu-ing  devotion.  The 
committee,  I  need  not  say,  will  give  you  all  the  aid  in  their  power,  and  will 
cordially  co-oi^erate  with  you  in  your  efforts  to  maintain  the  ancient  renown 
of  an  institution  which  was  for  many  years  regarded  as  by  far  the  best  pre- 
parator}'-  school  in  all  America. 

RESPONSE   OF  HEAD-MASTER  MOSES   MERRILL. 

Mr.  Chairman: — In  receiving  these  kej'S  from  your  hands,  we  are  re- 
mmded  of  the  obligations  resting  upon  us  as  instructors  of  youth.  We 
trust  that  this  responsibility  is  never  lost  sight  of.  But  it  is  well  to  call 
attention  at  times  to  the  services  demanded  of  us  and  to  the  trust  re])osed  in 
us,  lest  we  may  forget  that  the  influence  of  our  woi'k  here  is  far-reaching, 
boundless  as  eternity  itself. 

The  vocation  of  teaching  is  subordinate  to  that  calling  alone  wliich  devotes 
itself  to  the  interests  of  the  soul.  Our  fathers  associated  the  two  ;  they  felt 
that  erudition  in  theological  lore  was  an  essential  qualification  for  teaching 
the  yomig,  especially  in  the  higher  institutions  of  learning.  This  sentiment 
has  not  altogether  disappeared,  though  the  occuj)ations  are  now,  practically, 
distinct.  A  diflferent  course  of  study  and  a  difTerent  kind  of  instruction  are 
necessary  for  a  suitable  preparation  for  teaching.  Still,  the  minister  of  the 
Gospel  is,  as  he  ever  has  been,  an  earnest  advocate  of  mental  culture ;  he 
believes  in  an  intelligent  piety.  On  the  other  hand,  the  teacher,  if  true  to 
his  profession,  will  have  regard  for  the  moral  and  spiritual  nature  of  his 
pupils.  On  the  union  of  this  moral  and  mental  culture  deijend  the  broadest 
development  of  man's  character,  his  own  well-being,  the  purity  of  society, 
and  the  security  and  perpetuity  of  our  fi*ee  institiitions. 

Therefore,  may  the  pupils  of  this  School  ever  obey  the  precepts  of  Diviae 
revelation  in  their  widest  meaning,  as  given  to  us  in  the  Proverbs  of 
Solomon:  "Get  wisdom;  get  understanding;  forget  it  not,  neither  decline 
from  the  words  of  my  mouth  ;  forsake  her  not  and  she  shall  preserve  thee ; 
love  her,  and  she  shall  keep  thee.  Wisdom  is  the  princijjal  thing;  there- 
fore get  wisdom,  and  with  all  thy  getting,  get  understanding.  Exalt  her 
and  she  shall  promote  thee ;  she  shall  bring  thee  to  honor  when  thou  dost 
embrace  her.  She  shall  give  to  thine  head  an  oraament  of  grace,  and  a 
crown  of  glory  shall  she  deliver  to  thee." 

You  have  been  kind  enough,  Mr.  Chairman,  on  various  occasions,  to  speak 
approvingly  of  the  condition  of  the  School  since  it  has  been  enti-usted  to  my 
care.  Your  words  to-day,  accord  to  me,  I  fear,  more  credit  than  I  deserve. 
I  wish  to  confirm  all  you  have  said  in  praise  of  my  associates,  and  to  assure 
you  that  we  are  greatly  indebted  to  them  for  whatever  success,  in  your  judg- 


110  PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


ment,  we  have  attained.  We  also  wish  to  thank  you,  sir,  as  well  as  your 
colleagues  ami  the  parents  of  the  pupils,  for  your  prompt  and  heaity  supix)rt 
ill  promoting  the  welfare  of  the  School.  But  all  eftbrts  of  teachers  avail  not 
to  make  a  school  successful,  unless  they  have  the  sympathy  and  willing 
obedience  of  their  pupils.  This  state  of  things  appeal's  to  exist.  As  our  boys 
advance  through  their  respective  classes  from  year  to  year,  and  reach  the 
first  class, — the  sixth  form,  in  which  Dr.  Arnold  placed  tlie  hope  and  the 
confidence  of  Ids  school-work, — we  see  them  putting  off"  childish  things,  and 
tlie  senseless  frivolities  of  earl}'  j'outh,  and  becoming  manly  and  honorable, 
ai^i^reciative  and  generous  in  their  feelings.  Such  a  class,  a  fit  repre- 
sentative of  previous  classes,  we  can  present  to  you  to-day.  Be  assured  that 
so  long  as  this  continues,  you  need  have  no  anxiet}-  about  the  order  and 
well-being  of  the  School. 

Two  hundred  and  forty -six  }ears  ago  tlie  residents  of  the  infant  colony  of 
Massachusetts  established  this  School  "for  the  teaching  and  nourtering  of 
children  witli  us."  We  have  no  historical  statement  of  the  fact,  except 
jjossibly  that  which  the  !Mayor  has  given  us  to-day,  but  it  is  reasonable  to 
suppose  that  the  first  Governor  of  the  colony  gave  the  measure  his  hearty 
support.  It  would  be  incongi'uous  to  suppose  otherwise.  He  was  an 
educated  man,  and  we  know  that  he  was  an  ardent  supporter  of  public 
education  in  his  adopted  home.  Could  he  have  looked  through  the  vista  of 
coming  centuries,  and  seen  the  development  of  his  hazardous  experiment 
into  the  metropolis  of  to-daj-,  with  its  teeming  population,  with  its  vast  in- 
dustrial interests,  with  its  churclies  and  schools,  and  the  distinction  of  its 
citizens,  especially  those  bearing  his  own  name,  he  might  have  exclaimed, 
in  the  words  of  Anchises,  as  he  beheld  from  the  abodes  of  bliss,  in  prophetic 
vision,  the  glory  of  Rome,  the  mistress  of  the  world,  in  the  golden  age  of 
Augustan  power  and  literature  :  — 

Illitstris  utiiinas,  uosti'iimque  in  nouicii  ituras. 

It  is  eminently  fittmg  that  we  should  have  with  us  to-day  the  chief  magisti*ate 
of  the  Commonwealth,  to  ratify  and  confirm  the  act  of  his  great  predecessor, 
to  give  dignity  and  impressivencss  to  these  exercises  by  the  weight  of  his 
ofiicial  position  and  his  personal  character.  It  is  also  a  fortunate  circum- 
stance that,  among  the  i)rominent  graduates  of  our  School,  we  have  here 
to-day  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  first  Governor,  a  fellow-citizen  whom  we 
delight  to  honor,  himself  an  alumnus  of  the  School,  whose  presence  and 
utterances  will  prove  a  benediction,  who,  in  tlie  fullness  of  years  and  wisdom, 
will  give  us,  in  his  own  eloquent  way,  words  of  counsel  and  encouragement. 
We  have  assembled  to-day  to  dedicate  this  building  to  the  moral  and 
mental  culture  of  our  youth,  the  highest  purposes  to  which  it  could  be 
devoted  save  the  promulgation  of  the  Gospel  of  tlie  Saviour  of  mankind. 
But  let  us  reiucnib(  r  that  tliis  is  not  exclusively  our  own  gift ;  it  is  a  legacy 
we  have  received  from  our  fatht-rs  We  have  taken  this  legacy,  added  to  it, 
enlarged  it  by  generous  oflerings,  and  ailapted  it  to  the  needs  of  our  day  and 
generation.     Let  there  bo  no  complaints,  no  regrets.     Let  us  transmit  this 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  Ill 


offering  to  our  children  with  the  same  generous  impulses  and  noble  aims  as 
our  fathers  transmitted  it  to  us.  May  it  do  as  much  for  them  as  it  has  done 
for  us.  In  their  turn  they  will  take  the  legacy,  when  it  is  no  longer  suitable 
for  them  in  the  foi-m  in  which  we  present  it,  enlarge  it,  and  transmit  it  to 
generations  farther  on.  Therefore,  all  honor  to  those  who  have  had  any- 
thing to  do,  from  the  beginning  to  the  end,  with  this  public  benefaction. 

The  aims  of  the  two  schools  occuj^ying  the  building  are  dilierent.  Cicero 
says  :  "  Omnes  artes,  quae  ad  humanitatem  pertinent  habent  quoddam  com- 
mune vinculum  et  cognatione  quadam  inter  se  continentur."  This  involves  a 
jjrinciple  in  education  as  ti'ue  to-day  as  when  these  words  were  uttered. 
The  following  version,  nearly  a  literal  translation,  answers  our  present  pur- 
pose :  "All  branches  of  knowledge  which  tend  to  the  cultivation  and 
refinement  of  the  mind  have  a  common  bond  of  union  and  a  certain  close 
relationship  to  one  another."  The  more  one  knows  the  better.  But  no 
mind  can  grasp  all  knowledge.  A  selection  must  be  made.  We  think  we 
have  the  best  selection  on  our  side ;  they  think  they  have  the  best  on  the 
other  side.  But  there  need  be  no  quarrel.  The  two  schools  will  occu^jy  the 
building  in  peace,  in  the  spirit  of  an  admission  recently  made  by  an  eminent 
scientist  in  England,  Prof.  Huxley,  who  said:  "I  am  the  last  person  to 
question  the  importance  of  genuine  literary  education,  or  to  suppose  that 
intellectual  cultm-e  can  be  comj^lete  without  it.  An  exclusively  scientific 
training  will  bring  about  a  mental  twist  as  surely  as  an  exclusively  literary 
ti'aining." 

In  the  spirit  of  this  f)artial  concession  to  the  advantage  of  linguistic 
studies,  these  schools  will  meet  the  wants  of  our  people.  There  is  enough 
oi  the  literary  element  in  the  one,  and  enough  of  the  scientific  element 
in  the  other,  to  save  each  from  the  charge  of  exclusiveness. 

I  need  enter  upon  no  eulogy  of  the  Avork  of  the  English  High  School.  Its 
results  have  been  conspicuous.  Among  its  graduates,  eminent  in  the  various 
callings  of  life,  some  to-day  will  tell  what  it  has  done  for  them  and  for  their 
fellow-students. 

The  Latin  School,  let  us  hoj^e,  in  days  to  come  as  in  days  past,  will  lay  a 
broad  foundation  for  intellectual  development,  which  will  be  but  the 
beginning  of  a  long  course  of  study,  culminating  in  the  learned  pro- 
fessions or  in  other  j^ositions  equally  important  and  influential,  bringing 
credit  to  the  School,  to  the  pupils  themselves,  honor  to  their  native  city, 
strength  and  renown  to  the  Commonwealth  and  to  the  nation. 

After  a  brief  address  to  the  Master  of  the  English  High  School, 
and  a  response  from  Mr.  Waterhouse,  Mr.  Flint,  turning  to  the 
audience,  then  resumed: — 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen : — It  would  obviously  be  improper  for  me  to  detain 
you  many  moments  from  the  sequel  to  these  formal  ceremonies.  I  am  well 
aware  tliat  this  is  a  day  of  congratulation  rather  than  of  suggestion,  and  yet 
there  is  one  thought,  not  new  by  any  means,  but  worthy  of  frequent  repeti- 


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tion,  tliat  I  wish  I  could  impress  upon  the  minds  of  the  parents  of  our  boys. 
It  is  that,  tiiking  our  community  as  a  whole,  we  are  too  much  inclined 
to  rely  upon  line  school-Iiouses,  upon  accomplished  teachers,  and  upon 
elaborate  and  costly  appliances  for  instruction.  All  these  are  important, 
to  be  sure,  and  by  no  means  to  be  overlooked,  but  every  teacher,  and 
every  active  member  of  a  committee  must  realize  and  appreciate  the  far 
greater  importance  of  wise  parental  discipline  and  sound  instruction  at 
home. 

Our  schools  and  colleges  can  do  much,  but  tliey  cannot  do  all.  They 
ought  to  be  regarded  merely  as  supplementary  to  the  more  important  in- 
fluences of  tlie  home.  We  must  not  confound  instruction  with  education. 
The  teachers  of  our  public  schools  can  have  their  puj)ils,  at  the  most,  but 
five  hours  a  day,  and  that  time  must  be  given  chiefly  to  instruction,  so  that 
most  of  the  influences  which  go  to  build  up  a  noble  and  finished  character 
must  come  from  parents  at  home.  If  we  would  have  an  Eton  or  a 
Rugby,  we  must  comply  with  the  conditions  which  such  schools  impose. 
We  must  give  up  our  boys  to  the  more  complete  control  of  competent 
teachers. 

The  boys  of  our  cities  are  far  too  apt  to  rely  upon  outside  influences  for 
growth  and  mental  development.  They  are  not  sufliciently  self-reliant. 
They  are  not  so  self-reliant  as  bo3-s  brought  up  in  the  country,  and  for 
obvious  reasons.  They  seem  to  wait  to  be  taught,  to  have  knowledge  poured 
into  them  as  it  were, — as  if  their  minds  were  mere  storehouses,  when  thej 
ought  to  be  workshops. 

Now,  there  is  no  plainer  axiom  than  this,  that  the  mind  grows  only  by  i;s 
own  action.  We  cannot  ti'avcl  b}'  railway  from  ignorance  to  knowledge. 
Tlie  way  through  mental  discipline  to  a  high  standard  of  intellectual  culture 
is  as  slow  and  laborious  now  as  it  ever  was.  The  school  and  the  college  c»n 
aid  by  giving  direction,  but  tliey  cannot  supply  a  lack  of  mental  force. 
They  must  rely  ujion  home  influences  to  stimulate  ambition,  to  infuse  energy, 
to  kindle  enthusiasm,  and  to  create  a  love  for  the  work  of  the  School. 

Now,  what  you  and  wliat  I  can  do,  to  a  certain  extent,  is  just  this :  We  can 
stimulate  mental  activity  in  our  boys.  We  can  do  something  to  encounige 
them  to  gi'eater  self-reliance.  We  can  impress  upon  tliem  construitly  tlie 
idea  tliat  they  must  work  out  their  own  salvation  ;  that  whatever  we  may  do 
for  tlicni,  whatever  teachers  and  schools  and  books  may  do  for  them,  wll 
amount  to  very  little  unless  they  learn  to  rely  upon  themselves.  Tliere  can 
be  no  strong,  stalwart,  well-developed  manliood  tliat  is  obliged  all  the  time 
to  lean  on  sometiiing  outside  of  itself  for  support,  and  a  true  education  ought 
to  fit  a  man  to  meet  emergencies,  to  fight  the  battle  of  life  manfullv,  and  to 
crown  it  with  victorj'. 

The  clioir  then  sang  the  beautiful  "  Ilynin  to  Liberty." 

Tlie  fiiAiifMAN. — We  are  fortunate  in  having  witli  us  to-day  the  Chief 
Magistrate  of  a  Cominonweailli  that  was  tlie  lirst  to  jnit  upon  its  Statute 
Book  an  act  "  to  provide  for  tlie  instruction  of  youth  ami  f<ii-  the  j)romotion 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  113 


of  good  education."  An  act  so  remarkable  for  felicity  of  expression  as  to 
amount  almost  to  fervid  eloquence  was  passed  by  the  Legislature  of  1789, 
and  it  is  so  short  that  I  am  sure  you  will  pardon  me  for  reading  a  single 
section  of  it.     It  was  enacted : — 

"That  it  shall  be,  and  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  President,  pro- 
fessors, and  tutors  of  the  University  at  Cambridge,  preceptors  and  teachers 
of  academies,  and  all  other  insti-uctors  of  youth  to  take  diligent  care  and  to 
exert  their  best  endeavors  to  impress  on  the  minds  of  children  and  youth 
committed  to  their  care  and  instruction,  the  principles  of  piety,  justice,  and  a 
sacred  regard  to  truth,  love  of  their  country,  humanity  and  universal  benevo- 
lence, sobriety,  industiy  and  frugality,  chastity,  moderation  and  temperance, 
and  those  virtues  which  are  the  ornament  of  human  society,  and  the  basis 
upon  which  the  republican  constitution  is  structured.  And  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  such  instructors  to  endeavor  to  lead  those  under  their  care  (as  their 
ages  and  capacities  will  admit)  into  a  particular  imderstanding  of  the 
tendency  of  the  before-mentioned  virtues,  to  preserve  and  perfect  a  republi- 
can constitution  and  to  secure  the  blessings  of  liberty,  as  well  as  to  promote 
their  futiu-e  happiness,  and  the  tendency  of  the  opposite  vices  to  slavery  and 
ruin." 

It  is  the  spirit  of  this  remarkable  act,  embodying,  as  it  does,  the  very 
elements  of  popular  education  and  civil  liberty  which  had  been  worked  out 
by  the  experience  of  the  early  fathers ;  breathing,  as  it  does,  in  every  line, 
the  loftiest  sentiments,  and  appealing  to  all  men  of  culture  and  sound 
principles  to  stand  round  atjd  support  and  elevate  the  standai'd  of  popular 
education, — it  is  the  spirit  of  this  act  that  has  pervaded  and  directed  our 
sj'stem  of  free  public  schools  from  its  passage,  more  than  ninety  years  ago, 
down  to  the  present  hour.  I  have  the  honor  to  introduce  to  you  His 
Excellency,  Governor  Long. 

ADDRESS  OF  GOVERNOR  LONG. 

The  enactment  which  you  have  just  read,  Mr.  Chairman,  lacks  something 
of  conciseness,  and,  if  you  will  pardon  me,  of  entire  felicity  of  exj)ression. 
But,  in  its  spirit,  it  well  emphasizes  the  demand  of  ^Massachusetts  that  her 
children  shall  be  insti'ucted  not  only  in  studies  that  make  the  mind  acute  and 
strong,  but  in  the  good  morals  which  lie  at  the  foundation  of  character  and 
of  the  State.  Most  sincerely,  while  bringing  to  the  dedication  on  Washing- 
ton's birthday  of  this  new  temple  of  learning,  so  spacious  and  elegant,  the 
good  words  and  wishes  of  the  Commonwealth,  do  I  trust  that,  in  conformity 
with  her  spirit  and  statutes,  its  teaching  shall  be  the  ti'uth,  its  insjjiration 
shall  be  humanitj-,  and  its  fruit  the  citizen  free  and  ti'ue.  And  let  us  not 
forget  that  it  is  not  the  munificent  gift  of  some  princely  magnate,  but  the 
more  mmiificent  self-imposed  contribution  of  tlie  body  of  the  peojile. 

As  a  part  of  the  great  educational  system,  Avhich  from  the  first  the 
Commonwealth  has  fostered,  these  two  noble  schools  belong  to  IMassachu- 
setts.     The  Latin  School  dates  its  beginning  almost  with  that  of  the  Colony. 


UNIVERSITY 


114  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


It  foreran  Ilananl  College.  Among  its  teachers,  at  the  opening  of  the 
Revolution,  it  saw  the  older  Lovell,  a  Tory  refugee,  and  the  younger,  a 
flaming  pati-iot,  at  the  side  of  tliose  Massachusetts  heroes,  Hancock  and 
Adams.  And,  to-day,  I  see  its  scholars  stiiiiding  before  nie  in  the  uniform 
of  the  State  militia.  It  is  the  General  Court  that,  under  the  lead  of  a  gallant 
young  colonel  of  my  staff  [Colonel  Iligginson],  is  authorizing  their  instimc- 
tion  in  military  drill.  And  yet,  as  I  behold  their  gun  barrels  ranged  aroimd 
these  -walls,  I  am  glad  to  see  that  their  arms  jield  i)laee  to  tlie  citizfn's  gown. 
The  Latin  School  has  been  not  more  a  nursery  of  classical  learning  than  of 
a  better  than  classical  love  of  country.  "Within  these  walls  the  sculjjtured 
marble  weej^s  over  the  record  of  its  patriot  martyrs.  The  names  that  have 
won  Massachusetts  most  glory  for  statesmanship,  eloquence,  letters,  the 
l^ulpit,  and  all  well-doing,  are,  many  of  them,  written  on  its  rolls.  If  it 
could  be  typified  in  some  life-like  form,  holding  in  its  griu;p  not  a  spear  but 
a  book,  surmounted  nut  by  a  helmet  but  by  a  scholar's  cap,  it  would  well 
represent  our  Massachusetts  common  schools  and  stand  as  the  .tVmcrican 
Palladium,  its  eyes  flashmg  fire  at  any  desecrating  touch,  conscious  that  upon 
its  presentation  forever  depends  the  safety  of  the  Republic. 

Amid  all  this  architectural  vastness  and  convenience  how  the  imagination 
tries  to  picture  the  homely  shed  that  once  stood  in  the  rear  of  King's  Chapel! 
The  successive  steps  of  the  Latin  School  from  house  to  house,  wide  as  is  the 
divergence  from  the  first  to  the  last,  are,  however,  only  in  keeping  with  the 
man'cllous  gi-owth  of  the  city  and  the  Commonwealth.  "Whether  the  cause 
of  good  learning  has  kept  jiace  with  the  enlargement  of  its  temjiles  and  with 
the  increase  in  the  number  of  its  votaries  is  not  so  certain.  One  might  doubt 
it  in  the  presence  of  "Winlhrop,  who  sits  here  a  graduate  of  this  School,  his 
vigor  unimpaired,  chosen  out  from  more  than  fifty  millions  of  i)eoi)le,  not 
more  for  his  great  ancesti'al  name  than  for  his  scholarship  here  first  acquirt'd, 
to  be  the  orator  of  the  next  great  centennial  of  the  American  Republic.  One 
might  doubt  it,  too,  in  the  presence  of  Emerson,  that  otlier  graduate  who  is 
also  here,  and  who  is  indeed  wherever  education  and  the  culture  of  the  soul 
refine  the  air  through  which  the  si)irit  springs  to  heaven.  Be  it  remembered 
that  the  one  object  of  education,  forever  and  now,  is  not  to  make  the  mind  a 
storehouse  full-crammed,  not  to  dissipate  it  in  the  shattering  endeavor  to 
grasp  all  knowledge,  but  to  enable  a  man,  whatever  his  faculties  or  resources, 
to  command,  to  use,  to  apply  tliem  to  the  fidl, — if  he  lift  a  liammer,  to  strike 
the  n:iil  on  the  head, — if  he  cleave  a  log,  to  strike  it  in  the  very  centre, — if  ho 
argue  a  cause,  to  drive  straight  at  the  heart  and  the  understanding,  (liven 
this  ability  and  the  education  tluis  to  use  and  exj)end  his  ]K)wer,  and  then  the 
storing  of  the  mind  and  the  variety  and  scope  of  accomplishment  will  take 
care  of  themselves ;  even  as  when  a  forest  spring  is  j>ut  to  use  and  overfiows, 
it  is  never  exhausted,  because  the  whole  moxmtain-sido  .'jpontaneously  bleeds 
at  every  vein  to  keep  it  full.  The  difference  of  one  man  from  anotlicr  is  less 
in  j)ower  than  in  the  use  of  j)ower.  Connnand  of  words,  mxstery  of  languagi*. 
are  not  more  the  distinction  of  Webster  antl  Bm-ke  than  <»f  the  most  brilliant 
speculator  in  mining  stocks,  or  of  the  head  man  in  a  Xrw  Kngland  village. 


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And  yet  how  painful  and  pitiful  is  the  daily  spectacle  of  some  gi-aduate  of 
our  schools,  soaked  with  lessons,  who  cannot  put  a  thought  into  words,  or  a 
purpose  into  execution. 

But  it  is  not  for  me  to  speak  of  the  special  to^Dics  of  education.  Whatever 
in  that  is  best  has  here  always  fomid  its  opportunity,  and,  I  am  sure,  here 
always  will  find  it.  Rather,  spealdng  for  the  Commonwealth,  and  sjieaking, 
too,  for  myself  in  connection  ^vith  a  School  in  which  I  was  once  for  a  few 
weeks  a  teacher,  I  love  to  recall  the  exquisite  freshness  and  promise  of  the 
scholar's  life  and  pi'ogress,  the  delights  of  classical  learning,  the  inspiration 
of  tlie  acquirement  of  knowledge,  the  growing  consciousness  of  mental  grasp 
and  power,  though  it  but  blush  and  tremble  at  its  own  first  essay  at  speech 
or  at  poem.  There  is  no  range  so  noble,  so  fi'ee,  so  easy  in  its  access  to  the 
rarest  communion,  as  the  scholar's.  Not  by  accident  is  it  that  rhetoric  and 
poetry  and  the  Greek  and  Latin  classics  have  been  called  the  "  humanities." 
In  one  common  hiunanity  they  link  all  ages,  all  times,  all  conditions. 
Through  these  halls,  many  a  boy,  i^erhaps  the  humblest,  a  poet  in  his  soul 
and  in  his  eyes,  shall  M'alk  Avith  Virgil  hand  in  hand ;  many  a  youthful 
stammering  orator  have  Demosthenes  for  his  master,  and  many  a  lover  of 
letters  rej^eat,  fresh  fi-om  Cicero's  tongue,  his  matchless  tribute  in  their 
praise. 

Noblesse  oblige !  In  her  poveity  Massachusetts  gave  from  her  scanty  store 
that  learning  might  not  perish.  Have  no  fear  or  distrust  of  her  generosity. 
That  all  her  sons  might  be  scholars  she  has  cheerfully  borne  the  heaviest 
burden  upon  her  labor  and  her  sweat.  And  nobly  hitherto  has  the  scholar 
resi^onded  to  the  obligation,  in  his  oavq  self-respect,  in  his  loyalty  to  her,  in 
liis  patriotism,  in  his  usefulness  in  the  world.  May  it  still  be  his,  going  out 
from  beneath  this  favored  roof,  with  the  mantle  of  three  centuries  now 
settling  down  upon  it,  to  show  that,  dubbed  to  grander  service  than  that  of 
ancient  knight,  the  scholar  is  noblest,  not  when  his  attainments,  which  he 
owes  to  the  common  contribution,  lift  him  aside  from  his  fellow-men,  but 
when  they  equip  and  inspire  him  to  mingle  with  them,  to  shed  among  them 
his  own  better  influence,  and  to  spread  abroad — himself  an  example — those 
qualities,  named  in  the  legislative  act  of  1789,  of  piety,  justice,  regard  for 
truth,  love  of  country,  benevolence,  industry,  moderation  and  temperance, 
wliich  are  the  best  "humanities,"  "which  are  the  ornament  of  human 
society,  and  on  which  the  Republican  Constitution  is  structured." 


The  Chaikmax. — His  Excellency  has  sj^oken  so  well  for  the  Common- 
wealth, as  it  stands  to-day,  tliat  we  could  almost  wish  we  had  several  other 
Governors  to  present  to  you.  "We  cannot  so  easily  call  up  the  living  presence 
of  the  first  great  Governor  of  the  (I'olony  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  but  he 
was  a  reality  here  two  hundi'ed  and  fifty  years  ago,  full  of  activity,  earnest 
in  all  good  works,  inspiring  tlie  settlers  Avith  courage  and  hope  when  they 
were  brouglit  to  the  verge  of  despair,  and  contributing  liberally  of  his  own 
means  to  found  one  of  the  great  schools  which  are  to  occupy  this  grand 
sti'ucture.      But  we  have  a  descendant  in  the  direct  line  from  him,  whose 


IIG  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


name  he  bears,  and  whose  voice  is  always  welcome,  though  too  seldom  heard 
in  our  midst.     It  gives  me  pleasure  to  inti'oduce  to  you  tlie  Hon.  Robekt  C. 

Wl.NTliUOP 

ADDRESS    OK    HON.    KOBEKT    C.    WINTHROP. 

Most  willingly,  my  friends,  would  I  have  been  excused  from  the  call  wliich 
lias  now  been  made  on  me, — even  at  the  cost  of  all  the  kind  compliments  by 
which  that  call  has  been  preceded  and  accompanied.  And  yet  I  could  not 
quite  find  it  in  my  heart  to  be  Avholly  wanting  to  sucli  an  occasion.  On  tliis 
day  of  all  other  days, — associated,  as  it  is,  and  will  forever  be,  with  the 
gi'andest  character  in  American  history,  or  in  any  other  merely  human  history, 
— I  am  most  glad  to  find  myself  among  those  to  whom  that  cliaracter  should 
always  be  held  up  as  their  l^est  model,  and  by  whom  it  should  never  cease  to 
be  revered  and  venerated. 

But  I  am  not  here  to  talk  about  "Washington.  Nor  do  I  propose  to  say 
anything  aljout  Governor  Winthroj),  to  whom  .so  many  just  and  welcome 
allusions  have  been  made  in  connection  witli  my  own  name  Indeed,  you 
will  bear  me  witness,  !Mr.  Chainnan,  tliat  in  accepting  your  repeated  and 
flattering  invitations,  I  pi'omised  to  say  only  a  few  words ;  and  I  trust  that  I 
shall  not  too  greatly  exceed  the  measure  of  my  iiromise.  There  are,  I  know, 
older  gi-aduates  of  the  Boston  Latin  School  tlian  myself  around  me, — Mr. 
Emerson,  to  whom  you  have  given  so  marked  and  cordial  a  reception,  Mr. 
Dillaway,  so  long  the  Head  Master  ot  tlie  School,  and  my  friend.  Dr.  Lotlirop, 
to  name  no  otliers.  But  they  Avill  all  agree  with  me,  and  you  will  agree  with 
them,  tliat  any  one  Avho  is  obliged  to  turn  back  nearly  tlireescore  years  to 
find  his  name  on  the  old  catalogue,  need  make  no  apology  for  being  brief, 
on  this  or  any  other  occasion. 

I  am  here,  tlien,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  only  to  manifest  my  earnest  and 
imdying  interest  in  these  great  public  scliools  of  Boston  ;  to  renew  the 
assurance  of  my  gratitude  as  a  citizen  for  all  that  tliey  have  done  for  our 
city,  for  our  Commonweal tli,  and  for  our  whole  coimtry;  to  testify  afresh 
my  own  personal  gi'atitude  for  all  that  one  of  tliem  did  for  me,  under  good 
Master  Gould,  so  many,  many,  years  ago  ;  and  to  offer  to  them  both,  to  their 
pupils  and  to  tlieir  masters,  my  warmest  felicitations  on  the  completion  of 
the  noble  ediliec  whicli  they  are  lienceforlh  i)rivileged  to  t)eeupy. 

Tlie  dedication  of  a  massive  and  magnificent  schoolhouse  like  tliis — 
destined,  as  we  hojie  and  trust,  not  only  to  outlast  all,  liowever  yoimg, 
wlio  are  gathered  here  to-day,  but  to  be  the  resort  of  our  children  and 
our  children's  cliildren  in  a  far  distant  future — is  an  «K-casion,  I  need  not 
say,  of  most  imiiressive  and  most  suggestive  interest.  A  well-remembered 
English  poet  of  tlio  last  century,  in  one  of  liis  celebrated  odes,  looked  back 
from  a  «lisUince  on  tlio  old  towers  of  Eton,  to  prefigure  and  ])ortray  some 
of  the  varieties  of  jiersonal  experience — prosjierous  or  adverse,  joyous  or 
sad  —  which  awaited  the  young  pupils  of  that  famous  seminary.  And  a 
most  dismal   and  doleful  picture  lie  presented  of  not  a  few  of  the  little 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  117 


victims,  as  he  styled  them,  with  comatless  ministers  of  fate  lying  in  am- 
bush around  them,  eager  to  seize  and  rack  and  rend  them.  No  such 
pictiu'e  of  an  American  school,  or  of  any  other  school,  would  be  accepted 
in  our  day  and  generation. 

It  is  for  us,  certainly,  as  we  gather  beneath  these  new  towers  of  om-  own, 
to  contemplate  brighter  and  more  cheering  visions  of  the  future.  It  is  for 
us,  to-day,  to  look  forward  to  a  long  procession  of  the  children  of  our 
beloved  city  streaming  forth,  year  by  year,  from  these  noble  halls, — not 
exempt,  indeed,  from  the  trials  and  casualties  of  our  common  lot,  or  from 
any  of  the  ills  that  flesh  is  heir  to,  but  pressing  onward  hopefully  and 
bravely,  in  ever-increasing  throngs,  to  fight  the  great  battle  of  life,  to  win 
happiness  and  honor  for  themselves,  and  to  add  new  sti'ength  and  new 
security  to  those  free  institutions  which  can  only  rest  safely  on  education  and 
intelligence. 

I  echo  the  impressive  words  just  uttered  by  the  good  Master  of  the  Latin 
School.  May  that  fear  of  God  which  is  the  beginning  of  Avisdom,  and  that 
love  of  God  which  casteth  out  all  fear,  take  jjossession  of  their  hearts ;  and 
may  His  blessing  be  on  all  their  worthy  eflforts,  both  as  boys  and  as  men ! 
But  let  them  never  forget  that,  under  God,  they  are  to  be  the  mastei's  of 
their  own  fate,  and  of  their  own  future.  It  will  not  be  in  their  stars, — no, 
nor  in  their  school-houses,  however  humble,  or  however  gi'and, — but  in 
themselves,  if  they  are  underlings,  or  if  they  shall  grow  up  to  the  stature  of 
the  noblest  patriotism  and  public  usefulness.  There  can  be  no  real  failure 
for  those  who  are  true  to  themselves. 

The  old  Latin  School — to  which  I  may  be  pardoned  for  one  more  special 
allusion,  as  a  former  pupil — is  now  taking  possession  of  its  fifth  local  habita- 
tion. We  can  trace  it  along  from  its  first  rude  tenement  of  mud  walls  and 
thatched  roof,  as  the  Mayor  has  just  described  it,  to  another,  and  another, 
and  still  another,  more  substantial  and  commodious  structure,  until,  at  last, 
this  grand  consummation  has  been  reached.  The  fifth  act  opens  in  ti'iumph, 
and  the  old  School  enters  to-day,  hand  in  hand  with  its  accomplished  younger 
sister,  upon  a  far  more  spacious  and  splendid  theatre.  Need  I  say,  need  any 
one  tell  them,  that  larger  exjiectations  will  rightfully  be  cherished  of  those 
who  are  to  enjoy  these  Larger  opportunities  and  advantages  ?  INIay  we  not 
reasonabh'  call  on  every  Boston  boy,  who  enters  these  wide-spread  gates 
and  shining  archways,  not  to  allow  all  the  improvements  to  be  confined  to 
the  mere  material  sti'ucture,  the  mere  outward  shell,  but  to  see  to  it  that  the 
character  of  the  schools  shall  take  on  something  of  the  proportions,  some- 
thing of  the  beautj^  and  grandeur  of  the  building  which  the  city  has  so 
simiptuously  provided  for  them ;  and,  still  more,  to  see  to  it  that  his  own  in- 
dividual character  shall  not  be  wanting  towards  making  up  the  precious 
mosaic  of  an  institution  worthy  of  such  a  home  and  such  a  history. 

I  might  almost  venture  to  conceive  that  some  one  of  the  young  scholars 
aromid  us  at  this  moment — and  more  than  one — might  catch  an  inspiration 
from  this  very  scene,  and  from  all  its  rich  associations  and  utterances,  and, 
recalling  that  exquisite  stanza  of  Holmes''s  "  Chambered  Nautilus,"  with  all 


118  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


its  marvellous  transmutations  and  transmigrations,  might  say  to  himself,  as 
he  retires  from  these  impressive  ceremonies  : — 

Build  thee  more  stately  mausinns,  O  my  soul, 

As  the  swift  seasons  roll ! 

Leave  thy  low-vaulted  past ! 
Let  each  new  temple,  nobler  than  the  last, 
Shut  thee  from  heaven  with  a  dome  more  vast, 

Till  thou  at  lenjrth  art  free,— 
Leaving  thine  outgrown  shell  by  life's  unresting  sea! 

Such  lines  might  almost  claim  a  place  among  the  illimiinated  legends  on 
these  walls.  Certainly,  tlieir  sentiment  might  well  be  impressed  on  every 
young  heart  which  is  beating  high  with  the  exultations  of  this  hour.  I  can 
add  nothing  to  them. 

The  Chairman  then  called  on  the  President  of  the  Institute  of 
Technology,  Prof.  William  B.  Rogers,  wlio  said : — 

Mr.  Chairman. — You  are  well  aware  that  it  is  with  no  small  reluctance 
tliat  I  have  consented  to  ajjpear  on  this  occasion.  Bodily  infirmities  have 
led  to  your  indulgence  now  in  jilacing  me  much  before  the  position  proper 
to  me  in  this  celebration.  I  feel,  when  I  look  back,  as  I  cannot  help  doing, 
to  the  past  history  of  these  schools,  and  think  of  the  time  when  a  small 
gathering  of  the  citizens  of  the  little  town  of  Boston  agreed  to  "entreat 
Brother  Philemon  Poraiort  to  become  a  school-master  for  the  teaching  and 
culture  of  the  young  folk  aroimd,""  and  Avhen  I  look  now  at  what  has  been 
accomplished  in  the  course  of  these  two  and  a  half  centuries  by  the  intelli- 
gence and  provident  wisdom  of  the  citizens  of  Boston  in  the  development 
of  tliese  schools,  now  furnished  witli  such  magnificent  jireparation  and 
accommodation  for  tlieir  instruction,  I  cannot  but  tliink  of  what  may  be  the 
question  arising  as  to  the  progress  which  lias  been  made  in  the  meantime  in 
that  which  is  most  important  of  all, — the  real  and  substantial  etlucation  of 
the  youth  of  Boston  and  of  the  Commonwealtli.  It  is  certainly  true  that 
there  has  been  great  pi'ogress  made  in  the  methods  of  school-training,  of 
college  and  university  education,  as  they  have  been  successively  developed  ; 
but  it  is  not  less  true  that  tliere  is  a  great  deal  to  be  done  to  secure  tlie  best 
fruits  of  any  of  these  forms  of  education.  It  has  been  adniiralily  well  said, 
since  I  have  been  sitting  in  tliis  audience,  tliat  it  is  not  simjily  in  tlie  magnifi- 
cence of  the  accommodation,  in  the  beauty  and  grandeur  of  the  stnicture,  or 
even  in  the  extent  of  the  appliances  for  education,  that  its  great  benefits  are 
to  consist. 

I  know  perfectly  well,  I  think  I  may  say,  tliat  there  are  very  few  of  the 
youth  now  bef(n-e  me  who  would  answer  tf)  Sliakespeare's  <lt'scrii)tion  of  the 
"whining  school-boy,  with  liis  satchel  and  shining  morning  face,  creeping 
like  a  snail  unwillingly — to  school,"  excepting  in  tiie  fact  of  the  "  .<;atchel 
and  the  shining  face,"  for  now,  such  are  the  attractions  of  our  well-orgjuiized 
schools,  that  tlie  reluctan(,'o  here  refeiTcd  to,  and  which  hjis  become  some- 
what cliissical  in  our  language,  is  of  rare,  exceedingly  rare,  occurrence. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH,  119 


The  minds  of  youth  are  taught  by  being  educed,  by  having  more  or  less  of 
those  arrangements  and  agencies  brought  to  bear  wliich  help  the  student  to 
teach  liimself,  and  we  are  learning  now  that  real  education  does  not  consist 
in  the  acciunulation  of  mere  knowledge,  as  such  simply,  but  in  the  ti'aining 
of  the  faculties  for  the  future  uses  of  the  man.  It  has  been  well  said, — and 
I  know  that  to  a  large  extent  this  maxim,  if  I  may  so  call  it,  has  been 
brought  into  application  in  these  great  schools  of  Boston, — that  intellectual 
food  should  go  to  form  mental  muscle,  and  not  mental  fat.  I  for  one  am 
entirely  catholic  in  my  views  of  education.  I  believe  that  mental  muscle 
may  be  nourished  and  sti'engthened  by  the  study  of  the  classical  languages, 
and  I  Ivuow  that  it  can  be  strengthened  to  an  almost  unbounded  extent  by 
the  study  of  the  laws  and  agencies  of  nature.  It  was  said  by  Hobbes,  with 
only  a  pailial  degi'ee  of  truth,  I  think,  that  "  words  are  wise  men''s  counters  : 
they  but  reckon  by  them."  I  think  that  they  are  more  than  counters,  that 
they  are  genuine  money.  They  stand  for  something  which  is  not  only  other 
than  words,  but  wider,  grander,  and  eternal  in  its  character ;  and  that  is, 
they  stand  for  things,  for  practical  agencies,  and  phenomena,  and  laws  ;  and 
upon  this  basis,  and  only  upon  this,  can  we  erect  a  substantial  and  enduring 
education. 

We  ought,  perhaps,  for  a  moment  to  think  of  what  was  the  condition  of 
the  civilized  world  at  the  time  that  Brother  Pormort  founded  tliis  little 
School, — the  first  free  school  in  Massachusetts,  tlie  first  free  school  in  the 
United  States,  for  we  mvist  remember  that  Boston  was  a  veiy  insignificant 
place  in  the  eye  of  the  world  at  that  time ;  that  all  the  American  colonies 
were  but  little  at  that  time ;  that  there  was  no  leisure  here  for  the  cultivation 
of  Philosophy,  or  of  advancing  science  ;  but  in  the  Old  World  there  was  an 
amazing  activity  in  that  seventeenth  centmy,  from  its  beguniing  until  its 
close.  Think  what  an  array  of  gi-eat  philosophers,  great  mathematicians 
and  physicists!  Think  of  Galileo,  who  was  then  passing  his  last  years  a 
prisoner  at  Arcetri!  Of  Spinoza,  who  was  then  a  lad  preparing  for  the 
grand  work  of  his  logical  philosophy !  Of  Descartes,  Avho  was  approaching 
the  zenith  of  his  fame!  Of  Locke,  who  was  just  beginning  to  lisp  his 
mother's  name !  And  only  seven  j^ears  after,  think  of  the  bright  illumina- 
tion that  came  upon  the  world  in  the  birth  of  the  illustrious  mathematician 
and  astronomer.  Sir  Isaac  Newton !  and  you  have  something  like  a  picture  of 
the  high  condition  of  intellectual  activity  and  the  wondrous  advances  that 
were  being  made  by  the  human  mind  on  the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic  ;  and  I 
cannot  but  believe  that  some  of  those  influences,  although  the}^  spread  very 
slowly  among  the  masses  of  mankind,  passed  across  the  Atlantic  with  the 
Pilgrim  Fathers,  and  had  an  influence  in  softening  and  enlarging  that 
theocratic  government,  sometimes  almost  a  tyranny,  which  marked  the 
earliest  stages  of  the  Commonwealth.  Let  us  reverence  their  memory. 
Let  us  think  only  of  the  grand  good  which  tliey  have  achieved, — a  good 
which  achieved  thus  far  is  only  an  indication  of  ti-anscending  future  good. 
But  while  we  feel  that  we  are  advancing  in  all  departments  of  knovrledge,  in 
philosophy,  and  in  the  natural  sciences,  let  us  not  be  too  proud.     Let  us  be 


120 


PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Immble  in  our  exultation,  and  remember  what  Carlylc  has  said,  "  Science 
lias  done  much  for  us,  but  it  is  a  poor  science  that  hides  from  us  the  deep  in- 
tiuitudc  of  nescience."'  •  •  • 

After  an  address  by  Rev.  S.  K.  Lothrop,  D.  D.,  for  many  years 
Chairman  of  the  English  High  School  Committee,  Mr.  Flint  said  : — 

Popular  education  in  the  free  public  school  owes  its  origin  vevy  largely,  if 
not  wholly,  to  the  early  Puritan  clerg)'.  Most  of  them  were  educated  men, 
who  liad  had  the  advantage  of  the  best  training  which  the  English  colleges 
of  that  day  could  ofter;  men  well  to  do  in  the  world,  and  abundantly  able, 
had  they  seen  lit,  to  send  their  sons  back  to  the  mother  country  to  school ; 
and  it  is  to  their  lasting  honor,  be  it  said,  that,  instead  of  tliat,  they  preferred 
to  build  the  school-house  here,  in  the  shadow  of  the  primeval  forest,  and  to 
invite  the  sons  of  those  less  favored  than  themselves  to  come  and  share  it 
with  their  own.  They  thouglit  tlie  be-^t  way  to  liglit  Satan  was  through  the 
school-house,  and  they  seem  to  have  entertained  the  idea  that  one  of  Satan's 
artful  dodges  was  to  keei)  men  from  learning  Latin  and  Greek.  Perhaps  we 
have  departed  a  little  from  the  early  Puritan  faith ;  at  any  rate,  there  is  a 
gentleman  here  who  knows  all  about  it,  and  I  have  the  honor  to  introduce  to 
vou  the  Rev.  Phillips  Brooks. 


ADDRESS   OF   REV.    PHILLIPS   BROOKS. 

I  .should  be  vei-y  soriy,  sir,  at  this  late  hour,  to  undertake  to  ti'eat  of  the 
relations  of  religion  to  science.  I  heard,  several  hours  ago,  in  this  meeting, 
some  excellent  remarks  that  were  made  upon  tliat  subject,  and  I  think  I 
must  leave  to  the  thoughtfulness  of  this  gi-eat  assembly  tlie  gai'nering  up  of 
the  noble  and  wise  things  that  were  said  to  us  by  the  Pi'incipal  of  tlie  Latin 
School. 

I  want  to  speak  onlj-  a  few  moments,  if  I  can  restrain  myself  so.  It  is  all 
very  well  to  talk  ab(Hit  tlie  magnificence  of  tills  new  building.  It  is  magnifi- 
cent— and  we  are  thankful  for  it ;  but  to  me  tliero  is  soniL'tliing  infinitely  sad 
and  pathetic  this  morning  in  tliinking  of  our  old  Latin  and  English  High 
School-house  standing  empty  and  desolate  down  in  Bedford  Street.  I  can- 
not get  it  out  of  my  mind.  I  cannot,  as  I  look  around  uiion  the  brilliancy  of 
this  new  building,  forget  what  that  old  building  has  done.  I  cannot  help 
thinking  of  it  almost  as  a  person,  and  wondering  if  it  hears  what  we  are 
saying  here.  I  cannot  help  thinking  that  from  the  top  of  the  old  brown 
cupola  it  looks  across  the  length  of  the  city  and  sees  the  i)innaoli'3  of  this 
new  temple  which  is  to  take  its  place.  I  cannot  help  thinking  that  even 
through  its  closed  and  dusty  windows  it  is  hearing  something  of  tho 
triumphant  shouts  with  wliich  its  successor's  walls  are  ringing.  I  cannot 
helj)  won<lerlng  wliat  it  tliinks  about  it  all. 

r.ut  when  I  know,  letting  that  old  School-house  stand  before  mo  for  a 
moment  in  personal  sliape, — when  I  know  what  a  dear  and  earnest  old 
creature  it  was, — when  I  know  how  carefully  it   looked  after  those  who 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  121 


came  into  its  culture  and  embrace, — when  I  know  how  many  of  us  will 
always  look  back  to  it,  through  the  whole  course  of  our  lives,  as  the  place 
where  were  gathered  some  of  the  deepest  insisirations  that  ever  came  to  us, 
I  camiot  but  think  that  the  old  School  is  noble  enough  and  generous  enough 
to  look  with  joy  and  satisiaction  upon  this  new  building  that  has  risen  to  take 
its  place.  And,  as  the  old  jenv  kindly  and  ungrudgingly  sinks  back  into  the 
generations  of  the  past,  and  allows  the  new  3-ear  to  come  in  with  its  new 
activities,  and  as  the  father  steps  aside  and  sees  the  son  who  bears  his  nature, 
and  whom  he  has  taught  the  best  he  knows,  come  forth  into  life  and  fill  liis 
place,  so  I  am  willing  to  believe  that  the  old  School  rejoices  in  this,  its  great 
successor,  and  that  it  is  thinking  (if  it  has  thoughts)  of  its  own  useful  career, 
and  congratulating  itself  wpon  the  earnest  and  faithful  way  in  which  it  has 
pursued,  not  only  the  special  methods  of  knowledge  which  have  belonged  to 
its  time,  but  the  p?<rposes  of  knowledge,  which  belong  to  all  time,  and  must 
pass  from  school-house  to  school-house,  and  from  age  to  age,  unchanged. 

The  perpetuity  of  knowledge  is  in  the  perpetuity  of  the  purposes  of  knowl- 
edge. The  thing  which  links  this  School-house  with  all  tlie  school-houses  of 
the  genei'ations  of  the  past, — the  thing  that  links  together  the  great  schools 
of  the  middle  ages,  and  the  schools  of  old  Greece,  and  the  schools  of  the 
Plebrews,  where  the  youth  of  that  time  were  found  sitting  at  the  feet  of  their 
wise  rabbis, — is  the  perpetual  identity  of  the  moral  purposes  of  knowledge. 
The  methods  of  knowledge  are  constantly  changing.  The  school-books  that 
were  studied  ten,  twenty,  thirty  years  ago  have  passed  out  of  date ;  the 
scholars  of  to-day  do  not  even  know  their  names ;  but  the  purpose  for  which 
our  school-books  are  studied,  the  things  we  are  trying  to  get  out  of  them,  the 
tilings  which,  if  they  are  properly  taught  and  studied,  the  scholars  of  to-day 
do  get  out  of  them,  are  the  same ;  and  so  across  the  years  we  clasp  hands 
with  our  own  school-boy  days. 

And  there  is  to  be  the  perpetuity  of  knowledge  in  the  future.  One 
wonders,  as  he  looks  around  this  new  School-house,  what  is  to  be  taught  here 
in  the  years  to  come.  He  is  sure  that  the  books  will  change,  that  the 
sciences  will  change,  that  new  studies  will  be  developed,  that  new  methods 
of  interpretation  will  be  discovered,  that  new  kingdoms  of  the  infinite  know- 
ledge are  to  be  opened  to  the  discerning  eye  of  man,  in  the  years  that  are  to 
come.  He  knows  it  is  impossible  for  any  man  to  say  what  will  be  taught  in 
these  halls  a  hundred  years  hence ;  but  yet,  with  that  unknown  development 
he  is  in  deep  sympathy,  because  he  knows  that  the  boys  of  a  hundred  years 
hence,  like  the  boys  of  to-day,  will  be  taught  here  to  be  faithful  to  the  deep 
purposes  of  knowledge,  will  be  trained  to  conscientious  study,  to  the  love 
of  knowledge,  to  justice  and  generosity,  to  respect  for  themselves,  and 
obedience  to  authority,  and  honor  for  man,  and  reverence  for  God.  That  is 
the  link  between  the  School-house  that  stood  behind  the  King''s  ChajDel  and 
this ;  and  that  is  the  only  thing  that  in  the  years  to  come  will  make  these 
schools  tinily  the  same  schools  that  they  are  to-day. 

When  the  Duke  of  Wellington  came  back  to  Eton,  after  his  glorious  cai-eer, 
as  he  was  walking  through  the  old  quadrangle,  he  looked  around  and  said, 


122  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


"  Here  is  where  I  learned  the  lessons  that  made  it  possible  for  me  to  conquer 
:it  Waterloo."  It  was  not  what  he  had  read  there  in  books,  not  what  he  had 
learned  there  by  writing  Greek  verses,  or  by  scanning  the  lines  of  Virgil  or 
Horace,  that  helped  him  win  his  gi'eat  battle  ;  but  there  he  had  h-amed  to  bu 
faithful  to  present  duty,  to  bo  strong,  to  be  diligent,  to  be  jjatient ;  and  that 
was  why  he  was  able  to  say,  tliat  it  was  what  he  had  learned  at  Eton  that 
had  made  it  possible  for  him  to  concjuer  at  Waterloo. 

And  the  same  thing  made  it  possible  for  the  Latin  and  High  School  boys 
to  helj)  win  the  victory  which  came  at  Gettysburg,  and  under  tlie  very  walls 
of  Richmond.  It  was  the  lessons  whicli  they  had  learned  here.  It  was  not 
simply  the  lessons  which  they  had  learned  out  of  books ;  it  was  the  gi-an<l 
imprint  of  character  that  had  been  given  to  them  here.  Tlie  Mohammedan 
says,  "  The  ink  of  the  learned  is  as  precious  as  the  blood  of  the  martjTS."' 
Our  English  High  School  and  our  Latin  School  have  had  "  the  ink  of  the 
learned*'  and  "  the  blood  of  tlie  martyrs"  too.  They  have  sent  forth  young 
men  who  have  added  to  tlie  world's  wisdom  and  to  its  vast  dissemination ; 
they  have  sent  foi-th  yoimg  men  who  have  laid  down  their  lives  that  the 
country  might  be  perpetual,  and  tliat  slavery  might  die. 

I  have  always  remembered, — it  seemed  but  a  passing  impression  at  the 
moment,  but  it  has  never  left  me, — how  one  day,  when  I  was  going  home 
from  the  old  Adams  School,  in  ]Mason  Street,  I  saw  a  little  group  of  people 
gathered  down  in  Be<lford  Street ;  and,  with  a  boy's  curiosity,  I  went  mto 
the  crowd,  and  peeped  around  among  the  big  men  Avho  were  in  my  way  to 
see  what  they  were  doing.  I  found  that  tliey  were  laying  the  corner-stone 
of  a  new  School-house.  I  always  felt,  after  tliat,  when  I  was  a  scholar  and 
a  teacher  there,  and  ever  since,  tliat  I  had  a  little  more  right  in  that  School- 
house,  because  I  had  happened,  by  tliat  accident  of  passing  home  that  way 
that  day  from  school,  to  see  its  corner-stone  laid.  I  wish  tliat  eveiy  boy  in 
the  Latin  School  and  High  School,  and  every  boy  in  Boston,  who  is  old 
enouo'h  to  be  here,  who  is  ever  going  to  be  in  these  schools,  could  be  here 
to-day.  I  hope  they  will  hear,  in  some  way  or  otlier,  through  the  echoes 
that  will  reach  them  from  this  audience,  with  what  solemn  and  devout 
feeling  we  have  here  consecrated  tliis  building  to  tlie  purposes  which  the  old 
building  so  nobly  served,  and  in  tlie  serving  of  which  it  became  so  di-ar  to  us 
all ;  to  the  preservation  of  sound  learning,  the  cultivation  of  manly  character, 
and  the  faithful  service  of  tlie  dear  country,  in  whatever  untold  exigencies 
there  may  be  in  the  yeai-s  to  come,  in  which  she  will  demand  the  service  of 
her  sons. 

The  Chairman.— The  Latin  School  Association,  as  many  of  you  know,  is 
an  organization  of  the  graduates  of  tliat  great  School,  formed  for  the  purjioso 
of  kccjiing  up  early  associations  and  for  bringing  tlu-ir  inlliiciice  to  bear  for 
the  good  of  the  School  itself.  It  has  contributed  liberally  to  the  excellent 
library  of  tlio  Latin  School,  and  to  its  collections  of  works  of  art,  and  in 
various  other  ways  has  been  of  infinite  service.  The  committee  fully 
appreciate  the  influence  of  this  Association,  and  desire  most  cordially  to  co- 
operate with  it  in  every  i)r:ictir'able  way.     I  have  the  honor  to  introduce  to 


HISTORICAL    SKETCH.  123 


you    the   President   of   the   Latin    School    Association,    Mr.    Charles    K. 

DiLLAAVAY. 

ADDRESS  OF  CHARLES  K.  DLLLAWAT,  ESQ.,  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  LATIN  SCHOOL 

ASSOCIATION. 

Mr.  Chairman: — One  of  the  historians  of  Massachusetts  said,  "From 
small  beginnings  great  things  have  been  produced,  and  as  one  small  candle 
may  light  a  thousand,  so  the  light  here  kindled  hath  shone  to  many,  yea,  in 
some  sort  to  our  whole  nation."  He  must  have  had  our  Latin  School  in  his 
mind  when  he  said  that.  Its  origin  Avas  simple  and  unpretending;  its 
advantages  as  an  educational  institution  hardly  above  those  of  a  village 
school  of  the  f)resent  time  ;  and  yet  what  a  burning  and  shining  light  it  has 
become!  For  more  than  two  centuries  it  has  been  training  men  for  our 
national  councils,  for  the  halls  of  justice,  for  the  professions,  and  for  every 
important  occupation  of  life. 

Merely  to  name  those  of  our  graduates  who  have  contributed  to  the  good 
government  of  our  country,  to  its  literature,  to  the  arts  and  sciences,  and  the 
education  of  the  people,  would  take  more  time  than  I  have  any  right  to  use. 
Let  me  speak  only  of  those  who  are  at  this  time  in  important  and  responsible 
positions. 

In  the  Cabinet  at  Washington  there  are  two  of  our  graduates ;  and  Presi- 
dent Hayes  Avill  tell  you,  sir,  that  among  his  wisest  and  most  trusty 
coimsellors  are  William  M.  Evarts  and  Charles  Devens. 

Our  School  has  furnished  many  of  the  Governors  of  Massachusetts ; — we 
claim  His  Excellency  the  present  Chief  Magistrate,  whom  the  verdict  of  the 
people  has  so  emphatically  declared  to  be  the  right  man  in  the  right  place. 

Four  of  our  graduates  have  been  Presidents  of  Harvard  University ; — we 
claim  the  present  distinguished  head  of  that  institution ;  and  every  friend  of 
old  Harvard  will  bear  witness  to  the  vigor  and  success  of  his  administi'ation. 

Boston  has  come  to  us  for  many  of  its  chief  Magistrates ; — we  claim  His 
Honor,  the  present  INIayor,  whose  great  popularity  has  been  shown  by 
repeated  elections.  Let  me  take  this  opportunity,  sir,  to  thank  him  in  behalf 
of  the  Latin  School  Association  for  the  encouragement  and  efficient  aid  he 
has  given  to  the  erection  of  the  building  we  are  dedicating,  from  its  com- 
mencement to  the  successful  end.  It  was  commenced  during  the  first  j'ear 
of  his  administration,  and  has  had  the  great  benefit  of  his  official  influence 
during  the  whole  process  of  its  erection.  Lideed,  sir,  I  veiy  much  fear 
that  without  that  influence,  so  faithfully  used,  we  should  not  be  dedicating 
this  building  to-day.  It  is  more  than  probable  that  our  boys  would  still  be 
occupying  the  gloomy,  sunless,  comfortless  rooms  in  Bedford  Street. 

We  cannot  speak  too  highly  in  praise  of  the  new  builduig  now  given  to  us. 
Om-  teachers,  who  have  had  abundant  opportunities  to  test  its  qualities,  are 
unanimous  in  their  opinion  that  it  answers  most  satisfactorily  all  the  pur- 
poses for  which  it  was  erected.  In  the  important  matter  of  ventilation, 
wherein  our  city  architects  in  times  past  have  been  more  distinguished  for 
their  failures  than  for  their  successes,  this  building  is  believed  to  be  one  of 


the  best  in  the  city.  Of  course  wc  hear  outside  criticisms,  coming  generally 
from  those  who  have  seen  only  the  outside  of  the  building.  Some  of  these 
complain  that  it  has  cost  too  much.  Is  there  any  novelty  in  that,  sir?  "V\lien 
did  we  ever  erect  a  public  building  in  our  good  city  of  Boston  which  did 
not  cost  more  than  we  expected?  Now,  Mr.  Chairman,  as  we  have  just 
such  a  buildmg  as  we  wanted,  an  ornament  to  our  city  and  substantial 
enough  to  last  for  centuries,  it  is  of  very  little  consequence  if  the  cost  has 
been  beyond  our  estunates. 

Some  say  it  is  too  large ;  we  shall  never  fill  it.  Did  we  ever  erect  a 
school-house  without  hearing  the  same  cry?  And  did  we  ever  fail  to  fill  any 
one  Ave  erected  ?  When  the  Sherwin  School-house  was  built,  some  of  the 
wise  men  of  that  day  prophesied  that  no  member  of  tlie  School  Board  would 
live  to  see  it  filled.  In  less  than  three  years  it  was  full  to  ovei-flowing; 
ever}^  seat  was  occupied,  and  the  boys,  like  Oliver  Twist,  were  asking  for 
more.  Tlie  building  the  city  has  now  given  us,  we  believe  to  be  none  too 
large.  In  due  time  we  .shall  fill  it.  All  precedents  show  that  our  Boston 
boys,  among  their  oUier  good  qualities,  have  that  of  multiplying  with  mar- 
vellous rapidity.  But  I  must  take  no  more  time,  sir,  as  tliere  are  many 
gentlemen  around  me  whom  we  are  all  wishing  to  hear. 

The  Chairman. — I  have  a  letter  from  the  Secretary  of  State,  the  Hon. 
William  IM.  Evarts,  regretting  his  inability  to  be  present  on  this  occasion. 
I  have  also  one  from  the  Attorney  General  of  the  United  States,  which  I  will 
read : — 

Dbpabtment  of  Justice, 

Washington,  Jau.  24,  1881. 

Mt  Dear  Sir, — I  am  very  much  obliged  for  the  iuvitalion  to  attoiul  the  dedication  of 
the  new  buUdinjj  for  the  u^e  of  the  Publie  Latin  and  English  High  Schools. 

These  two  Schools  have  been  of  the  highest  advantage  to  the  City  of  Boston  in  the 
development  of  the  men  who  date  back  to  them  their  early  education ;  and  I  should  be 
vcrj-  glad,  at  a  dedication  which  brings  these  two  sisters  of  learning  under  the  roof  of  a 
common  home,  to  be  present. 

My  official  engagements  at  the  close  of  the  Presidential  term  will  be  too  onerous  for  me 
to  leave  them.  I  can  only  send  to  the  graduates  who  will  assemble  upon  the  occasion  my 
most  hearty  and  sincere  good  wishes,  and  my  hope  that  the  Schools  will  continue  to  confer 
benefits  in  the  future  such  a^  they  have  dispensed  in  the  past. 

Your  obedient  sei^vant, 

CHARLES  DEVENS. 
Hon.  Charles  L.  Flint, 

Chninnaii,  etc.,  Boston. 

Addresses  followed  from  the  Rev.  RonERT  C.  Water.son,  Presi- 
dent of  tlie  English  High  School  Association,  Mr.  IIknrv  P. 
Kidder,  and  the  Superintendent  of  Schools,  Mr.  Edwin  P.  Seaver. 

The  CiiAiKMAN. — Ladies  and  Qcntlemcn:  I  had  been  depending  uj)on  our 
friend,  tin-  Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale,  to  say  a  word  lus  the  champion  of 
military  drill ;  but  he  was  obliged  to  be  in  New  York  to-»lay.  and  so  was 


President  Eliot,  of  Harvard  College.  We  are  fortunate,  however,  in  having 
■with  us  the  distinguished  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Education,  of  the 
Legislature,  and  I  am  sure  he  can  add  a  word  upon  that  subject  which  will 
touch  a  very  tender  chord  in  the  hearts  of  our  boys.  I  have  the  honor  to  in- 
troduce to  you  Col.  T.  W.  HiGGiNSON. 

ADDRESS   OP  COL.    THOMAS   WENT  WORTH   HKJOINSON. 

Mr.  Chairman : — I  was  so  fortunate  once  in  my  life  as  to  make  a  short 
speech.  I  never  did  it  but  once  ;  but  the  consequence  of  that  is,  that  I  always 
find  myself  kept  to  the  end  of  every  entertauiment  in  hopes  that  I  shall  make 
another.     I  will  try  it  once  more. 

There  is  no  man  in  whose  place  I  should  less  want  to  stand,  and  more 
especially  here,  than  the  Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale,  for  he  has  this 
peculiarity  about  him,  that  he  always  was  and  always  will  be  a  Boston  boy 
of  the  Boston  boys.  He  is  still  young,  and  if  he  lives  to  be  ninety, — which 
Heaven  grant ! — he  will  be  younger  then  than  he  is  to-day,  which  is  saying 
a  great  deal. 

In  regard  to  the  point  which  he  was  to  speak  of,  I  cannot  so  properly 
speak  of  that  here  as  he  could,  because  I  do  not  belong  to  that  privileged 
class.  There  are  two  classes  in  the  world,  you  know :  those  that  were  born 
in  Boston  and  are  patrician,  and  do  not  need  to  be  born  again,  and  those 
that  were  born  somewhere  else.  I  was  not  born  in  Boston,  and  I  wish  here 
humbly  to  apologise  for  that  early  mistake.  I  was  not  born  in  Boston,  I 
never  shall  have  been  born  in  Boston,  until  they  annex  Cambridge  to  Boston, 
and  then  I  shall  only  have  been  born  there  retrospectively.  Therefore,  my 
only  claim  to  be  here,  and  the  only  groimd  on  which  anybody  can  listen  to 
me  to-day  is,  that  it  did  happen  to  me,  not  long  ago,  beneath  a  certain  gilded 
dome  in  Boston,  to  stand  by  certain  Boston  boys  when  they  wanted  a  friend. 
That  is  all  there  is  about  it.  I  will  tell  them  and  you,  that,  after  all,  I  do 
not  know  that  anybody  else  could  have  saved  them  on  that  occasion  if  it  had 
not  been  for  the  promptness  and  efficiency  with  which  they  stood  by  them- 
selves. "SMien  that  jDetition,  signed  by  three  hundred  and  fifty  boys  of  the 
English  High  School,  was  brought  into  the  lobby  of  the  State  House  by  a 
young  gentleman  with  one  of  the  very  straightest  backbones  that  even 
military  drill  ever  gave,  and  when  a  corresponding  petition  came  up  from 
the  Latin  School,  borne  by  a  young  gentleman  similarly  adorned,  why,  it 
carried  the  day.  There  was  no  resisting  it.  Everything  yielded  before  it. 
Let  me  tell  you,  young  men,  that  nobody  in  legislative  halls,  or  beneath  the 
gilded  dome,  not  even  the  Governor  himself,  can  resist  the  voters  of  the 
future.  They  are  a  veiy  important  constituency  for  anybody  who  expects 
to  be  the  President  of  the  United  States, — and  up  there  we  all  do,  every  one 
of  us, — altliough  there  is  nobody,  except  His  Excellency  tlie  Governor,  who, 
if  the  whole  truth  were  told,  has  much  chance  of  it.  Tlierefore,  I  say,  I 
think  well  of  the  drill  of  the  Boston  High  School  battalion,  and  of  the  effect 
of  military  discipline,  from  the  circumstance  that  they  made  their  advance 


upon  the  State  Houso  in  such  military  style,  and  eaptiued  it  so  completely. 
The  thing  was  essentially  done  from  the  moment  thoy  came  th«^re.  The 
stoutest  opponents  of  the  bill  concluded  that  there  was  nothing  in  military 
drill  that  was  so  objectionable,  after  all,  and  decided  that  all  they  were  afraid 
of  Avas  that  there  might  be  some  exti'a  teachers  employed  to  teach  dancing 
at  the  public  expense. 

Thus  tAAice  in  history  has  the  i^rowess  of  Boston  boys  been  vindicated.  A 
hundred  years  ago  they  went  to  General  Gage  and  a.sked  for  leave  to  coast 
upon  the  Common.*  This  year  tliey  went  to  the  ruling  powers  and  asked  that 
this  drill-hall  might  not  be  converted  into  a  hall  witliout  any  drill ;  and 
history  will  one  day  record  that  they  succeeded  in  both  their  undertakings. 

The  Chairman.— Many  of  the  graduates  of  the  English  High  are  also 
graduates  of  the  Latin  Seliool.  They  may  have  a  divided  affection,  but  each 
School  can  fairly  claim  them  as  its  children,  and  will  always  chcrisli  a  just 
pride  in  their  honorable  achievements  as  if  they  were  the  outgro-wth  of  its 
ovni  inspiration.  We  have  with  u'?  a  conspicuous  example  in  Mr.  Thomas 
Gaffield,  who  can  define  his  i)osition. 

ADDRESS   OF   THOMAS   GAFFIELD,    ESQ. 

Mr.  Chairman : — It  is  my  good  fortune  to  call  myself  an  old  pupil  of  both 
of  the  Schools  whose  second  happy  union  under  the  same  roof  we  celebrate 
to-day ;  and  I  cherish  pleasant  memories  of  blasters  Dillaway,  Streeter,  and 
Gartbier  of  the  Latin  School,  and  of  Masters  ^liles  and  Shenvin  of  tlie 
English  High. 

The  remainder  of  Mr.  Gaffield's  address  was  more  ])articularly 
devoted  to  his  reminiscences  of  the  English  High  School. 

The  One  Hundredtli  Psalm  was  then  sung,  and  a  benediction  Avas 
pronounced  by  tlie  Rev.  George  A.  Thayer  : — 

As  God  was  with  our  fathers  may  He  be  with  us  and  our  children  !t 
Mav  He  liless  our  work  and  crown  our  days !     Amen. 


The  Latin  School  has  done  its  part  to  strengthen  the  argument  of 
those  who  claim  that  the  influence  of  classical  studies  is  to  inspire  a 
generous  patriotism.  Many  of  its  scholars  were  distinguished  in  the 
earlier  conflicts  of  the  nation,  both  military  and  civil. 

Some,  no  doubt  led  by  the  jirincipU'S  and  example  of  Master 
Lovell,  adliered  to  the  mother-country,  and  left  names  to  be  inscribed 
in  the  annals  of  American  loyalists.  Others,  influenced  i)robably  l)y 
the  teachings  of  his  son,  read  more  correctly  the  signs  of  the  times, 


*  Tho  coiTcct  version  of  this  story  will  bo  fouml  on  pajfcs  40  of  this  Introduction,  and 
8(S  of  the  Catalogue, 
t  Tho  THotto  of  the  City  of  Boston. 


MEMORIAL   STATUE. 

FROM  HARPERS  MONTHLY  MAGAZINE,  BY  PERMISSION. 


and  took  tlieir  places  among  the  Sons  of  Liberty.  The  first  name 
ujjon  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  in  the  large,  free  hand  so 
familiar  to  us,  is  that  of  a  Latin  School  boy ;  and  below  it  are  those 
of  four  more*  who  received  their  early  instruction  from  the  same 
source.  In  later  days,  during  the  "War  of  the  Rebellion,  the  Latin 
School  boys  proved  that 

''Dulce  et  deconim  est  pro  patria  mori;" 

for  two  hundred  and  seventy-six,  of  whom  fifty  gave  up  their  lives, 
filled  posts  in  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the  Union,  and  gained 
distinction  for  themselves  and  the  School  by  their  services. 

The  first  object  that  meets  the  eye  of  the  visitor,  as  he  enters  the 
main  door  of  the  School  House,  is  the  statue  erected  by  the  grad- 
uates of  the  School  to  honor  those  who  had  thus  honored  her,  and 
to  commemorate  those  who  fell  in  defending  their  country  in  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion.  Elegant  as  a  work  of  art  and  invaluable  as 
an  inspiration,  it  serves  as  a  daily  reminder  to  the  pupils,  as  impress- 
ive as  any  lesson  taught  from  their  books,  of  the  patriotism  and  de- 
votion to  duty  which  education  should  foster,  and  educated  men 
should  cherish.  It  was  the  work  of  Richard  S.  Greenough,  a  Latin 
School  boy  (of  the  year  1829),  and  represents  Alma  Mater  as  a  beau- 
tiful woman,  resting  her  left  arm  on  a  shield  which  bears  the  names 
of  the  dead,  and  extending  in  her  right  hand  a  laurel  crown  to 
reward  those  who  returned  from  tlie  conflict.  On  marble  tablets, 
on  either  side  of  the  entrance  door,  are  the  names  of  all  the  scholars 
who  served  in  the  national  forces,  in  any  capacity,  without  losing 
their  lives.f 

This  statue  originally  stood  in  the  large  hall  of  the  Bedford  Street 
School-house,  where  it  was  placed  in  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1870. 
As  it  was  the  first,  and  for  some  time  after,  the  only  memorial  to 
the  sons  of  Boston  who  served  in  the  war,  it  seemed  2:)roper  that  its 
erection  should  be  the  occasion  of  a  fitting  tribute  to  those  whose 
labors  and  sacrifices  it  was  designed  to  commemorate.  The  hall  of 
the  School  being  too  small  to  accommodate  those  who  were  entitled 
and  desirous  to  attend,  the  jDublic  services  of  dedication  were  held 
in  the  Boston  Music  Hall,  early  in  December  of  that  year. 

The  exercises  of  the  occasion  were  a  rej^ort  of  the  committee,  read 
by  Francis  A.  Osborn  (of  the  year  1845),  which  was  followed  by  an 
English  Ode  by  William  Everett  (of  the  year  1852)  :— 

*  Benjamin  Franklin,  Samuel  Adams,  "\Yilliam  Hooper,  Robert  Treat  Paine. 
t  For  these  names  see  Appendix  N. 


128  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


ENGUSU    OUE    JJV    WILLIAM    KVKKETT. 

Look  where  our  motlicr  lifts  on  high 

Her  boys'  perennial  scroll ! 
^lark  in  her  buckler's  heraldry 

Our  brothers'  muster  roll  ! 
We  af^k  no  rank,  no  titles  kiu)\v, 
Tlieir  victories  or  their  fate  to  show  — 

Drawn  by  this  only  rule, 
That  here  their  boyish  footsteps  strayed, 
As  boys  they  worked,  as  boys  they  jjlayed, 

Here  in  our  ancient  School. 

Her  duties  stern,  of  faith  and  fact. 

Were  tlieirs  from  day  to  da\- ; 
The  rigid  rule,  the  tiisk  exact, 

To  study,  to  obey. 
Her  stories  of  the  olden  times 
In  classic  tongues'  melodious  chimes 

Fell  on  their  youthful  ears. 
And,  by  the  oft  repeated  words, 
Struck  in  their  hearts  responsive  cliords, 

To  sound  in  after  years : — 

The  chief,  who  his  ten  thousiuid  h-d 

From  Tigris  to  the  sea,  — 
The  consul,  from  wliose  thunders  Ht-d 

The  fiend  of  treucliery, — 
And  wliat,  in  Virgil's  song  revealed. 
Appeared  in  blest  Elysium's  field 

To  old  Anchises'  .son  — 
How  those  wlio  for  their  country  fought, 
When  life  was  o'er  and  labor  wrought, 

A  snow-white  garland  won. 

They  parted  for  eacli  walk  of  life, 

Nor  met  as  boys  again, 
Till  woko  tlio  la;id  i:i  civil  strifu 

And  called  upon  lier  men  ! 
Then,  as  if  once  again  there  rang 
The  School-bell's  luiforgoiten  clang. 

Gathered  her  boys  oneo  more  — 
To  prove,  in  field,  and  camp,  and  niine. 
The  long-drawn  siege,  the  clashing  line, 

Her  It'sson-i  learnt  of  vorc 


Her  law  the  proudest  crest  could  bend 

To  mandates  higher  still : 
Her  rules  through  every  watchword  send 

The  old  precision's  thrill : 
And  every  tale  of  Greece  and  Rome 
Swelled  in  their  hearts  and  bade  "  strike  home," 

Till  on  some  field  of  death, 
Blow  after  blow,  with  all  the  fire 
Of  Troy  or  Athens  in  their  ire, 

They  3a elded  up  their  breath. 

Now  gi'ateful  for  their  work,  we  raise 

This  pious  marble  here, 
To  greet  our  boys'  free,  joyous  gaze 

As  year  rolls  on  to  year. 
And  that  sweet  look  shall  nerve  each  soul. 
And  each  impetuous  heart  control 

Till  every  eye  shall  burn, 
In  work  more  true,  and  play  more  keen, 
A  wi-eath  like  theirs  forever  green 

By  God-like  deeds  to  earn. 

Obedient,  faithful,  prompt,  and  brave, 

What  more  could  they  have  done  ? 
What  fuller  life,  what  holier  grave 

Could  parent  seek  for  son  ? 
They  saved  their  country  in  her  need — 
What  nobler  name,  what  choicer  meed 

Could  these  our  boys  have  earned? 
What  lesson,  though  our  mother  taught 
All  art,  all  science,  and  all  thought, 

Could  boys  have  better  learned? 

Ay,  let  them  from  her  forehead  tear 

The  diadem  away ! 
And  all  her  ancient  lore  declare 

Useless  and  dead  to-day ! 
One  priceless  gem  shall  still  be  ours, 
Above  this  age's  boasted  powers 

To  ravish  or  to  give ; 
That  boys,  by  her  old  precepts  ti-ained. 
Their  country's  flag  and  faith  sustained 

And  died  that  she  misiht  live. 


loO  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


A  Latin  Ode  )»y  Henry  "W.  Haynes  (of  tli<^  year   1842),  was  tlien 
Ming  l)y  a  selt'ct  choir  of  male  voices: — 

I.ATIN    <»1>K    HX    HENKY    "VVILUAM»<»N    JIAVNKS. 

IIeuol'M  juvenum  jjro  patria  inon 
Optantes  aniniae !  quale  cU-c-us  daniu^ 
Dio^ium  pro  nunitis?     Prosequimur  quibus 
Votis  ft  laerymis  piis? 

Hoc  marmor  vovinius,  discipuli  lui 
Sculptum,  cara  parens,  artilicis  niunu, 
Fraternis  aniiuis,  cordibus  aemulis, 
Grates  testifieans  opus. 

Immortalis  Honos,  Famaque  nobilis, 
Mansurunique  virens  tenipus  in  idtimuui 
Nomen,  conimemorans  (iloria  laudibus, 
Ornabunt  statnani  sacram. 

O  Natale  Solum  I  numina  dent  tibi 
Duris  tcmporibus  poctora  forlia, 
Prolem  mas^nanimani,  tallaperpcti 
Carls  his  Paribus  satam. 

This  was  succeeded   l)y  an  Oration  by  William  ]SI.  Kvarts  (of  the 
year  IS'iS)  :— 


*  The  following  metrical  translation  by  Lksteb  Wii-liams  Clakk,  a  member 
of  the  First  Class  in  the  School,  was  printed  on  the  Programme: — 

Hekoic  youths,  ■whose  loyal  souls  desire 
To  ^cek  tlie  death  their  couutry's  wrongs  require, 
Wiiut  triliute,  wortliy  of  your  dceils  below, 
Cau  we  with  prayers  nuil  tears  on  you  bestow  ? 

This  marble,  .sculi)lurctl  by  the  hanil  of  ouc, 
Wlioiii  thou,  O  .'Vbiia  Mater,  t>wir>t  ns  son, 
With  hearts  where  iuiii;;le  brothers*  pride  imd  love 
We  pledge,  our  lastiug  gratitude  to  prove. 

Immortal  Honor  and  iiudyinj;  Fame, 
Forever  frcsli  and  hiitiii;^  astlieir  name, 
Their  brows  with  hemes'  laui-els  sluill  entwine, 
And  consecrate  tliis  Statue  as  their  shrine. 

l,and  of  my  l)irtli'.  may  (iod  iieconl  to  thee 
brave  iicarls  to  Kueeor  in  ailver^ity  ; 
Still  may  our  Sidiool  have  sons  in  valor  trietl, 
K'eii  as  these  heroes  who  foi'  freedom  died. 


ORATIOX   BY   THE   HON.    WILLIAM   MAXWELL   EVAKTS. 

M?'.  President,  and  Ladies  and  Oentlernen : — I  received,  some  months  ago, 
the  invitation  of  the  Committee  to  take  some  part  in  the  presentation  of  this 
Memorial  Statue  to  the  gaze  of  the  Boston  people,  a  dedication  of  it  to  the 
public  service  of  tliis  city,  Avith  miaffected  pleasure.  Although,  by  my  birth- 
right, I  felt  entitled  to  have  a  share  in  all  the  great  industrial  interests  and 
literatures,  all  that  makes  up  the  fame  of  this  renowned  city,  yet  I  knew  that 
my  own  memories,  and  my  own  associations  with  Boston,  were  wholly  con- 
fined to  my  school  daj-s  and  my  school  life ;  and  though  I  might  have  felt 
that  to  participate  in  any  other  ceremonial  of  local  interest  was  quite  outside 
of  any  propriety  on  my  part,  I  could  not  deny  that  I  was  as  much  a  Boston 
school-boy  as  anybody  could  be.  From  the  time  that  I  was  five  years  old  at 
the  primary  school,  and  then  from  seven  to  ten  at  the  ward  school,  and  then 
onward  till  I  went  to  college,  I  was  a  scliool-boy  of  Boston.  All  my  active 
life  has  been  j)assed  elsewhere,  and  if  there  has  been  anything  in  it  wliich 
induced  your  Committee  to  look  with  favor  or  approval  upon  it,  and  to 
recognize  my  right  to  be  counted  in  this  festival  of  the  school-boys  of  Boston, 
it  is  to  those  schools,  it  is  to  the  Latin  School,  that  I  acknowledge  the  obliga- 
tion and  proclaim  my  gratitude.  Agreeable  as  was  the  invitation,  I  should 
yet  liave  hesitated  long  before  accepting  it,  had  I  not  felt  that  the  part 
assigned  to  me  was  not  one  upon  which  in  the  least  was  dependent  the 
interest  or  the  impression  of  the  occasion ;  that  here  and  now,  as  elsewhere, 
and  at  all  times,  on  all  occasions  like  this,  it  is  the  dead,  who,  being  still 
dead,  yet  speak,  no  matter  by  what  voice  of  the  living  eulogist  life  shall  be 
given  to  their  utterance ;  and  that  his  eloquence  can  never  outspeak  the 
eloquence  of  commemorated  lives. 

I  had  supposed,  Mr.  President,  that  we  should  have  really  seen  the  actual 
Statue  and  the  tablets,  and  the  porti-aits  and  the  forms  and  benches  of  the 
boys,  so  that  we  might  have  felt  that  the  occasion  \ha,t  drew  us  together 
was  represented  by  what  we  saw  about  us,  and  that  no  j^art  was  needed  ex- 
cept to  give  some  suggestive  lead,  perhaj^s  to  the  considerations  which  had 
made  these  lives  memorable,  and  made  the  commemoration  useful  to  the 
community.  Now  it  appears  that  the  genius  of  one  of  our  scholars,  under 
the  inspiration  of  the  Committee,  has  produced  Avhat  I  am  told  is  thus  far 
the  only  public  monument  to  the  memories  of  this  war  in  this  great  cit}',  and 
which  may  remain  so  for  an  indefinite  period.  Certainly,  it  is  complete 
and  satisfactory ;  certainly,  it  appeals  to  the  youth  of  the  city  in  their  daily 
liaunts,  and  is  to  form  a  part  of  their  education.  The  artist,  with  a  touch 
grave  and  solemn,  a  sense  of  the  duty  which  we  all  feel,  has  jiroduced  tliis 
emblematic  mother  full  of  exultation  at  the  glories  of  her  sons,  full  of  gi-ief 
at  their  sacrifice,  full  of  serene  joy  that  other  sons  yet  survive. 

The  shield  is  emblazoned  with  names  that  the  citizens  of  Boston  will  never 
let  die.  The  legend  of  the  patriot  is  the  only  legend  that  informs  the 
observer  in  what  cause  they  fell,  for  what  cause  their  names  are  thus  j^re- 
served,  and  why  they  stand  separated  from  all  the  youth  that  ever  graced 


132 


PUBLIC    LATIX    SCHOOL. 


this  city,  fixnn  all  the  youth  that  have  drawn  tlieir  knowledge  from  this 
ancient  School, —  separated  forever  from  the  living  and  from  tlie  dead.  It 
is  for  me  only,  as  simply  and  as  briefly  as  may  be,  not  to  snggest  to  tliis 
audience,  but  rather  to  recall,  some  of  the  principal  traits  in  the  great  con- 
flict, some  of  the  princij^al  traits  in  the  lives  and  sacrifices  of  these  young 
men  which  have  made  them  memoi-able,  and  some  of  the  considerations 
Avhieh  induced  this  commemoration,  and  may  promise  useful  fruits  to  the 
present  and  future  genei-ations,  from  this  honor  thus  definitely  i)aid  tliem. 

"  Pro  Patria"  is  the  motto  of  those  wlic  have  died  for  their  country,  and 
for  their  whole  country  ;  and  yet  this  moiunuent  is  raised  to  men  who  fell  in 
a  civil  war.  •*  For  the  King  or  for  the  Commonwealth,  for  York  or 
Lancaster,''  is  the  j^raise  of  loyalty  in  civil  war ;  and  yet  the  deaths  in  tliis 
civil  war  that  have  been  devoted  to  the  Government  and  the  safety  of  the 
Republic,  we  may  justly  pronounce  to  be  covered  by  the  sacred  name  in 
classic  fame  of  "  death  for  their  countiy."  How  shall  we  paint  tliis,  and  yet 
not  claim  for  them  what  should  be  denied  in  other  civil  stinfes  ?  It  can  only 
be,  from  tlie  nature  of  the  conflict  and  fi'om  the  i)art  they  bore  in  it,  that  this 
shall  be  claimed,  now  and  forever,  in  the  face  of  all  men,  as  a  monument  to 
men  who  died  for  tlieir  country,  as  much  as  to  those  who  at  Bunker  Hill 
made  the  same  sacrifice  for  their  country. 

Ten  years  ago,  when  the  clouds  were  first  rising  in  the  jiolitical  horizon 
wliich  presaged  the  immediate  burst  of  war,  to  an  observer  wlio  either  was 
not  aware  of  tlie  intense  and  vcliement  moral  causes  that  were  at  work  in  the 
bosom  of  this  nation,  or  who  did  not  believe  in  moral  causes  as  jjroducing 
great  conflicts,  generally  flowing  from  passion  or  from  interest,  nothing 
seemed  less  rational,  nothing  seemed  less  probable,  than  that  this  nation 
should  be  distracted  or  convulsed  by  Avar,  foreign  or  civil ;  to  such  a  one 
none  of  the  ordaining  motives  that  should  throw  a  great,  a  prosperous,  a 
powerful  peojile  out  of  their  triumphant  pursuits  were  evident. 

Marching  ever  onward  in  tlie  procession  of  time,  and  in  the  face  of  all  the 
w^orld  to  greater  and  greater  power  of  every  kind,  a  nation  rose  out  of  tlieir 
strong  and  happy  jieace  into  the  severities  and  hardshijis  of  war.  Certamly, 
no  people  were  ever  situated  so  as  to  be  more  secure  against  war  contrary  to 
their  will.  Certainly,  no  peoiile  were  so  little  tempted  to  war ;  the  territory 
rounded  out,  tlie  population  thriving,  increasing,  already  vast,  commerce 
adding  new  wealth,  all  nations  seeking  favor  rather  than  occasion  of  strife 
with  us,  no  neighbor  whom  we  could  fear,  no  neighbor  tempting  us  to 
aggi'ession,  no  neighbor  tempted  to  encroach  upon  us,  and  at  home,  out- 
living, as  we  liad  supposed,  all  those  clumsy  and  irrational  methods  of 
contestation,  that  by  violence  and  bloodshed  undertook  to  settle  people's 
opinions  against  their  will;  with  a  condition  of  life  where  all  were  equal, 
with  no  dynasties  to  create  ambition  or  furnisli  food  for  contests,  with 
every  facility  for  argument  and  discussion  and  the  suffrage,  and  frequent 
recurring  opi)ortunitie3  to  take  tlie  sense  of  the  nation,  wiiich,  onct> 
expressed,  implied  the  power,  if  need  be,  to  enforce  it.  And  yet,  within 
one  year  from  that  time,  the  forces  were  set  against  each  otlier  that  showed 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  138 


gi-eater  stren^h  and  ^^rcater  courage,  and  more  onergftio  jjurpose,  than  had 
ever  attended  a  war  among  men.  As  it  jirogressed,  ever  and  more  evident 
was  it  that  it  was  a  struggle  never  to  be  ended  till  the  great  moral  questions 
of  right  against  might,  of  equality  against  privilege,  of  justice  among 
men  against  power  over  them,  were  the  issues  to  be  settled  by  this  death 
struggle  between  immense  and  passionate  forces.  When  this  was  seen,  it 
was  felt  that  all  the  arguments  against  war  for  trade,  against  war  for 
ambition,  against  war  for  aggression,  against  war  for  hate,  had  disappeared, 
and  that  war  for  duty  and  for  safety  were  the  highest  obligations  of  a  nation 
that  had  a  heiitage  such  as  ours ;  for,  to  a  people  with  our  origin,  with  our 
discipline,  with  our  future,  that  had  fondly  hopod  that  all  tlie  discords  that 
were  bred  within  our  collected  population  and  our  divided  interests  should 
pass  away  under  the  influence  of  peaceful  authority',  it  was  at  once  proposed, 
and  in  a  tone  not  to  be  misunderstood,  that  we  should  meet  an  issue,  and, 
for  the  future,  put  up  either  with  a  corrupt  Constitution  that  should  per- 
petuate the  injustice  and  the  shame  of  slavery,  or  a  mutilated  territory  that 
should  divide  and  control  the  area  and  strength  of  freedom :  and  to  the  issue 
thus  presented,  wliich  to  a  great  part  of  our  nation  at  the  outset  seemed  to 
present  the  degree  and  form  of  choice  open  to  us  in  this  issue,  statesmen  and 
orators,  conspicuous  leaders  of  public  opinion,  great  masses  of  intelligent 
and  educated  people,  debated  on  the  grounds  and  considerations,  some 
higher  and  some  lower,  of  the  discussion  which  of  these  alternatives  it  were 
better  that  we  should  accept ! 

But  beneath  all  this,  without  distinction  of  party  or  past  opinion,  the  well 
trained  intelligence  of  the  American  people  at  once  spumed  this  election, 
and  determined  that  they  Avould  fight  for  and  maintain  the  entire  heritage 
that  they  had  received  from  their  fathers ;  that  they  -svould  save  the  whole 
country  in  everj-  inch  of  its  area,  and  the  whole  Constitution  in  everj'  word 
of  its  promise  for  the  future.  All  that  had  made  the  progress  of  freedom, 
and  all  that  promised  itself  a  security,  was  here  put  at  issue  against  a 
demand  that  liberty  should  stay  its  progi-ess  or  retire  from  a  portion  of 
this  continent ;  and  once  understood,  a  conflict  was  marshalled  which  had 
no  other  issue  than  the  fate  of  human  progress  for  the  time.  "When  you 
consider  that,  on  so  vast  a  scale  of  population,  of  territory,  and  of 
power,  and  in  a  nation  so  far  advanced  in  all  the  arts  of  peace,  brought 
to  the  furthest  point  of  moral  and  religious  and  intellectual  culture,  this 
issue  was  in  this  war,  you  cannot  but  feel  that  if  we  could  separate 
ourselves  from  that  familiar  knowledge  of  the  actors  in  it,  and  of  our 
own  participation  in  it,  which  breeds  depreciation,  if  we  could  look  at  it 
as  the  action  of  another  nation,  or  read  about  it  in  other  history,  we  should 
pronounce  this  contest  as  the  most  direct,  thorough,  definite,  and  decisive 
issue  between  the  great  piinciples  of  right  and  might  that  men  could  be 
engaged  to. 

It  was  then,  gentlemen  and  ladies,  in  such  an  issue,  and  lest  they 
should  be  robbed  of  such  a  country,  that  these  men  yielded  their  lives  to  the 
stress  of  battle.     Certainly,  the  contest  was  worthy  of  any  degree  of  per- 


134  PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


sonal  heroism,  aiid  will  support  every  amount  of  public  commemoration  of 
those  who  took  a  useful  :xnd  honorable  part  in  it.  Now  we  have  only  to 
see  and  to  say  wliat  the  i^art  was  that  these  young  men,  our  townsmen, 
our  school-fellows,  our  playmates  did,  in  fact,  bear  in  tliis  controversy. 
"WTiat  was  the  quality  of  thi'ir  motives?  "Wliat  the  nature  and  description  of 
their  sacrifices  ?  ^Miat  the  intelligence,  what  tlie  acceptance,  with  which  they 
met  tliis  issue  ?  In  the  first  place,  we  see  at  once  that  this  jjopulation  from 
wliich  these  young  men  proceeded  was  not  exposed  to  any  very  near  danger 
or  discomfort  from  the  growing  war.  If  Boston  and  Massachusetts  could  be 
satisfied  with  security  of  Boston  and  ^lassachusetts,  and  be  careless  of  the 
rest  of  the  country,  or  the  fate  of  the  question,  Boston  and  ^Massachusetts 
were  very  safe  ;  and  these  young  men  lived  also  in  a  community  where  the 
whole  course  of  reasoning  and  of  sentiment  had  for  more  than  a  generation 
discouraged  war.  An  advance  it  was  supposed  had  been  made  for  our  time 
and  for  our  people  that  should  never  recall  to  the  unpracticed  hands  of 
American  youth  tlie  weapons  of  war.  So,  too,  tliese  young  men,  so  far  as  I 
have  noticed  in  the  narratives  accessible  to  me  of  their  lives,  were  all  in- 
dividually in  circumstances  where  neither  chance  nor  need  carried  tliem  into 
this  conflict ;  and  they  were  of  that  past  education  and  those  formed  habits  of 
mind  that  did  not  and  could  not  urge  them  to  this  contest  upon  any  other  con- 
siderations than  those  which  their  conscience  ajiproved  and  their  intelligence 
accepted.  When  you  find  that  of  the  youth  of  military  age  that  had  come 
out  fi'om  tliis  single  Boston  School,  287  served  in  this  war,  and  when  I 
say  to  you  that  from  the  classes  most  readily  furnishing  or  permitting  the 
material  for  military  service,  the  classes  from  1850  to  1855,  in  those  six 
classes,  there  was  an  average  of  twenty-tln*ee  young  men  from  each  that 
served  in  tliis  war,  and  that  from  one  single  class,  of  1852,  there  were  forty- 
three  soldiers  in  this  war,  you  must  understand  that  there  was  some  move- 
ment among  the  youth,  nurtured  as  tliese  youth  were,  and  in  this  City, 
having  its  hold  upon  the  best  and  most  univt-rsal  sentiment  of  the  people, 
and  of  true  patriotism,  that  could  have  thus  crowded  tliem  into  the  ranks  of 
our  war. 

I  cannot  discover  tliat  there  were  any  of  them  tliat,  eitlier  by  distinct  voca- 
tion or  a  particular  devotion,  had  accustomed  tliemselves  to  the  arts  of  war. 
I  cannot  perceive  that  tlicre  runs  tlirough  tlie  narratives  and  tlie  records  that 
they  tliemselves  furnished  of  tlieir  lives,  their  conduct,  and  their  motives,  the 
least  touch  of  the  love  of  glory,  tlie  least  desire  to  exchange  the  fair  promise 
of  peaceful  service  to  the  State  for  this  new  scene  of  action.  I  c:uinot  say 
that  as  the  war  grew  upon  them,  and  tlieir  young  fames  flowered  in  the 
admiration  of  their  country,  that  to  the  last  battle  day  of  any  one  of  them 
there  was  the  least  introduction  of  self  into  the  .'^ceiie  and  into  the  scheino  of 
their  action.  I  must,  then,  feel  that  these  young  men,  canii'd  neither  by 
chance  nor  by  interest,  accustomed  by  no  education  and  no  experieneo  to  any 
of  tie  toils,  nor  hardened  to  tlio  dangers  of  the  strife,  who  thus  caiuo  and 
bore  their  part  in  tliis  contest,  are  in  your  judgment,  in  tlio  judgment  of 
all  tlieir  friends,  in  tlie  judgment  of  all  the  eouiitry,  in  the  judgment  of  the 


HISTORICAL    SKETCH.  135 


future  and  of  history,  entitled  to  their  personal  participation  in  the  great  and 
noble  sentiments  that  urged  on  and  earned  through  the  great  sti'uggle. 

Whatever  of  glory  the  country  at  large  may  claim  for  its  civilization,  for 
its  sense  of  duty  and  for  its  fortitude,  its  courage  and  its  triumph,  these 
yoimg  men  who  have  died  in  such  a  cause,  and  upon  such  motives,  and 
sacrificed  their  lives  under  such  deliberate  and  persistent  choice  that  they 
would  brave  death  rather  than  submit  to  degrading  and  retrogressive  ten- 
dencies in  the  age  and  counti-y  in  which  they  lived,  in  the  largest  possible 
measure,  either  by  fortune  or  by  princii^le,  for  their  recompense,  shall  be 
among  the  foremost  of  their  countrymen  in  the  memory  of  this  and  of  future 
times.  It  was  not  because  they  did  not  appreciate  the  pleasure  of  peace. 
It  was  not  because  they  did  not  appreciate  the  hardships  of  Avar.  It  was 
not  because  they  did  not  understand  the  perils  of  honor  and  did  not  know 
the  charms  of  ease.  With  all  this  knowledge  they  chose,  and  they  gave 
their  lives  to  the  choice.  These  men,  these  young  men,  these  boys  of  the 
Latin  School,  are  entitled  to  the  deepest  homage  of  all  their  countiy.  Max- 
ima reverentia  debetur  pueris. 

Now  was  the  issue  of  this  conflict  worthy  of  the  sacrifice,  and  were  the 
sentiments  that  urged  it  on,  even  at  the  great  cost  of  war,  justified  by  the 
result  ?  Why,  there  are  no  suiferers  from  the  result  of  this  conflict !  There 
was  suff"ei-ing,  plenty  of  suffering,  by  grief,  by  loss  in  this  commimity,  and 
certainly  diff'used  throughout  the  land,  rebel  and  loyal ;  but  I  pi'opose  to  you, 
fellow  citizens,  that  as  the  result  of  this  struggle  there  is  no  oppression,  no 
suff'ering,  no  loss,  no  harm  anywhere  throughout  the  world,  but  everything 
is  full  of  goodness.  Wlien  was  it  ever  heard  that  the  beaten  party  in  a  civil 
war  met  nothing  but  amplification  of  right  and  freedom,  exaltation  in  the 
sphere,  in  the  scale,  and  in  the  hope  of  future  progi'ess  ?  How  is  it 
with  other  nations  ?  There  is  no  nation  throughout  the  world  wliich  finds 
in  these  our  triumphs  cause  for  fear  to  its  hope  or  its  safety,  but  every 
nation  throughout  the  globe  finds  and  knows  that  we  have  fought  the  battle 
of  humanity,  and  that  the  rights  and  the  hopes  of  men,  all  their  personal, 
their  national,  their  complete  and  entire  progress  and  development,  have 
been  advanced  by  the  results  of  this  war.  Certainly  we  may  say,  then,  that 
the  issue  has  approved  the  action  of  this  nation,  and  that  when  from  other 
wars  there  have  come  consequences  and  threats  to  peace  and  prosperity 
somewhere,  when  the  I'elative  conditions  of  the  beaten  and  the  ti'iumphant 
paities  in  the  same  nation  have  subjected  one  to  the  oppressions  and  the  in- 
sults of  the  other,  when  we  can  show  as  the  results  of  this  conflict  nothing 
but  elevation,  hope,  and  prosperity  to  come,  we  may  feel  entirely  justified  in 
the  ascription  to  moral  causes  of  the  whole  responsibility  for  this  conflict, 
and  they  are  entitled  to  reap  the  triumphant  reward. 

Now  there  remains  only  to  consider  whether,  although  the  completed 
round  of  origin  and  action  and  issue  be  wholly  of  this  elevated  and  this 
gratifying  character,  there  may  yet  be  included  in  the  example  or  the  in- 
fluence for  the  future,  some  disturbance  of  tlie  real  moral  basis  on  which  we 
proclaim  and  before  this  war  felt  our  institutions  rested,  and  on  which  they 


136  PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


were  to  be  perpetual  aiid  secure.  I  know  there  are  some  public  orators, 
some  statesmen,  i)erliai)s,  who  seeing  this  nation  thus  inllamed  In"  war,  ami 
its  immense  energies  thus  disi^layed,  its  great  triumph  and  the  gi'eat  fame 
tliat  have  attended  it,  tliink  that  a  military  si)irit  has  been  implanted  in 
the  bosom  of  the  jjeople  that  will  find  in  questions  of  policy  and  of  interest, 
in  covetous  ambition,  and  in  the  disposition  to  regulate  the  elections,  a 
preference  for  Avar  over  peace.  But  be  sure  that  a  war,  such  as  we  linow 
our  civil  war  to  have  been,  is  the  severest,  the  most  earnest,  and  the  most 
intelligible  les.son  which  a  people  ever  had  occasion  to  learn,  that  in  the 
language  of  Scripture,  "Wisdom  is  better  than  weapons  of  war.''  For  a 
nation  to  espouse  the  cause  of  liberty  and  justice  at  the  cost  of  war,  is  a  veiy 
different  thing  from  a  nation's  disposition  to  esjjouse  the  war  at  the  cost  of 
liberty  and  justice ;  and  by  the  same  schooling  that  has  made  us  ready  to  re- 
peat, if  need  be,  every  measure  of  past  sacrilice  for  gi'cat  moral  purposes  in 
the  good  of  our  nation  and  of  the  world,  we  have  leai'ned  that  war /or  war 
is  neitlier  fanciful  nor  political,  but  involves  sufferings  which  are  only  justi- 
fied by  the  degree  and  firmness  of  the  virtue  on  which  tliey  rest. 

Now  of  the  iofluence  of  this  memorial  sUvtue,  and  tliis  i)erpetuated  ex- 
ample of  the  youth  of  this  School  upon  the  School  itself  of  the  future 
generation.  As  this  nation  cannot  be  the  same  nation  it  would  have  been 
without  tlie  war,  much  less  the  same  nation  it  would  be  if  it  had  shnink 
from  the  war,  so  tliis  School  for  the  future  generations  of  its  scholar's  never 
shall  ha  merely  the  same  School  that  it  Avas  when  you  and  I,  gentlemen,  were 
its  scholars. 

"We  had  no  nearer  lessons  of  patriotism  and  of  virtue  within  its  walls  than 
those  which  we  read  from  Greek  and  Roman  history.  But  now  tliere  is  no 
boy  that  enters  its  doors,  who  does  not,  in  the  daily  contemijlation  of  tlie 
bright  names  of  these  fifty-one  young  Latin  Scholars,  blazoned  on  the  shield, 
draw  in  the  iniluences  that  open  the  mind  to  gi-eat  sentiments,  and  gain  at 
the  same  time  an  inspiration  that  no  history  can  surpass  by  any  of  its  exam- 
ples. An  education  like  that,  worthily  bestowed  and  worthily  accepted,  nei- 
ther softens  the  manners  nor  the  mind,  so  but  tliat  at  tlie  call  of  duty  and  of 
country  these  boys  are  to  be  as  gi'cat  heroes  as  tlie  world  ever  saw.  No 
greater  inspiration  for  good  can  be  drawn  from  the  memoiy  of  WaiTen  and 
Prcscott  than  these  boys  are  to  draw  from  the  sight  of  tins  escutcheon  of 
glory  and  esteem.  They  are  to  learn  tiiis  to  be  sure,  that  as  the  common 
phrase  goes,  peace  having  its  victories  as  well  as  war,  peace,  too,  Ikis  its 
disasters,  its  duties,  its  sacrifices,  its  burdens,  its  losses ;  and  they  are  to  have 
but  a  puny  heroism  if  they  reserve  for  themselves  the  oldigation  of  ful- 
filling the  call  to  duty  for  the  country  and  for  the  good  of  men  only  to  future 
occasions  of  the  battlefield,  lint  as  every  greater  ini-ludes  tlie  less,  so  in  the 
gi-eat  confiicts  which  no  man  can  tell  how  near  they  may  be,  for  right  against 
might,  for  duty  and  honor  against  fraud,  temptation,  and  bribes,  the  youtli 
of  Boston,  the  youtli  of  the  Latin  School,  the  youth  througliout  the  land, 
must  be  ready  to  perform  tiuir  siiaic  in  tlie  contest  at  an  early  and  a  later 
day,  and  forever. 


HISTOKICAL   SKETCH.  137 


Vigilance,  enemies,  dangers,  are  a  part  of  the  duty  and  tlie  circumstances 
of  peace  as  well  as  of  war,  and  these  youth  are  to  be  taught  that  they  are 
never  to  save  life,  or  make  it  liappy  or  prosperous  or  easy,  at  the  expense,  in 
whatever  form  the  danger  comes,  of  what  makes  life  valuable  and  useful ; 
that  no  boy  or  man  can  justify  himself  to  his  conscience,  or  in  the  approval 
of  his  fellows,  propter  vitmn  vivetuli  perdere  causas. 

Now,  gentlemen  and  ladies,  this  monument,  this  emblematic  statue,  these 
tablets,  are  henceforth  to  be  a  perpetual  possession  of  the  School  and  of  the 
City.  This  sacred  institution  of  learning  in  the  land  has  not  failed  to  secure 
its  whole  proportion  of  the  praises  that  belong  to  the  educated  and  disciplined 
talents  that  have  borne  their  share  in  this  war.  We,  you,  will  cherish  their 
memories  ever.  Must  we  not  feel  that  in  the  presence  of  these  just  monu- 
ments to  honest  fame,  the  safety  and  the  prosperity  of  our  countr}'  and  its 
fi'eedom  are  ever  secure  ? 

The  services  were  closed  by  the  singing  of  a  Requiem,  the  words  of 
which  were  by  the  Hon.  George  Lunt,  and  the  music  by  Charles 
Lemuel  Capen  (of  the  year  1863). 

In  1822,  as  appears  from  the  records  of  the  School  Committee,  a 
gentleman  of  Boston,  who  was  afterwards  known  to  have  been  the 
Honorable  James  Lloyd  (of  our  year  1776),  offered  a  gold  medal  of 
the  value  of  fifty  dollars,  to  be  given  in  the  year  1823  in  the  Latin 
School,  and  the  same  in  the  English  Classical  School,  "  to  the  best 
scholar"  in  the  School,  whose  conduct  and  deijortment  during  the 
year  preceding  shall  have  been  such  as  to  have  evinced  diligence  in 
his  studies,  respect  to  his  instructors,  and  urbanity  toward  his  asso- 
ciates, and  repeated  the  offer  the  ensuing  year.  The  conditions  of 
the  award  will  be  found  in  the  letter  of  Mr.  Lloyd  in  the  Appendix.* 
In  the  year  1823  this  medal  was  given  to  Thomas  Kemper  Davis,t 
and  in  1824  to  George  Stillman  Hillard. 

In  1854  Hon.  Abbott  Lawrence  gave  a  sum  of  money,  of  which  the 
interest  is  distributed  in  prizes  for  the  general  encouragement  of  the 
scholars.  There  is  another  fund  contributed  by  pupils,  and  the 
fathers  of  pupils,  for  a  similar  purpose.  These  prizes,  and  the 
Franklin  medals, t  the  "gift  of  Franklin,"  are  given  for  general  schol- 
arship and  good  conduct,  or  for  specified  performances.  The  prizes 
are  announced  at  the  annual  exhibition  or  prize  declamation  in  May, 
and  given  to  those  who  won  them,  at  the  annual  Visitation  by  the 

*  See  Appendix  P. 

tThis  medal,  a  full  description  of  which  will  be  found  in  the  American  Journal  of 
Numismatics  for  April,  1877,  vol.  xi.  p.  88,  is  now  iu  the  possession  of  the  Boston  Latin 
School  Association.  J  See  Appendix  Q. 


138  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


committee  at  the  close  of  tlie  School  year,  M'hen  the  medals  are 
awarded.  After  Dr.  Gardner's  death,  some  of  his  former  pupils 
residing  in  New  York,  subscribed  a  sum  of  money  for  two  prizes,  one 
to  be  given  for  an  essay  in  English  literature,  and  the  other  for  one 
in  natural  science,  and  to  be  called  the  "  Gardner  prizes."  These 
were  awarded  for  two  years,  and  then  temporarily  discontinued. 
Subsequently  the  money  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Latin  School 
Association,  where  it  will  remain  until  by  additions  and  accumula- 
tions it  has  reached  a  sufficient  sum  to  provide  for  the  annual  bestow- 
ment  of  one  or  more  prizes.  The  late  Hon.  Elias  Hasket  Derby  of 
Boston  left  by  will  a  sura  for  medals  for  certain  literary  perform- 
ances, the  first  of  which  will  probably  be  awarded  soon. 

In  1877  an  attempt  was  made  to  open  the  School  for  the  admission 
of  girls,*  and  several  hearings  were  given  by  the  School  Committee 
to  the  petitioners  and  remonstrants.  The  decision  was  adverse  to 
the  petitioners,  but  as  a  result  a  separate  school  for  girls,  with  a 
course  similar  to  that  followed  in  this,  was  subsequently  established, 
and  called  the  Girls'  Latin  School. 

In  1844  the  Boston  Latin  School  Association,  to  which  all  who 
have  ever  been  Masters  or  pupils  in  the  School  are  eligible,  was 
formed  to  promote  interest  in  it,  and  provide  for  its  library.  It 
"constantly,"  says  the  School  Committee  in  one  of  its  reports, 
"  keeps  in  view  the  good  of  the  School,  from  year  to  year  adds  to 
the  attractions  displayed  in  the  rooms  and  to  the  number  of  choice 
volumes  in  the  classical  library."  Its  library  in  the  School  building, 
for  the  use  of  Masters  and  pupils,  contains  "one  of  the  choicest 
collections  of  classical  works  in  the  country,  —  the  editions  being  the 
most  desirable,  and  the  books  of  reference  the  rarest  and  most 
valuable." 

Master  Gardner  was  indefatigable  in  adding  to  its  treasures ;  and 
as  stated  by  Dr.  Dimmock  in  his  memorial  address,  it  was  largely 
by  his  personal  exertions  that  "the  Latin  School  accjuired  jiroba- 
bly  the  largest  collection  of  pictorial  and  other  illustrations  of  Roman 
and  Grecian  topography  and  anticpiities  possessed  by  any  institution 
in  the  country ;  comprising  paintings,  rare  and  old  engravings, 
models  in  cork,  casts  from  the  antique,  the  best  foreign  mural  maps 
and  plans,  casts  of  medals,  antique  coins,  sjtecimens  of  marbles  from 

*  Soo  Appendix  R. 


HISTOBICAL   SKETCH.  139 


ancient  ruins,  and  hundreds  of  photographs  of  Italian  and  Athenian 
views,  and  of  statuary." 

To  further  stimulate  an  esprit  du  corps  among  the  pupils,  as  well 
as  to  foster  public  interest  in  the  School,  the  Association  a  few  years 
ago  established  the  practice  of  having  a  public  dinner  in  the  city  of 
Boston.  The  first  occurred  on  what  was  supposed  to  be  the  one- 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  re-opening  of  the  School,  after  Master 
Lovell  closed  it  with  his  memorable  speech  on  the  morning  of  Con- 
cord fight.  It  was  presided  over  by  the  Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale, 
and  proved  a  brilliant  occasion.  Its  successors,  presided  over  by  the 
Hon.  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  President  Charles  W.  Eliot,  the  Rev. 
James  Freeman  Clarke,  D.  D.,  the  Hon.  Henry  K.  Oliver,  Mr.  Robert 
S.  Rantoul,  and  William  Everett,  Ph.  D.,  Master  of  Adams  Academy, 
have  proved  equally  so,  and  the  dinner  of  the  Latin  School  Associa- 
tion may  now  be  fairly  considered  an  established  Boston  notion. 

Thus  constantly  manifesting  its  interest  in  the  School,  and  seeking 
to  promote  its  welfare,  the  Association  has  given  ample  assurance 
that  if  the  time  ever  comes,  of  which  President  Eliot  of  Harvard 
University  hopefully  spoke  in  his  speech  as  chairman  at  the  dinner 
of  the  Association  in  1878,  when  those  who  have  been  its  pupils  shall 
have  some  voice  and  share  in  the  government  of  the  School,  they 
may  be  depended  upon  zealously  to  maintain  its  prestige  unimpaired, 
to  keep  its  glories  untarnished,  to  augment  its  efficiency,  and  add  to 
its  renown. 


CATALOGUE. 


1635-1885. 


PREFACE  TO  THE  EDITION^  OF  1847. 


o>»4tx— 


The  "  Boston  Latin  School  Association  "  was  organized  in  the 
summer  of  1844.  At  its  first  meeting,  and  at  each  subsequent 
annual  meeting,  it  has  appointed  a  committee  "  to  collect  materi- 
als for  a  Catalogue  and  history  of  the  School."  In  accordance 
with  a  vote  of  the  Association,  directing  the  committee  to  pubhsh 
the  materials  now  in  their  hands  for  a  Catalogue  of  the  past  mem- 
bers of  the  School,  this  volume  is  now  published. 

It  will  be  seen  at  once  that  it  is  very  incomplete.  For  some 
periods  it  is  much  more  full  than  for  others ;  but  the  lapse  of 
time  since  the  establishment  of  the  School  leaves  large  omissions, 
many  of  which  can  never  be  filled. 

But  the  Association  have  hoped,  that,  by  putting  to  press  the 
various  materials  already  collected  for  this  Catalogue,  it  may 
induce  gentlemen,  who  can  make  additions  to  the  facts  here 
stated,  to  furnish  such  materials,  to  be  published  in  a  second 
edition.  This  volume,  therefore,  is  offered  to  those  interested  in 
the  School,  in  the  simple  hope  that  their  joint  efforts  may  result 
in  future  in  a  more  complete  Catalogue. 

For  the  earlier  period  of  the  School's  history,  the  list  of  mas- 
ters is  more  perfect  than  that  of  scholars.  It  is  almost  wholly 
compiled  from  the  town  records.  The  list  of  ushers  before  1757 
is  probably  deficient  in  many  names. 

The  list  of  scholars  has  been  derived  from  very  various  sources. 
It  has  been  thought  best,  therefore,  to  divide  it  into  chapters, 
that  these  several  sources  might  be  the  more  precisely  designated. 

For  the  century  before  Master  Lovell,  we  have  no  means  of 
ascertaining  the  names  of  pupils,  excepting  the  authority  of 
printed  biographies  of  different  individuals,  and,  in  some  instances, 
unpublished  manuscripts.  The  few  names  which  are  inserted 
here  for  that  century  are  those  of  persons  who  were  unquestion- 
ably educated  at  our  School.  It  has  been  deemed  best  to  insert 
in  a  note  the  names  of  others,  whom,  without  absolute  certainty, 
we  have  reason  to  suppose  to  be  of  the  number  of  the  pupils  of 
the  School.  The  attention  of  antiquarians  is  particularly  called 
to  this  list. 

The  catalogue  which  was  kept  of  boys  admitted  through  the 
whole  of  John  Lovell's  mastership,  from  1734  to  1774,  excepting 

(iii) 


IV  PREFACE. 

the  last  year,  is  in  the  possession  of  tlie  Association,  in  manu- 
script, in  the  handwriting  of  James  Lovell,  for  many  years  usher 
under  his  father.  This  document  is  complete,  but,  unfortunately, 
the  surnames  only  of  most  of  the  scholars  are  stated  in  it.  It  is 
here  published  without  change,  excepting  that,  in  some  instances, 
the  committee  have  added  the  Christian  name  to  the  surname, 
where  this  designation  of  the  individual  is  sustained  on  good 
authority.  Where  there  was  any  room  for  doubt,  they  have  in 
no  case  entered  any  Christian  name,  leaving  it  for  future  investi- 
gation to  complete  this  part  of  the  Catalogue.* 

Mr.  James  Lovell  had  not  entered  in  the  manuscript  catalogue 
the  names  of  the  boys  who  entered  the  School  in  the  last  year  of 
his  father's  administration.  With  the  exception,  therefore,  of  a 
few  names  supplied  by  the  memory  of  persons  now  living,  the 
class  of  1774  is  not  recorded  in  these  list^. 

Mr.  Hunt's  catalogue  of  the  boys  who  entered  the  School 
during  his  time,  between  1776  and  1805,  is  unfortunately  lost. 
His  manuscript  returns  to  the  School  Committee  of  the  boys  in 


*  In  most  instances,  this  addition  is  made  from  the  notes  of  Kev.  Dr.  Homer, 
of  Newton,  of  our  class  of  1766.  In  1817.  or  before  that  time,  he  made  a  copy, 
now  in  tlie  possession  of  the  committee,  of  Lovell's  manuscript  catalogue.  In 
that  copy  he  added  the  Christian  names  of  several  persons,  and  from  his 
manuscript  tlie  Christian  names  of  the  following  scholars  liave  been  taken,  for 
which  we  liave  no  other  authority :  —  Peter  Johonnot.  Caleb  Blanchard,  1738: 
William  Tidmarshi  1744;  William  Gray,  Thomas  Fitch,  Stephen  Salisbury, 
Henry  Fletcher,  Thomas  Whiting,  Eobert  Williams,  Nathaniel  Waterhouse, 
Jonathan  Mitchel  Sewall,  Stephen  Sewall.1755;  William  Sanford  Oliver,  Josiah 
Waters,  Jolin  Gore,  Samuel  Pitts,  William  Story,  James  Walker.  Charles  Jarvis. 
Josepli  Peirce,  1756;  JamesDennie,  William  Crombie,  Jonathan  Pollard,  Samuel 
Hughes,  William  Savage.  1757;  Isaac  Story,  Gillam  Butler,  Thomas  Hooper, 
Samuel  Gore,  Edward  Gray,  Lendall  Pitts,  John  Barrett,  John  Simpson,  William 
Cooper,  William  Coffin,  William  Pliilip^,  William  Tvler,  Thomas  Melvil,  Joseph 
Hubbard,  William  Lewis,  Wanl  Ilallowell,  Henry  Pelham,  Edward  Gray.  1758; 
Thomas  Carues,  1702;  Samuel  Torrey,  William  Newman,  1765;  Thomas  Hulme, 
Jeremiah  Belknap,  Benjamin  Pratt,  James  Millar  Church,  William  Rhodes, 
1767;  William  Coffin,  Thomas  Coffin,  Sylvanus  Bourn,  Robert  Calef.  Benjamin 
Cobb,  Samuel  Cobb,  William  Croswell,  Thomas  Amory,  Martin  Gay.  Robert 
Pierpont,  Fitcli  Pool,  Benjamin  Homer,  1768;  Nathaniel  Taylor,  Jonathan  Perry 
Collin,  William  Coffin,  176'.*;  Nathan  Frazier.  1773. 

Dr.  Homer  was  nearly  contemporary  with  almost  all  these  persons,  and  must 
have  been  at  school  with  most  of  them.  It  seemed  advisable,  therefore,  to 
insert  their  whole  names  as  he  has  givon  them,  with  this  note,  showing  where 
he  has  added  anything  to  the  contemporary  manuscript  of  Lovell.  In  a  few 
instances  the  committee  have  detected  errors  in  liis  memoranda,  and  have,  of 
course,  then  rejected  them;  but  they  trust  that  those  here  inserted  may  be 
relied  upon. 

On  other  authorities,  which  are  supposed  to  be  beyond  doubt,  the  Christian 
names  have  been  added  in  the  cases  of  Richard  Checkley.  1734;  James  Allen, 
174.");  William  Ik-nshaw,  1746;  Joseph  .Mien,  1757;  Henry  Knox,  1758;  Joshua 
Blanchard,  176:!;  Benjamin  Vincent.  William  Palfrey.  1740;  Francis  Johonnot, 
1762;  Nathaniel  Whilwoith,  1764;  Th..mas  Wolcoit.  I7tl6;  Samuel  Blodget, 
Caleb  Blod'^et,  17i;7;  Mather  Byli's  Brown,  John  Bartlctt.  1768;  Samuel  Hol- 
brook,  176i»;  John  McLauf,  1772:  John  Luvoll,  Samuel  Lamb,  BeujamiuHomaus, 
Roland  Gil-soii,  Joshua  Green,  1773. 


PREFACE. 


the  School  in  1789, 1790, 1794,  are  extant,  and  are  here  published. 
Our  only  other  sources  for  lists  of  his  pupils  are  one  or  two  of 
Mr.  Carter's  returns  of  the  "Latin  boys"  who  went  to  his 
writing  school,  and  the  recollections  of  different  gentlemen  now 
or  recently  living,  who  were  under  his  care.  To  these  recollec- 
tions, as  will  be  seen,  we  are  largely  indebted.  But  it  has 
proved  impossible  to  reconcile  them  perfectly  with  each  other, 
or  to  compile  from  them  lists  approaching  the  completeness  of 
contemporary  catalogues.  It  is  particularly  difiQcult  to  give  the 
precise  dates  to  names  thus  collected. 

There  is  a  manuscript  list,  drawn  up  in  May  12,  1808,  of  the 
boys  at  that  time  in  the  School.  Excepting  this,  there  is  no  con- 
temporary record  of  names  in  Mr.  William  Biglow's  adminis- 
tration, from  1805  to  1814.  We  have  supplied  the  deficiency 
as  far  as  possible  from  the  recollections  of  gentlemen  who 
have  favored  us  with  communications.  The  period  for  which  we 
have  relied  mainly  on  such  communications,  from  1774  to  1814, 
is  comprehended  in  Chapter  III.  Mr.  Gould's  and  Mr.  Leverett's 
j)rinted  catalogues,  from  1819  to  1829  inclusive,  are  in  the 
possession  of  the  Association,  and  are  reprinted  below. 

From  1816  to  the  present  time  the  School  records  show  the 
names  of  all  those  fitted  for  college  in  the  School. 

From  1831  to  1835,  catalogues  were  printed  by  Mr.  Dillaway. 
The  School  records  from  1831  to  the  present  time  are  complete. 

Chapter  IV.  extends  from  1815  to  1836.  From  1774  to  1836 
we  have  attempted  to  place  scholars'  names  in  those  classes  with 
which,  through  most  of  their  course,  they  were  connected.  But 
the  frequency  of  promotions,  and  of  the  reorganization  of  classes 
and  divisions,  of  course  makes  such  an  arrangement  difficult. 
Gentlemen  will  remember  that  they  were,  at  different  times  of 
their  school  course,  connected  with  different  schoolmates,  and 
thus  may  find  their  names  separated  here  from  those  whom  they 
most  frequently  recollect  as  their  classmates.  It  will  be  remem- 
bered, too,  that  two  divisions  of  the  sam.e  class  may  have  been 
widely  separated  at  school,  while,  of  course,  their  members  are 
intermingled  here. 

Chapter  V.,  beginning  in  1836,  when  Mr.  Dixwell  took  charge 
of  the  School,  is  printed  simply  from  the  School  registers, 
stating  the  year  of  entrance  of  each  scholar.  Of  course  those 
who  completed  the  course  in  less  than  five  years  are  named  with 
others,  who,  though  entering  with  them,  left  the  School  after 
them. 

From  what  has  been  said,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  principal 
deficiencies  in  this  edition  of  this  catalogue  are  the  very  great 
one  from  1635  - 1734,  the  unfortunate  omission  of  Christian 
names  in  Mr.  James  Lovell's   catalogue,  and  the   omissions,  for 


yi  PREFACE. 

want  of  further  materials,  of  names  between  1774  and  1819.  It 
is  possible  that  some  names  are  missing  from  the  classes  of  1829 
and  1830. 

No  one  can  regret  such  deficiencies  more  than  the  Historical 
Committee.  Under  direction  of  the  Association  they  publish 
this  volume,  with  the  consciousness  that  it  is  thus  defective, 
earnestly  requesting  those  who  can  add  any  thing  to  its  com- 
pleteness to  send  them  every  suggestion  for  improving  it  in 
future.  Gentlemen  are  now  living  connected  with,  or  descended 
from,  Benjamin  Tompson,  Ezekiel  Cheever,  Dr.  Natlianiel 
Williams,  Edward  Wigglesworth,  Jeremiah  Gridley,  and  Daniel 
Henchman,  Masters  in  our  School  in  the  first  century  of  its 
existence.  We  are  not  without  hopes,  therefore,  of  some 
additions  of  interest  to  the  first  chapter  of  this  Catalogue. 

It  is  certain  that  future  labor  will  make  many  additions  to  the 
subsequent  chapters. 

We  append  to  the  list  of  our  Masters  such  a  list  as  we  can 
make  of  the  Masters  of  the  North  Grammar  School,  instituted  in 
1713,  and  with  sundry  interruptions  continued  tQl  1789,  when  its 
pupils  were  transferred  to  the  South  Latin  School. 

It  is  difficult  for  the  committee  to  acknowledge  all  the  favors 
which  they  have  received  in  the  collection  of  the  materials  for  a 
catalogue  here  published.  The  late  Judge  Davis  presented  to 
the  Association  the  Lovell  manuscript  alluded  to  above.  It  was 
given  to  him  more  than  thirty  years  since  by  Mr.  James  S.  Lovell, 
son  of  Mr.  James  Lovell,  its  author.  Judge  Davis  was  kind 
enough,  in  the  winter  of  1845,  to  make  a  complete  and  accurate 
copy  of  it  for  the  Association,  which  was  enriched  by  valuable 
notes  of  his  own.  He  also  gave  to  the  Association  the  only  cata- 
logue extant  of  the  boys  in  ]Mr.  Biglow's  time. 

We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  William  Bentley  Fowle  for  the  use  of 
the  valuable  copy  of  the  Lovell  catalogue  made  by  Dr.  Homer, 
and  for  other  notes  of  interest. 

It  will  be  seen  that  Mr.  Gould's  history  of  the  School,  and 
Snow's  history  of  the  town,  have  been  resorted  to  in  the  arrange- 
ment of  the  list  of  Masters. 

The  committee  must  also  express  their  obligation  to  the  City 
Clerk,  Mr.  McCleary ;  the  City  Treasurer,  Mr.  Dunn  ;  to  Mr. 
Haven,  Librarian  of  the  Antiquarian  Society,  Worcester ;  Dr. 
Harris  and  Mr.  Sibley,  of  the  College  Library,  and  Mr.  Felt,  of 
the  Historical  Library,  for  the  use  of  volumes  and  manuscripts 
under  their  charge.  They  have  been  largely  indebted,  also,  to 
Hon.  Harrison  Gray  Otis,  to  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  Gray,  the 
late  Samuel  H.  Hewes,  Esq. ;  t<i  Joseph  Sewall,  Esq.,  Rev.  T.  C. 
Thacher,  Samuel  Payson,  Esq.,  Hon.  Charles  Jackson,  Dr.  James 
Jackson,   Thomas  Walley,  Esq.,   H.  Roby,   Esq.,  Robert  Lash, 


Esq.,  Rev.  Ezekiel  Cheever,  of  Williamsburg,  Mass.,  Frederic 
Tudor,  Esq.,  Hon.  Isaac  P.  Davis,  Dr.  John  C.  Warren,  George 
Bass,  Esq.,  Hon.  Richard  Sullivan,  Rev.  Dr.  Parkman,  Rev.  Dr. 
Lowell,  Rev.  Dr.  George  G.  Ingersoll,  Dr.  John  W.  Webster, 
Hon.  Sylvester  Judd,  Hon.  James  Savage,  Rev.  Dr.  William 
Jenks,  Charles  Hay  ward,  Esq.,  Dr.  George  Hay  ward.  Dr.  Asa 
Alford  Tufts  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  Rev.  J.  Peele  Dabney,  Hon. 
Edward  Everett,  Dr.  S.  D.  Townsend,  Hon.  John  Gorham  Palfrey, 
William  Hayden,  Esq.,  Rev.  Samuel  Gilman,  Rev.  Dr.  N.  L. 
Frotliingham,  Ellis  Gray  Loring,  Esq.,  John  L.  Hayes,  Esq.,  of 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  Rev.  Cazneau  Palfrey,  Rev.  Samuel  May,  jr., 
Charles  Warren,  Esq.,  Robert  Treat  Paine,  Esq.,  Edward  Wig- 
glesworth,  Esq.,  Francis  Jenks,  Esq.,  Dr.  B.  B.  Appleton,  Charles 
H.  Parker,  Esq.,  Hon.  John  C.  Park,  Hon.  Robert  C,  Winthrop, 
D.  C.  Ballard,  Esq.,  J.  L.  English,  Esq.,  Thomas  Bulfinch,  Esq., 
R.  G.  Parker,  Esq.,  George  P.  Sanger,  Esq.,  Rev.  Ebenezer 
Cheever  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  Nathaniel  Bradstreet  Shurtleff,  M.  D., 
W.  H.  S.  Jordan,  Esq.,  Duncan  Bradford,  Esq.,  Thomas  S.  Eng- 
lish, Esq.,  Thomas  B.  Curtis,  Esq.,  Mr.  Edward  Tuckerman,  Mr. 
William  T.  Harris,  Rev.  J.  F.  W.  Ware,  William  W.  Greenough, 
Esq.,  Mr.  William  J.  Delano,  Mr.  Alexander  H.  Everett,  jr.,  Mr. 
Erastus  C.  Pease,  Messrs.  Metcalf  &  Co. ;  to  Mrs.  Fannie  Hunt, 
Mrs.  Tompson  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  and  to  other  persons  who 
will  find  the  information  furnished  in  their  kind  communications 
embodied  in  the  following  pages. 

The  Association's  committee  on  the  History  of  the  School  in 
1844,  consisted  of  B.  A.  Gould,  William  Wells,  S.  J.  Bridge, 
John  C.  Park,  Charles  K.  Dillaway,  E.  S.  Dixwell,  Francis 
Gardner,  and  Edward  E.  Hale.  In  1845, 1846  and  1847,  of  most 
of  the  same  gentlemen,  with  the  addition  of  Rev.  Messrs.  Young 
and  Ellis,  and  of  Messrs.  Joseph  Hussey  and  Thomas  Farrington. 

The  date  given  to  a  class  is  always  that  when  it  joined  the 
School. 

The  memoranda  of  titles  and  the  dates  of  deaths  are  inserted 
in  a  few  instances,  without  any  effort  for  completeness. 

Where  a  literary  degree  is  affixed  to  any  name,  it  is  one  given 
by  our  University  at  Cambridge,  unless  some  other  institution  is 
specified. 

The  names  of  ordained  ministers  are  printed  in  Italics. 

The  death  of  any  person  is  noted  by  a  star  against  his  name. 
Two  stars  signify  that  his  connection  with  the  School  was  closed 
by  his  death. 

In  Chapter  II.  those  pupils  who  completed  the  whole  course 
are  distinguished  by  the  sign,  f  In  several  cases,  where  they 
completed  the  course  in  a  term  shorter  or  longer  than  the  usual 
period  of  seven  years,  that  fact  is  indicated  by  a  figure  annexed 


to  the  t ;  t'5  meaning  that  the  pupil  completed  the  full  course 
in  five  years. 

The  interruption  which  will  be  noticed  between  April  10, 
1775,  and  November  8,  1776,  is  the  suspension  caused  by  hostili- 
ties, the  siege  of  the  town,  and  consequent  confusion.  The 
school  was  resumed,  by  vote  of  the  town,  on  the  day  last  named. 

Since  1814  the  regular  course  has  been  one  of  five  years. 
Some  occasional  changes  in  its  length  between  1789  and  1814  are 
indicated  in  notes  to  the  catalogue. 

The  order  of  names  in  the  second  chapter  follows  that  of  the 
manuscript  from  which  it  is  printed.*  It  is  believed,  however, 
that  in  later  years,  at  least,  that  order  was  merely  the  order 
in  which  the  boys  came  to  the  examination  on  the  day  appointed 
for  it.f  The  first  comer  stood  first  on  the  register,  and  so 
of  tlie  rest.  Until  1814  l)oys  usually  entered  at  the  age  of 
seven  years.  In  1814  a  regulation  was  made  by  which  none 
younger  than  nine  years  old  were  admitted.  In  1836  the 
limit  was  fixed  at  ten  years.  In  1847  it  has  been  fixed  at  twelve 
years  of  age. 

The  materials  gradually  collected  for  a  sketch  of  the  history 
of  this  School  are  now  so  full,  that  the  committee  trust  that  in  a 
future  edition  of  this  catalogue  such  a  sketch  may  be  laid  before 
its  Alumni.  It  will  be  seen  from  this  catalogue  that  the  School 
is  the  oldest  institution  for  learning  in  the  United  States.  Its 
history  has  been  closely  connected  with  that  of  the  influence  and 
worth  of  the  town  which  established  it. 

Boston,  August  9,  1S47. 

EDITORIAL  XOTE  TO  THE  PRESENT  EDITION. 

The  rules  atloptod  by  the  Committee  in  iM-eparing  tiie  Catalogue  in  1S47 
have  been  followed  in  the  present  edition  as  iar  a.s  possible.  All  names  are 
inserted  under  the  year  of  entrance,  and  in  eases  ot  re-entrance  are  not  re- 
peated. Names  of  orchiined  ministers  are  in  italics.  Tiie  name  of  the  College 
by  which  they  were  couf erred  is  appendeil  to  all  literar>'-degrees,  except  tliat 
when  a  person  is  a  graduate  of  any  college,  all  subsecjueiit  degi'ees,  if  not 
otherwise  indicated,  are  to  be  understood  as  given  by  liis  Alma  Mater,  and 
when  IK)  date  is  given,  the  degree  was  reeeiveciin  course. 

The  dates  of  deatii  are  given  as  perfectly  as  it  has  been  possible  to  ascertain 
them,  but  many  have  probably  escajjed  our  notice.  A  star  against  :v  n.anio 
sijjnilies  the  death  of  the  person,  and  two  stars  tliat  lie  died  wliile  a  member 
of  tiie  School.  With  tl:e  names  of  instructors,  all  literary  degi-ees  and  other 
titles  of  honor  are  given  under  the  liighest  olVicial  position  held  in  the  Scliool. 
On  some  of  the  jiages  the  numerical  order  of  tlie  notes  may  l)e  incorrect, 
owing  to  the  insertion  in  the  jjlates  of  additional  matter  obtained  after  tlie 
pages  were  stereotyped. 

•  See  note  at  173S. 

t  n.  G.  Otis  dcscrihos  this  distinoily  —  tlial  the  boys  tricil  lo  bo  ai  Loveii's 
house  early  for  examination. 


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HEAD  MASTERS. 

Appointed  Left  office 

April  23,  at  the  close  of 

1635  PHILEMON  PORMORT,* 1638 

Aug.  12, 

1636  DANIEL  MAUDE,  ^ 1613 

Eman.  Camb.,  1606,  M.  A.  1610,  died  1655. 

*  The  13th  of  the  2d  moncth,  1635.  .  .  .  Att  a  Generall  meeting:  upon  publique  notice 
.  .  •  Likewise  it  was  then  generally  agreed  upon,  that  our  brother,  Philemon  Pormort, 
shalbe  intreated  to  become  schole-master,  for  the  teaching  and  nourtering  of  children  with 
us Boston  Town  Records,  p.  3. 

We  find  this  name  variously  spelled  Pormort,  Portmort,  Pormont,  Portmont,  Pormorte, 
Purmont,  Permont,  Porment,  Pormet,  Purmount;  but  in  Boston  Town  Records  and  in  the 
registry  of  his  marriage,  Pormort.  He  married,  at  Alford,  England,  Susannah,  dau.  of 
Wm.  Bellingham.  Children,  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.,  1628-9,  [m.  Nathaniel  Adams,  of  Boston, 
Nov.  24,  1642.]     Martha,  b.  Nov.  24,  1633. 

28,  6th  Month,  1634,  Philemon  Pormort  and  Susann  his  wife,  received  into  First  Church. 

Lazarus  the  sonne  of  Philemon  Pormort  and  Susan  his  wife  was  borne  28°  (12")  1635. 
Annah  the  daughter  (of  the  same)  3°  (2°)  1638.  Pedajah  the  sonne  (of  the  same)  3°  (4°) 
1640.    Susan  the  wife  of  Philemon  Pormort  dyed  29  (10)  1642.  Boston  Town  Records. 

After  the  banishment  of  Rev.  John  "Wheelwright  in  1638  for  his  adhesion  to  Mrs.  Hutchin- 
son, and  for  his  seditious  sermon,  he  established  himself  in  Exeter.  Pormort  did  not  sign 
the  "Remonstrance,"  but  sympathized  with  him,  and  "1638,  6th  of  11  moneth,"  with 
"Wheelwright  and  others,  was  dismissed  from  Fii'st  Church,  Boston,  "unto  the  Church  of 
Christ  at  the  falls  of  Paschataqua,  if  they  be  rightly  gathered  and  ordered."  He  aftenvards 
went  to  "Wells,  and  seems  to  have  returned  to  Boston. 

t  12-6  (Aug.)  1636.  At  a  general  meeting  of  the  richer  inhabitants  there  was  given  toward 
the  maintenance  of  a  free  schoolmaster  for  the  youth  with  us,  Mr.  Daniel  Maud,  being  now 

also  chosen  thereunto (A  number  of  subscriptions  follow.     See  Savage's 

note  to  "Winthrop's  New  England,  p.  265.)  Boston  Town  Records,  p.  165. 

Apr.  17-1637.    Also  that  Mr.  Danyell  Mawde,  scholemaster,  shall  have  a  garden  plott 

upon  like  condition  of  building  thereon  if  need  be 

Boston  Town  Records,  p.  13. 

Rev.  Daniel  Maude  arrived  from  England  with  Richard  Mather  in  the  "James,"  on 
the  3d  of  June,  1635,  a  little  after  the  school  had  been  opened.  He  had  been  educated  at 
Emanuel  College,  Cambridge,  and  was  a  student  there  while  John  Wilson  and  Ezekiel 


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Appointed  Left  office 

[was  in  office  in] 

1643 
and      JOHN  WOOD  BRIDGE*  .... 

1644  Died  March  17,  ICJ-l. 

Before 

April  11, 

1650     ROBERT  WOODMANSEY,t       ....    1667 

Died  Aug.  13,  1GG7. 
Aug.  26,  Jan.C, 

1667     BENJAMIN  T0MPS0N4 1671 

Harv.,  1662;  died  1714. 

Rogers  were  at  Christ's.  Wilson  took  bis  first  degiee  the  year  before  Maude,  and  they 
two  are  the  oldest  Cambridge  graduates  who  came  to  Xew  England.  At  the  time  he  became 
our  Head  Master  he  was  about  fifty  years  old.  He  was  admitted  to  the  First  Church,  Oct. 
25,  1635,  — and  admitted  freeman  May  2.'!,  1C3G.  Mr.  Savage  is  mistaken  in  thinking  that 
the  customarj' token  of  respect  is  omitted  in  the  record:  for  he  appears  as  "Mr.  Daniell 
Maude."  It  has  been  suggested  that  he  sympathized  with  Wheelwright.  Bat  he  was  not 
one  of  the  signers  of  the  "Remonstrance,"  —  and,  when,  in  1G42,  the  Church  in  Dover, 
N.  H.,  needed  a  minister,  and  sent  to  the  Boston  Elders  to  desire  their  help,  these  elders 
named  Mr.  Maude,  who  went  there  in  1643,  and  ministered  to  that  congregation,  till 
he  died  in  1655.  lie  left  no  children.  Mather  says  he  had  been  a  minister  in  England : 
Hubbard,  that  he  Avas  "  a  good  man,  of  a  serious  spirit  and  of  a  peaceable  aud  quiet  disposit- 
ion."   His  salary  at  Dover  was  forty  pounds  a  year. 

*  The  Town  Record  of  Boston,  says  only  "Mr."  Woodbridgc.  We  believe  him  to  have 
been  the  first  minister  of  Andover,  in  Avhose  biography  by  Mather  there  is  a  year  or  two 
at  this  time  unaccounted  for.  Mather,  however,  does  not  say  that  he  kept  the  School.  He 
was  born  at  Stanton,  near  Highworth,  in  Wiltshire,  England,  about  1613.  He  went  to 
Oxford,  and  remained  till  required  to  take  the  oath  of  conformity  ;  declining  to  do  which  he 
took  a  course  of  private  studies.  He  came  to  New  England  about  1634.  His  biography  is 
in  Mather's  Magnalia,  Book  iii.  p.  219. 

See  the  letter  of  Gov.  Tlios.  DiuUey  to  John  Woodbridge  in  Winthrop's  New  England, 
Vol.  II,  (*253,)  pp.  308-10,  also  Whitman's  Hist.  Anc.  &  Hon.  Art.  Co.  2d  Edit.  p.  143. 

Au"'.  3,  1645.  Divers  free  schools  were  erected  ....  At  Boston  ....  they  made  an 
order  to  allow  forever  50  pounds  to  the  master  and  an  house,  and  30  pounds  to  an  usher, 
who  should  also  teach  to  read  and  write  and  cipher,  and  Indians'  children  were  to  be  taught 
freely  ....  Winthrop's  New  Eng.  Vol.  II,  (*214)  p.  2C4. 

t  At  a  town  meeting  held  April  11,  1650,  "  It  is  also  agreed  on  that  Mr.  Woodmanscy  ye 
schoolmaster  shall  have  fifty  pounds  p.  an.  for  his  teaching  ye  schollei-s  and  his  pportion  to 
be  made  up  l)y  ratte."  Boston  Town  Records,  p.  8S. 

The  records  of  the  town  give  us  the  following  additional  items  of  information  in  regard 
to  him:  1644,  26.  1.  Scth  Woodmancy  born,  son  of  Robert  and  Margaret.  Aug.  26th, 
1658,  Mr.  Woodmansy's  house  to  bo  repaired. 

Mr.  Woodmnn^y  is  the  name  of  a  settler  in  Ipswich  iu  1641  who  had  removed  thence 
before  1648.    N.  E.  Hist.  Gen. Reg.  ii.  174.    For  Robert  Woodmanscy's  Will,  sec  ib.  xvi.  55. 

X  Benjamin  Tompson  was  sou  of  Rev.  Wm.  Tompson  of  Braintrcc.  Ho  was  a  physician, 
and  poet.  He  was  the  author  of  a:i  elegy  on  S.  Whiting  in  ^^ather•s  Magnalia.  In  1700 
bo  became  Master  of  the  Grammar  School  in  Roxbury.  He  died  iu  1714,  aged  71.  There 
is  a  letter  from  him  to  Increase  Mather  in  the  Mather  papers,  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.  4th  scries. 

Vol.  VIII,  p.  c;j5. 


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Appointed  Left  Office 

Jan.  6,  Aug.  21, 

1671     EZEKIEL  CHEEVER*  ,        .         .        .        .     1708 

Died  Aug.  21,  1708. 


*  Ezekiel  Cheever  was  born  in  London,  Jan.  2oth,  1614.  There  i3  a  tradition  that  he 
was,  when  a  boy,  at  St.  Paul's  school  in  London.  He  came  to  Boston,  in  New  England,  in 
June,  1637 ;  went,  probably  the  next  spring,  to  New  Haven ;  there  married  and  Icept 
school.  He  removed  from  thei-e  to  Ipswich,  Mass.,  in  December,  1650,  and  was  the  fii'st 
Master  of  its  Grammar  or  Free  School.  His  first  wife  died  in  New  Haven  in  1649.  At 
Ipswich,  Nov.  18th,  1652,  he  mamed  for  bis  second  wife,  Ellen  Lathi-op  of  Beverly.  He 
next  moved  to  Chailestown  and  entered  upon  the  duties  of  School  Master  there,  Nov.  26, 
1661,  at  £30  a  year.  From  Charlestown  he  came  to  Boston.  At  a  meeting  of  the  magis- 
trates held  the  29th  of  the  10  mo.  1670,  "  it  was  agreed  and  ordered  that  Mr.  Ezechiell 
Cheeuers  shoidd  be  called  to,  &  installed  in,  the  fifree  schoole  as  head  Master  thereof,  which 
he,  beinge  then  present,  accepted  of;  likewise  that  Mr.  Tompson  should  be  inuited  to  be  an 
assistant  to  Mr.  Cheeuers  in  his  worke  in  the  schoole ;  wch  Mr.  Tompson  beinge  present 
desired  time  to  consider  of,  &  to  giue  his  answere  :  And  vpon  the  thu'd  day  of  Januaiy 
gaue  his  answere  to  Major  Generall  Leueret  in  the  negative,  he  haueingehad,  and  accepted 
of  a  call  to  Charlestowne." 

The  6th  day  of  11  mo  the  Magisti*ates  met  again  and  "  beinge  met  repaired  to  the  schoole 
and  sent  for  INIr.  Tomson  who,  when  he  came,  declared  his  remouaU  to  Charlestowne — & 
resigned  vp  the  possestion  of  the  schoole  &  schoole  house  to  the  Gouernr  &  ca,  who  de- 
liued  the  key  &  possestion  of  the  schoole  to  IMr  Ezechiell  Cheeuers  as  the  sole  Mastr. 
thereof.  And  it  was  further  agreed  that  the  said  Mr.  Cheeuers  should  be  allowed  sixty 
pound  p  an.  for  his  seruice  in  the  schoole,  out  of  the  towne  rates,  &  rents  that  belonge  to 
the  schoole — and  the  possestion  &  vse  of  ye  schoole  house." 

Among  the  Hutchinson  papers  at  the  office  of  the  Secretarj'  of  the  Commonwealth,  is  one 
containing  a  petition  fi'om  Ezekiel  Cheever  to  Sr :  Edmund  Andros,  Governor,  that  he  maj' 
continue  in  his  place  as  schoolmaster  and  may  receive  satisfaction  for  the  aiTears  of  salary 
due  him. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  of  Boston,  May  29,  1693,  it  was  ordered  that  Mr  Ezekell 
Cheever  and  the  other  school-master  shall  be  paid  quarterly,  and  that  orders  be  passed  to 
the  Treasurer  for  it  Mr  Cheever  saleiy  to  be  sixty  pounds  in  money. 

In  1699,  his  grandson  Ezekiel  Lewis,  (q.  v.)  Avas  appointed  his  assistant. 

At  a  town  meeting,  March  10,  1701,  it  was  "Voted  that  a  House  be  Built  for  Old  Mr 
Ezek  Cheever  the  Latine  School  Master,  and  it  was  further  Voted,  that  the  Selectmen  to 
Take  Care  about  the  Building  of  it." 

At  a  Town  Meeting  March  13,  1703-4,  "  it  was  Voted  that  a  New  School  House  be  build 
instead  of  the  Old  School  House  in  wch  Mr  EzekieU  Chever  teacheth,  and  it  is  Left  wth  the 
Selectmen  to  get  the  same  accomplished." 

The  book  with  which  his  name  is  usually  associated,  "The  Accidence,"  was  probably 
wi-itten  by  him  when  in  New  Haven.  This  book  passed  through  eighteen  editions  before 
the  Revolution,  and  was  used  as  generally  as  any  elementary  work  ever  known,  says  Dr. 
Bentley  of  Salem;  and  Mr.  Samuel  Walker  says  it  was  the  favorite  little  book  of  our 
youthful  days,  and  "has  probably  done  more  to  inspire  young  minds  with  the  love  of  the 
study  of  the  Latin  language  than  any  other  work  of  the  kind,  since  the  first  settlement 
of  the  counti-y."  "  I  have  found  it  the  best  book  for  beginners  in  Latin,  .  .  and  no  work  of 
the  kind  have  I  ever  known,  that  contains  so  much  useful  matter  in  so  small  a  compass." 
Bev.  Thaddeus  Mason  Han-is  says :  —  "  I  know  of  no  elementaiy  work  so  well  calculated 
for  the  beginner  as  Cheever's  Accidence,  —  preeminently  perspicuous,  concise  and  compre- 
hensive."   He  was    also  author  of  a  work  entitled  "  Scripture  Prophecies  Explained," 


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Appointed  Left  office 

Aug.  21, 

1708    NATHAXIEL  WILLIAMS*        ....     1734 

(Perhaps  Lat.  Sch.  1082.)  Harv.,  1C93,  A.  M. ;  died  Jan,  15,  173S. 
May  24,  April  19, 

1734     JOHN  LOVELL,t 1775 

(Probably  Lat.  Sch.  1717.)  Harv.,  1728,  A.  M. ;  died  1778. 

published  in  1757,  a  copj-  of  which  is  in  the  Library  of  the  Amer.  Antiq.  Society.  In  the 
Mass.  Hist.  Society's  Library  is  "  Cheever's  Disputations,"  a  manuscript  vohimc. 

Judye  Sewall  in  his  Diaiy,  published  by  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  pivcs  an 
account  (Aug:.  12-21)  of  his  last  sickness;  concluding  therccord  of  his  death,  '■  which  work 
(teachinfj  school)  he  was  constant  in  till  now  ...  so  that  he  has  Laboured  in  that  Calling, 
skillfully,  diligently,  constantly,  Rcli^'iously,  Seventy  years.  A  rare  instance  of  Piety. 
Health,  Strength,  Sci-viceablencss.  The  Wellfarc  of  the  Province  was  much  upon  his  spirit. 
He  abominated  perriwiggs."  Augt.  23,  1708. — Judge  Sewall  says,  "  Mr  Cheevcr  was  buried 
from  the  Schoolhousc.  The  Govr.  Councillors,  Ministers,  Justices,  Gentlemen  there.  Mr. 
Williams  made  a  handsome  Latin  Oration  in  his  Honour."  Rev.  Dr.  Cotton  Mather 
preached  his  funeral  sermon,  which  was  printed  and  reprinted. 

Gov.  Hutchinson  speaks  of  him  as  "  venerable,  not  merely  for  his  great  age,  94,  but  for 
having  been  the  school  master  of  most  of  the  principal  gentlemen  in  Boston  who  were  then 
upon  the  stage.  He  is  not  the  only  master  who  kept  his  lamp  longer  lighted  than  other- 
wise it  would  have  been,  by  a  supply  of  oil  from  his  scholars." 

See  a  pamphlet  entitled  "  Ezckiel  Cheever  and  some  of  his  descendants,"  by  John  T. 
Hassam,  (Latin  School,  1856,)  reprinted  from  the  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical 
Register  for  April,  1879. 

*  N.  Williams  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Dr.  Sam'l  Bradstroct.  He  was  ordained  in  1698 
as  an  "Evangelist,"  for  one  of  the  West  India  Islands.  The  climate  proved  unhealthy,  and 
he  returned  to  Boston.  He  practiced  meilicine,  while  Master  of  the  Scliool,  and  is  spoken 
of  as  "  the  beloved  physician ; "  and  was  the  autlior  of  a  tiact  on  "Small  Pox."  Sec  Prince's 
Funeral  Sermon  and  Eliot's  Biography ;  al«o  Hist.  Cat.  of  Old  South  Church,  p.  302. 

t  John  Lovell,  eldest  son  of  Jolm  and  Priscilla  ((lardiner)  Lovell,  born  at  Boston,  June 
16,  1710.  He  was  a  stern  rough  man,  though  in  many  regards  a  very  good  man.  His 
pupils  were  as  mudi  afraid  of  him  as  if  he  were  a  lion.  Annually  there  was  a  visitation  of 
the  Selectmen,  when  the  boys  were  examined  in  public.  The  lower  classes  recited  in  their 
regular  studies,  but  the  best  scholar  of  the  highest  class  delivered  a  Valedictory  Oration  in 
Latin.  The  boys  doubted  if  the  Selectmen  knew  much  about  it.  There  was  a  dinner 
afterwards  in  Fancuil  Ilall,  but  none  of  the  boys  attended.  April  19,  1775,  the  school  was 
dismissed  by  Master  Lovell  with  the  words  :  "  War  's  begun  —  school 's  done."  He  deliv- 
ered the  first  public  address  in  Faneuil  Hall,  March  14,  1742,  at  the  town  meeting  called 
on  occasion  of  the  decease  of  Peter  Faneuil.  He  was  a  loyalist,  and  went  to  Halifax  with 
the  British  troops,  March,  1776,  and  died  there  in  1778.  His  portrait,  said  to  be  by  Nathl. 
Smibert,  (L.  S.  1744,)  is  at  Harvard  College,  and  a  copy  of  it  by  Badger,  presented  to 
the  B.  L.  S.  Association  by  Rol)ert  G.  Shaw,  Es(i.,  hangs  in  the  scliool  hall. 

See  Loring's  "  One  Hundred  Boston  Orators ;  "  also  Life  of  Gen.  Warren  by  Alex.  II. 
Everett  in  Sparks's  American  Biograpliy,  l>t  series,  Vol.  X. 

The  first  Latin  School-house  was  situated  in  the  burying-ground  of  King's  Chapel,  nearly 
opposite  to  the  Sohool-liouse,  still  remembered  by  many,  on  the  site  afterwards  oecupieil  by 
Horticultural  Hall,  and  since  by  the  Parker  House;  and  was  removed  in  1748 at  the  expense 
of  the  proprietors  of  tliat  cliurcli,  for  their  own  accoiniuodation.  "  Apr.  4,  1748,  the  Church 
petitioned  the  town  for  a  grant  of  f  irty-fuur  feet  of  land  east  of  the  old  chapel ;  and  proposed 
to  give  the  town  a  lot  of  land  at  llie  upper  end  of  a  lane  or  passage  fronting  the  present 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Appointed 
June, 

1776     SAMUEL  HUNT,* 

Lat.  Sch.  1753.  Harv.,  1765,  A.  M, 


Left  Office 

Jan. 

.     1805 

died  1816. 

School-house,  and  to  erect  thereon  anew  School-house  of  like  dimensions  Aviththe  present," 
&c.  Mr.  Lovell  -was  unfriendly  to  the  views  of  the  Church,  and  threw  obstacles  in  the  way. 
Nevertheless,  on  April  18,  1748,  the  town  agreed  to  grant  to  King's  Chapel  a  piece  of  land 
to  enlarge  and  rebuild ;  and  to  take  down  the  old  Latin  Grammar  School-house,  at  a  tumul- 
tuous meeting,  voting  by  yeas  and  nays.    Yeas  205  ;  nays  197. 

In  LoveU's  day  the  school  house  was  of  one  story  with  an  attic  above,  a  cupola  with  a 
bell  in  front,  and  but  one  school  i-oom.  Master  LoveU  sat  directly  opposite  the  entrance  ; 
Master  James  at  the  left  hand  corner  of  the  entrance.  School  was  always  opened  with 
prayer.  In  summer,  school  began  at  7,  closed  at  11,  and  began  at  1  in  the  afternoon.  At  9 
in  the  morning,  however,  all  the  forms  were  dismissed  to  go  to  Mr  Holbrook  in  West  Street, 
to  learn  to  write  and  cipher.  They  had  strict  orders  from  Lovell  not  to  injure  the  young 
trees  which  Mr.  Paddock  had  set  out  by  the  Granaiy  Burying  Ground.  The  only  exam- 
ination for  admission  was  in  reading  in  the  Bible.  This  was  at  Master  LoveU's  house.  The 
studies  afterwards  were  the  Accidence,  Nomenclatura  Brevis,  Corderius,  and  later  Ovid, 
Virgil,  and  Terence,  and  those  after  the  fourtli  form  made  Latin  from  a  book  called  "  Intro- 
duction to  making  Latin."    In  Greek,  they  read  the  Testament  only. 

The  town  provided  Mr.  Lovell  with  a  dwelling  house,  situated  in  School-street,  nearly  in 
front  of  the  new  (1832)  Court-house,  to  which  was  attached  an  extensive  garden  extending 
back  towards  Court  Street,  about  as  far  as  to  the  spot  wdiere  the  jail  used  to  stand.  This 
garden  was  cultivated  for  Mr.  Lovell,  free  of  all  expense,  by  the  assistance  of  the  best  boys 
of  the  school,  who,  as  a  reward  of  merit,  were  permitted  to  work  in  it.  The  same  good 
Ijoys  were  also  indulged  with  the  privilege  of  sawing  his  wood  and  bottling  his  cider,  and 
of  laughing  as  much  as  thej'  pleased  while  performing  these  delightful  offices. 

Mr.  Lovell  usually  passed  the  vacations,  one  of  which  was  at  Election,  aud  the  other  at 
Commencement,  with  a  fishing  party,  at  Spot  Pond,  in  Stoneham,  and  "  the  boys  heard 
with  glee  that  he  and  the  gentleman  who  accompanied  him  passed  their  time  pleasantly  in 
telling  funny  stories,  and  laughing  very  loudly." 

*  Samuel  Hunt,  son  of  John  Hunt,  of  Watertown,  born  October  25,  1745.  Studied 
divinitj',  and  preached  some  time  at  "  Little  Cambridge,"  now  Brighton.  Appointed 
Master  of  the  North  Grammar  School,  Boston,  and  inducted  into  office  April  20,  1767. 
Transferred  to  the  South  Grammar  School,  June,  1776.  He  was  a  conscientious  man,  who 
sought,  in  the  traditional  way,  to  train  his  pupils  in  learning  and  virtue.  By  the  terms 
of  his  settlement  he  had  reason  to  consider  himself  established  in  his  office  for  life,  with 
a  salaiy  of  £200,  and  certain  perquisites,  such  as  admission  fees,  &c.,  besides  a  house  to 
live  in.  The  spirit  of  the  times  after  the  Revolution  met  his  control  with  hostility ;  and 
the  officials  failed  to  uphold  his  authority.  The  perquisites  were  taken  away  in  1784,  and  a 
grant  of  £30  made  in  lieu  thereof.  His  house  was  taken  away  in  1790,  and  no  equivalent 
given.  Other  encroachments  on  his  income  were  made,  which  straitened  his  circumstances. 
He  left  office  March  1,  1805,  and  retired  to  Watertown,  where  for  several  years  he  edu- 
cated private  pupils  for  college.  June  10,  181G,  he  left  Massachusetts  for  Lexington,  Ky., 
and  died  there  Oct.  8,  1816.  He  married,  first,  Mary  Dixwell,  bis  cousin,  by  whom  he  had 
six  children.  Afterward  he  married  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Gibbes)  Shepherd,  of  South  Carolina, 
and  by  her  hadsix  children.  His  descendants  by  the  second  marriage  sui-vive  in  Tennessee, 
Alabama,  Georgia,  and  South  Carolina,  and  continue  the  name. 

During  the  term  of  office  of  Master  Hunt,  it  was,  Feb.  6,  1801,  Voted,  that  in  all  appli- 
cations for  the  office  of  Master  or  Usher  of  any  Grammar  School  in  this  town,  an  education 
in  some  University  shall  be  considered  an  indispensable  requisite. 


Appointed  Left  office 

April  15,  March 

1805     WILLIAM  BIGLOW,* 1814 

Harv.,  17&4,  A.  M.,  1804;  died  Jan.  12,  1844. 
May, 

1814     BENJAMIN  APTHORP  GOULD,t    .        •        •     1828 

Harv.,  1814,  A.  M. ;  died  Oct.  24,  1S.j9. 
May,  Sept. 

1828     FREDERIC  PERCIVAL  LEVERETT4     .         .     1831 

Lat.  Sch.  1812.  Harv.,  1821.  A.  M. ;  died  Oct.  .5,  1&36. 


•  William  Bi^'low,  poet  and  schoolmaster,  born  at  Natick,  Mass.,  Sept.  22,  1773,  taught 
school  in  Salem,  and  then  took  charge  of  the  Latin  School  in  Boston,  preaching  occasion- 
ally, and  writing  for  periodicals.  He  afterwards  taught  a  village  school  in  Maine,  and  was 
ultimately  proof  reader  in  the  University  printing  office,  Cambridge.  In  179G,  he  edited 
the  Village  Messenger  of  Amherst,  N.  II. ;  he  also  edited  and  contributed  to  the  Federal 
Orrerj'  and  Mass.  !Mag;  July  IS,  1799,  delivered  at  Cambridge  a  Poem  entitled  Education; 
in  1808,  pul)lished  The  Youth's  Library ;  in  1809,  Introduction  to  the  Making  of  Latin ; 
and  in  1830  ILstories  of  Natick,  and  of  Sherburne,  Mass. 

F.  S.  Drake's  Diet,  of  American  Biography ;  also  Huckiugham's  Reminiscences,  ii.  276. 

He  wrote  the  "  Carmen  Sieculare,"  sung  at  the  Centennial  of  IIar^•ard  College  in  1836, 
well  remembered  as  a  piece  of  amusing  macaronic  Latin  poetrj'. 

A  pupil  who  entered  in  1813,  says,  that  when  he  was  examined  for  admission,  the  school 
was  kept  in  an  old  barn  in  Cole's  Lane,  now  Portland  Street,  because  a  new  building  was 
in  progress  on  the  School  Street  site. 

t  Benjamin  Apthorp  Gould  born  in  Lancaster,  Mass.,  June  15,  1787.  His  father  was  a 
Captain  in  the  Revolutionary  army,  and  a  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati.  The 
family  removed  to  Newburyport  early  in  the  present  centurj'.  He  studied  in  the  schools 
there  and  entered  Har\'ard  University  in  1810,  and,  before  graduation,  was  apjwinteil,  by 
the  recommendation  of  President  Kirklaud,  to  fill  a  sudden  vacancy  in  the  Mastership  of 
the  Latin  School,  giviug  such  satisfaction  that  he  was  continued  there,  and  allowed  his 
degree.  Uuder  his  administration  the  school  rapidly  advanced  in  reputation  and  numbers, 
till,  from  occupying  ouly  the  third  story  of  the  old  scljool  house  in  School  Sti-eet,  it  grew  to 
fill  the  whole  building.  ^Ir.  Gould's  personal  influence  in  producing  among  his  numerous 
pupils  a  high  standard  of  mural  and  iutellectual  excellence,  was  marked  and  |>owci-ful.  Ilis 
kind  and  uniformly  just  government  gained  the  reverence  and  love  of  all  who  came  under 
his  discipline.  Whilst  connected  with  the  I^atin  School  he  published  editions  of  Adam's 
Latin  Grammar,  revised  and  annotated  b^'  himself;  also  of  Ovid,  of  Virgil  and  of  Horace, 
with  copious  and  v;dual>le  notes  of  his  own.  Tliese  were  the  standard  editions  for  several 
years.  After  leaving  the  Latin  School,  he  became  an  honored  and  succcs<fid  merchant  in 
tlie  East  India  trade.  He  married  Dec.  2,  1823,  Lucretia  Dana  (Joddard,  ilaughtcr  of  Nath- 
aniel Goddard,  Es(|.,  a  prominent  merchant  of  Boston,  and  became  the  father  of  four  chil- 
dren.    He  died  iu  Boston,  Uet.  24,  1859. 

X  Frederic  Percival  Leverett,  son  of  Benjamin  ami  Comfort  Marshall  Leverett,  l)oru  at 
Portsmouth,  X.  11.,  in  1803.  His  father,  wlio  had  l>een  a  mcn:hant  in  that  city,  having 
removed  to  Boston,  he  was  educated  at  the  Latin  School,  and  at  twelve  was  ready  for 
College,  entering  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  After  giii<luating  he  entered  the  office  of  Dr. 
Jacob  Bigelow,  but  the  supjMirt  of  lii->  father's  family  early  devolving  ujwn  him,  he  gave 
up  the  stutly  of  a  profetteion,  and  was  app)inted  Sub-master  of  the  Latin  School  in  1824, 


PUBLIC  LATEST   SCHOOL. 


Appointed  Left  Office 

Sept.  Nov. 

1831     CHARLES  KNAPP  DILLAWAY,*    .        .        .    1836 

Lat.  Sch.  1818.  Harv.,  1825,  A.  M.,  1829. 
Aug. 

1836     FREDERIC  PERCIVAL  LEVERETT,       .        .     1836 

Eeappointed,  but  died  before  entering  on  the  office. 
Nov.  8, 

1836     EPES  SARGENT  DIXWELL,t  ....     1851 

Lat.  Sch.  1816.  Harv.,  1827,  A.  M. 


and  Head  Master  in  1828.  He  was  a  remarkable  Latin,  Greek,  and  Mathematical  scholar. 
Beside  the  Latin  Lexicon,  which  he  edited,  which  is  a  monument  of  his  industry  and  learn- 
ing, he  edited  and  published  the  Satires  of  Juvenal,  and  the  Commentaries  of  Caesar,  with 
excellent  notes.  In  managing  the  school  he  showed  great  skill.  The  boys  loved  and 
respected  him,  although  his  disposition  was  not  a  cheerful  one,  and  became,  after  the  death 
of  his  wife,  somewhat  gloomy.  After  resigning  his  position,  he  estabhshed  a  school  for 
boys  in  Boston,  and  was  very  successful,  but  he  never  liked  the  work  of  a  teacher,  perform- 
ing it  only  under  a  sense  of  duty  to  his  family,  and  with  a  feeling  of  regret  that  other 
professions  had  been  closed  to  him.  He  married  Matilda  Gorham,  a  lady  from  the  West 
Indies.    He  died  October  5,  1836. 

*  Charles  Knapp  Dillaway,  born  in  Roxbury,  October  19,  1804.  He  resigned  his  position 
owing  to  ill  health,  and  for  several  years  taught  a  private  school  for  boys  in  Boston,  and 
later,  for  young  ladies  in  Roxbury.  He  has  been  an  active  member  of  many  literaiy ,  scien- 
tific, and  charitable  societies,  and  published  the  following  books :  twelve  volumes  of  Latin 
Classics,  with  notes,  viz :  eight  of  Cicero,  and  one  each  of  Plautus,  Terence,  Quintilian, 
and  Tacitus ;  also,  the  Colloquies  of  Ei'asmus ;  Roman  Antiquities  and  Mythology ;  Histoiy 
of  the  Roxbury  Latin  School ;  and  Biographical  Sketches  of  many  noted  men.  He  assisted 
John  Pickering,  LL.  D.,  in  pi-eparing  his  Gi-eek  Lexicon,  J.  E.  Worcester,  LL.  D.,  in  his 
English  Dictionary,  and  has  contributed  frequently  to  periodical  literature,  besides  being 
often  called  upon  to  teach  our  language  to  foreigners,  among  whom  he  has  had  many 
Japanese  pupils.  He  married  Martha  Ruggles  Porter,  daughter  of  Rev.  Huntington  Por- 
ter, and  has  had  five  children. 

t  Epes  Sargent  Dixwell,  second  son  of  John  DixweU,  M.  D.,  born  in  Boston,  December 
27, 1807.  He  was  Usher  in  the  English  High  School  from  1827  until  October,  1828 ;  then 
Sub-Master  in  the  PubUc  Latin  School  until  the  summer  of  1830.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  in  1833,  and  invited  in  November,  1836,  to  become  Head  Master  of  the  Public  Latin 
School,  and  was  inducted  into  office  December  5,  1836.  He  removed  to  Cambridge  in  1842. 
lu  1851,  the  City  Council  having  voted  that  all  their  employes  must  reside  within  the  city 
limits,  he  resigned,  and  set  up  a  private  Latin  School  to  fit  lads  for  College.  This  was 
successful,  and  continued  for  twenty-one  years  until  1872.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  and  of  other  learned  bodies.  He  married  June  4,  1839, 
Mary  I.  Bowditch,  and  has  six  children.  See  Annual  Reports  of  the  School  Committee 
from  1837  to  1851  inclusive  for  the  character  of  his  administration.  The  Latin  School 
Association  was  suggested  and  begun  by  him,  and  the  funds  for  beginning  its  Library 
and  Cabinet  were  collected  by  his  influence. 

In  1844,  while  he  was  Master,  the  School-house  in  Bedford  Street  was  first  occupied. 


10  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL, 


Appointed  L«rt  office 

1851     FRANCIS  GARDNER,* 1876 

Lat.   Sell.    1822.     Hai-v..  1831.  A.M.;  LL.D.  Williams, 
1806;  died  Jan.  10,  1876. 

June,  Nov.  3, 

1876  AUGUSTINE  MILTON  GAY,t  ....     1876 

Amherst,  1850,  A.  M. ;  died  Nov.  3,  1876. 
June  27, 

1877  MOSES  MERRILL4 

Harv.,  1856,  A.  M. ;  Ph.D.  Amherst,  1880. 

•  Francis  Gardner,  born  at  Walpole,  N.  IL,  March  15,  1812 ;  died  in  Boston,  Jan.  10, 
1876.  He  was  the  editor  of  an  Abridgment  of  Levcrett's  Latin  Lexicon,  and  associate 
editor  of  a  series  of  Latin  School  Classics.  See  the  Memorial,  containing  an  Address  by 
Wm.  R.  Dimmock,  LL.D.,  published  by  the  Boston  Latin  School  dissociation,  1876. 

t  Augustine  Milton  Gay,  born  in  Francestown,  N.  H.,  Xov.  15,  1827.  He  was  prepared 
for  College  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  and  was  graduated  at  Amherst  College  in  1850. 
The  same  year  he  was  appointed  Sub-Master,  and  soon  after.  Master  of  the  Charlestown 
High  School.  In  1861  he  resigned  this  position,  and  kept  a  private  school  for  young  ladies 
in  Boston.  In  1865  he  was  elected  Sub-Master  in  the  Latin  School.  In  June,  1876,  he  was 
elected  Head  Master.  His  death  occurred  in  Boston,  Nov.  3,  1876.  He  was  for  a  year  one 
of  the  Editors  of  the  Massachusetts  Teacher,  and  while  in  the  Latin  School,  an  associate 
editor  of  several  Latin  text-books,  of  which  the  most  prominent  are  the  Latin  School  Scries, 
of  two  volumes,  containing  extracts  from  Phaedrus,  Justin,  Ncpos,  Ovid,  Curtius  and  Cicero. 
He  manned  July  26,  1860,  Clara  R.  Willey  of  Charlestown,  and  had  one  daughter. 

J  Moses  Menill,  born  in  Methuen,  Mass.,  Sept.  14, 1833.  He  was  prepared  for  College  at 
Phillips  Academy,  Andover ;  was  graduated  at  Ilai-vard  in  1856.  He  was  Principal  of  the 
Shepard  School,  Cambridge,  till  October,  1858.  He  married  November  26, 1857,  Sarah  Ann 
White  of  Methuen,  and  has  had  four  children.  Appointed  teacher  in  the  Boston  Latin 
School,  October,  1858. 

In  1880,  while  he  was  Master,  the  School  removed  from  Bedford  Street  to  the  new  edifice 
in  Wanen  Avenue. 


MASTERS. 

Appointed 

1867    WILLIAM  REYNOLDS  DIMMOCK, 

Left  office 

.    1868 

Lat.  Sch.  1846.    Williams,  1865,  A.  M.,  LL.D.,  1872 
died  March  29,  1878. 

1867 

Appointed  Head  Master. 

AUGUSTINE  MILTON  GAY,     .        .        .        .    1876 

1869 

Appointed  Head  Master. 

MOSES  MERRILL,       .                 ....     1877 

1870 

WILLIAM  THOMAS  REID,       . 

.    1872 

Harv.,  1868,  A.  M.,  1872.    President  of  Univ.  of  California. 

1870 

JOHN  SILAS  WHITE,        .... 

Lat.  Sch.  1864.    Harv.,  1870;  LL.D.,  Trinity,  1879. 

.    1873 

1870 

JOSIAH  GREENE  DEARBORN, 

Dartmouth,  1867. 

.    1874 

1870 

AUGUSTUS  HOWE  BUCK,       . 

Amherst,  1849;  Prof.  Boston  University, 

.    1873 

1870 

CHARLES  JAMES  CAPEN,       . 

Lat.  Sch.  1835.     Harv.,  1844,  A.  M. 

1871 

JOSEPH  WEBBER  CHADWICK,     . 

Bowd.,  1862,  A.  M. 

.    1874 

1872 

GEORGE  WASHINGTON  MINNS,   . 

Harv.,  1836,  LL.B.,  1840. 

.    1874 

1872 

GEORGE  WINSLOW  PIERCE, 

Lat.  Sch.  1852.     Harv.,  1864,  A.  M. 

.    1873 

1873 

ARTHUR  IRVING  FISKE, 

Harv.,  1869,  A.  M. 

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12  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Appointed  Left  office 

1873     ERNEST  YOUNG, 1874 

Lat.  Sch.  1865.     Harv.,  1873,  Ph.D.,  1876. 

1873     JOHN  LAWSON  STODDARD,  ....     1875 

Williams,  1871. 

1875     JAMES  ALBERT  HODGE,         ....     1875 

Harv.,  1875,  died  1878. 

1875     FREEMAN  SNOW, 1876 

Harv.,  1873,  Ph.D.,  1877. 

1877     JOSEPH  WEBBER  CHADWICK,      . 

Re-appointed. 

1882  BYRON  GROCE,  .        .  ... 

Tufts  1867,  A.  M. 

1883  EDWARD  PAYSON  JACKSON, 

A.  M.  Amherst,  1870. 

1883     FRANK  WILTON  FREEBORN, 

Brown  1SG!>,  A.  ^L 

1883     WILLIA3I  GALLAGHER 1885 

Lat.  Sch.  1801.    Harv.  l^U:l,  A.  M. 


SUB-MASTEBS. 

Appointed  Left  office 

1817     DAVID  LEE  CHILD, 1821 

A.  B.  Harv,,  1817,  A.  M. ;  died  1874. 
Dec. 

1821  JONATHAN  GREELY  STEVENSON,   .    .  1824 

Lat.  Sch.  1808.  Harv.,  1816,  A.  M.,  M.  D.,  1826;  died  1835. 

1824     FREDERIC  PERCIVAL  LEVERETT,       .        .     1828 

Lat.  Sch.  1812. 
May,  Oct. 

1828     SAMUEL  PARKER  PARKER,        .        .        .     1828 

Lat.  Sch.  1815.     Harv.,  1824;  D.  D.,  Union,  1861;  died  1880. 
Oct. 

1828    EPES  SARGENT  DIXWELL,    ....     1830 

Lat.  Sch.  1816. 

1830  CHARLES  KNAPP  DILLAWAY,      .        .        .     1831 

Lat.  Sch.  1818. 
Oct. 

1831  SEBASTIAN  FERRIS  STREETER,  .        .        .     1836 

Lat.  Sch.  1824.  Harv.,  1831,  A.  M. ;  died  1864. 

1836     FRANCIS  GARDNER,         .        .        .        .        .     1850 

Lat.  Sch.  1822. 

1850     CALEB  EMERY, 1855 

Dartmouth,  1842,  A.  M. 

1855  JOHN  NOBLE, 1856 

Harv.,  1850,  LL.B.,  1858. 

1856  EDWARD  JOSIAE  STEARNS,  .        .        .    1857 

Harv.,  1833,  A.  M.,  1850;  St.  John's,  Md,  1850; 
D.  D.,  Hobart,  1874. 

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14 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Appointed 

1857     GEORGE  EATON,        .... 

Harv.,  1833,  died  1877. 

1859    EDWARD  HICKS  MAGILL,      . 

Brown,  1852,  A.  M. ;  President  Swarthmore  Coll. 

1863     WILLIAM  REYNOLDS  DIMMOCK, 

Lat.  Sch.  1846. 

1867     AUGUSTINE  MILTON  GAY,    . 
1867     CHARLES  JAMES  CAPEN,       . 

Lat.  Sch.  1835. 

1867     MOSES  MERRILL,      . 

1867     JOSEPH  WEBBER  CHADWICK, 

1867     WILLIA3I  FRANKLIN  DA  VIS, 

Harv.,  1867. 

1867     FRANCIS  AUGUSTINE  HARRIS, 

Lat.  Sch.  1860.     Harv.,  1866,  M.  D.,  1872. 


Left  office 

1858 


1867 


1867 

1867 
1870 

1869 
1871 
1869 

1870 


1868    WILLIAM  COWPER  SIMMONS, 

Harv.,  1868. 

1870    WILLARD  TAYLOR  PERRIN, 

Harv.  1870 ;  B.D.  Boston  Univ.  1874. 

1874    JOSEPH  WEBBER  CHADWICK, 
1874     EDWIN  DAVENPORT,       . 

Lat.  Sch.  1842.     Harv.,  1848,  A.  M. 


1870 

1871 

1877 
1874 


1874     CYRUS  ALISON  NEVILLE, 

Vict.  Univ.  Ont.  Can.,  1864,  A.  M. 


1878 


1876     LA  ROY  FREESE  GRIFFIN,     . 

Brown,  18(50;  Prof.  Lake  Forest  Univ. 


1877 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL.  15 


Appointed  Left  oflBce 

1877    WILLIAM  AUGUSTUS  REYNOLDS,       .        .    1878 

Yale  1852 ;  Trin.  1853 ;  A.  M.  Yale,  Prof.  Eng.  Lit.  Univ. 
of  France. 

1877    FRANK  WILTON  FREEBORN,        .        .        .    1878 


1877     JOHN  KENDALL  RICHARDSON,    .        .        .     1878 

Amherst,  1869,  A.  M. 

1877    WILLIAM  GALLAaHER,         ....    1878 

Lat.  Sch.  1861. 

1877    EDWARD  PAYSON  JACKSON,        .        .        .    1878 


USHERS. 

Appointed  Left  office 

March  12  before  Oct.  20. 

1668. 

1666     DANIEL  HENCHMAN,* 


•  March  r2th,  1666  The  towne  a^rreetl  with  Mr.  Daniell  Hinchcman  for  £40  per  anu  to 
assist  Mr.  Woodmansey  in  the  Grammar  Schoolc  and  teach  children  to  wrighte — the  year 
to  be^in  March  1  1665-6. 

In  1668,  Nov.  7,  the  General  Court  appointed  Mr.  Daniel  Hinrknian  («c)  with  three 
others  a  Committee  to  aiTanfre  about  the  location  of  the  town  afterwards  Worcester.  July 
1.3,  1674,  this  Committee  took  a  deed  of  the  plantation  from  the  Indians,  where  he  is  called 
Daniel  Hinchraan  of  Boston,  brewer.  In  the  record  of  the  General  Court,  May  19,  1683, 
approving  the  plan  for  laying  out  the  plantation  of  Quansig<?amon,  {sic)  his  name  appears 
as  one  of  the  active  proprietors.  [Mass.  Records,  v.  413.]  In  1684  the  plantation  was  called 
Worcester.  In  May,  1685,  he  was  present  in  the  town  with  his  son  Nathaniel, — but  in  1686 
he  died. 

Philip's  War  broke  out  in  1675,  and  Hinchman  served  in  it  as  Captain  of  a  Company 
which  saw  active  service  constantly,  and  at  the  end  was  a  Major.  [See  extracts  from  one  of 
his  reports  in  Hubbard's  Ind.  Wars,  v.  1,  p.  86.] 

June  26,  1675,  two  days  after  Philip's  War  broke  out  by  the  murders  in  Swanzey,  a  foot 
company  under  Capt.  Daniel  Hinchman,  and  a  troop  under  Capt.  Thomas  Prentice,  were 
sent  from  Boston  towards  Mt.  Hope,  a  message  for  assistance  having  been  received  from 
Plymouth  Colony. 

"It  being  late  in  the  afternoon  before  they  began  to  march,  the  central  eclipse  of  the 
moon  in  Capricorn  happened  in  the  evening  before  they  came  up  to  the  Neponset  river 
about  twenty  miles  from  Boston,  which  occasioned  them  to  make  a  Halt,  for  a  little  repast 
till  the  moon  recovered  her  light  again.  Some  melancholy  fancies  would  not  be  persuaded, 
but  that  the  eclipse  falling  out  at  that  instant  of  time  was  ominous,  conceiving  also  that  in 
the  centre  of  the  moon,  they  discovered  an  unusual  black  spot,  not  a  little  resembling  the 
scalp  of  an  Indian."  Hubbard's  Indian  Wars,  v.  1,  p.  67. 

This  expedition  of  Henchman  and  Prentice,  afterwards  joined  by  Mosely  and  Cudworth 
of  the  Plymouth  troops,  only  drove  Philip  to  the  west.  Henchman  with  a  hundred  men 
was  left  to  watch  and  follow  them,  while  the  rest  of  tlie  force  returned  to  Boston.  He  was 
ordered  to  disband  liis  men  some  time  in  midsummer. 

Nov.  1675.  He  marched  again  on  an  expedition  against  Ilassancmesit,  (Gi-afton,)  which 
had  but  little  result. 

He  was  not  oue  of  the  six  captains  appointed  for  the  army  under  Winslow,  which  lussem- 
bled  at  Dcdham,  Dec.  9,  1675,  and  was  not  in  the  attack  on  the  Narragansett  fort,  Dec.  19, 
1675,  whiih  broke  the  Imlian  power;  but  .\pril  27th,  1678,  he  was  out  as  CapUiin  of  a  com- 
pany of  horse,  commander  in  chief  of  three  of  horse,  and  three  of  foot,  to  range  toward 
Hassaneuiesit.  His  troops  returne<l  and  were  discharged  "  liy  reason  of  an  epidemical  cold, 
at  that  time  prevailing  through  the  country,"  and  because  of  the  rain  which  prcvenfcil  tlieir 
following  the  enemy,  May  10th;  l)ut  May  30th,  1676,  tlicy  were  called  together  again,  and 
were  out  as  far  as  Iladley,  in  which  Henchman  killetl  and  took  about  eighty-four  of  the 
enemy  without  the  loss  of  any  of  his  owu  men.    This  expedition  ended  early  in  •July. 

Hubbunl's  ludiau  Wars,  v.  I,  pp.  220  and  TX7i. 

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PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.  17 


Appointed  Left  office 

August  28 

1699     EZEKIEL  LEWIS,* ?1703 

Harv.,  1695,  A.  M. ;  died  1755. 

June  25,  Auj;.  21, 

1703     NATHANIEL   WILLIAMS,\       ....     1708 

Perhaps  Latin  Sch.,  1682. 


Henchman  is  thus  seen  to  have  been  the  principal  man  among  the  Massachusetts  captains. 

"  Capt.  Daniel  Henchman  planted  the  Great  Elm  on  Boston  Common  in  1670." 

Boston  Transcript,  July  3,  1848. 

A  tradition  has  existed  in  the  Hancock  family,  passed  down  by  Mrs.  Lydia  Hancock,  wife 

of  Thomas, that  her  grandfather,  Hezekiah  Henchman,  set  out  the  tree  when  he 

was  a  boy;  which  would  have  been  over  two  hundred  years  ago,  as  his  father,  Daniel,  the 
old  schoolmaster,  left  Boston  as  early  as  1674.  Other  accounts,  from  the  Henchman  family, 
give  the  honor  to  the  old  schoolmaster,  who  "ivielded  the  sword  as  well  as  the  birches,  —  for 
he  commanded  the  famous  Artillery  Company,  and  sei-ved  in  King  Philip's  War  in  1675. 
Tlie  last  tradition  says  that  the  tree  was  set  out  as  a  shelter  for  the  company. 

N.  B.  Shurtleff's  Top.  and  Hist.  Descr.  of  Boston,  p.  335. 

Dr.  Shurtleff  states  the  reasons  for  doubting  this  tradition,  and  for  supposing  that  the  tree 
was  of  good  size  and  growing  in  1630  when  Boston  was  settled.  Hist,  of  Anc.  and  Hon. 
Art.  Co.  2d  edit.  p.  195  ;  also  Histor.  Catal.  of  the  Old  South  Church,  p.  229. 

*  May  8, 1699,  "  At  Pubhck  Town  Meeting  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Boston  "  it  "  Avas  Voted 
by  sd  Inhabitants,  That  the  Selectmen  shall  agree  wth  mr  Ezekiel  Lewis  for  his  Salary  as 
an  assistant  to  his  Grandfather  mr  Ezekiel  Cheever  in  the  Latine  School,  not  Exceeding 
fort}'  pounds  p  year."  Hassam  on  Cheever,  p.  12. 

At  a  Town  meeting  Ma}'  12,  1701,  "  Whereas  Mr.  Ezekiel  Lewis  Assistant  to  Mr. 
Cheever  in  the  Government  of  the  Latin  free  School,  hath  represented  unto  the  Town  that 
the  sum  of  forty  pounds  per  annum  is  not  sufficient  for  his  comfortable  subsistence.  The 
Town  by  their  Vote  have  granted  that  hence  forward  he  be  Allowed  Forty  five  per  annum, 
during  his  being  continued  in  that  Situation.  Town  Records,  ii,  240. 

Oct.  12,  1704.  Mr.  Ezk.  Lewis  marries  the  widow  Kilcup.  Sewall's  Diaiy,  v.  2,  p.  117. 
See  Histor.  Catal.  of  the  Old  South  Church,  pp.  324  and  325. 

t  At  a  Town  meeting  held  at  the  Town  House  in  Boston,  Apr.  27,  1703,  it  was  "  Voted 
that  the  Selectmen  do  take  care  to  procure  some  meet  person  to  be  an  assistant  to  mr  Eze- 
kiell  Chever  in  the  Government  of  the  Lattin  Schooll,  and  to  allow  him  a  SaUery  not 
exceeding  forty-five  pounds  p  annum,  untill  farther  Order  from  the  Inhabitants  at  some 
other  meeting.  Town  Eecords,  ii,  267. 

May  13,  1703  "  Sundiy  of  the  ministers  in  this  Town  haveing  recommended  mr  Nathll 
Williams  to  be  a  fitt  person  to  be  joyned  wth  mr  Chever  in  Governmt  of  the  Lattin  School, 
ordered  that  Sd  mr  WUliams  be  Treated  with  abt  the  Same."        Selectmen's  Minutes,  i,  72. 

At  a  town  meeting  June  1,  1703  "  Upon  a  debate  abt  ye  Settleing  a  SaUery  upon  an  assis- 
tant to  mr  Chever  in  the  Governmt  of  ye  Lattin  School  Voted  that  the  Same  be  referred  to 
the  determination  of  the  next  Town  Meeting,  li;  that  notice  thereof  be  incerted  in  the  war- 
rant for  caUing  such  meeting.  Town  Records,  ii,  268. 

At  a  town  meeting  held  .June  25,  1703  "  The  Town  by  their  vote  do  declare  their  appro- 
bation of  mr  Nathaniell  Williams  to  be  an  assistant  to  mr  Ezekiel  Chever  in  Governing 
&  Instructing  the  youth  at  the  Lattin  School.  Voted  that  mr  Nathaniel  Williams  be 
allowed  the  Sum  of  Eighty  pounds  for  the  year  ensueing  in  case  he  accept  and  perfonn 
the  aforesaid  Service.    And  it  is  Left  to  the  Selectmen  to  agree  with  him  accordingly. 

Ibid,  ii,  268. 


18  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Appointed  Let  office 

1709     EBENEZER  THAYER* 

Harv.,  1708,  A.  M. ;  died  1733. 
As  early  as  July, 

1714     EDWARD   WiaaLESWORTH,^       .        .        .     1721 

Harv.,  1710,  A.  M. ;  Hollis  Prof.  Ilarv. ;  Fellow  Harv., 
D.  D.  Edin.  1730;  died  1765. 

JEREMIAH  GRIDLEY4 1730 

Perhaps  Lat.  Sch.  1714.  Harv.,  1725,  A.M. ;  died  Sept. 7, 

17G7. 

1729     JOHN  LOVELL,§ 1734 

Probably  Lat.  Sch.  1717. 
January,  Aug. 

1734     NATHANIEL  OLIVER,  H  ....     1734 

Possibly  Lat.  Sch.  1722.     Harv.,  1733,  A.  M.;  died  1769. 
Aug. 

1734     SAMUEL  GIBSON,^ 

Harv.,  1730,  A.  M. ;  died  1750. 


♦  Ordained  over  Second  Roxbury  Church,  Nov.  12,  1712 ;  so  he  must  have  left  the  School 
as  early  as  that. 

t  Edward  Wigglesworth  was  born  at  Maiden  about  the  beginning  of  the  year  1693.  At 
College  he  had  a  high  standing  for  general  scholarship,  and  was  dislinguished  for  his  classi- 
cal attainments.  lie  stucUed  theology  after  graduation,  and  was  licensed  to  preach.  A 
certificate  signed  by  Mr.  Nathaniel  Williams,  1714-5,  proves  that  he  was  a  teacher  in  our 
School  for  at  least  a  quarter  before  October,  1714.  He  was  not  a  preacher  attractive  to  the 
multitude,  and  so  never  settled  as  a  pastor,  but  was  appreciated  by  the  intelligent,  and  when 
Tliomas  Hollis,  of  London,  established  the  professorship  at  Harvard  College,  bearing  his 
name,  was  nominated  by  him  as  its  first  occupant,  and  inducted  into  office,  October  24, 
1722.  In  1724  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Corporation  of  Hai-vard  College.  He  was 
greatly  distinguished  for  his  benevolence.  lie  continued  to  perform  the  duties  of  his  pro- 
fessorship until  within  a  few  days  of  his  death,  which  occurred  January  IG,  1765. 

Spraguc's  Annals  of  the  American  Pulpit,  i.  275. 

X  In  1732  Jeremiah  Gridley  edited  a  ncwspai^er  called  the  Rehearsal,  which  almost  weekly 
contained  an  essay  on  some  historical,  literary  or  political  subject,  generally,  it  is  supposed, 
written  by  him.  They  abound  in  Latin  allusions  and  (piotation-; ;  the  style  is  not  bad  nor 
uninteresting.  Tlicre  is  a  file  in  the  Library  of  the  American  .\uti(juariau  Society,  Wor- 
cester, Mass.  He  was  afterwards  Attorney  General,  and  as  such  opposed  to  Otis  iu  the 
question  of  the  Search  Warrants.     See  Knapp's  Biog.  Sketches,  p.  VJ'.K 

}  These  dales  arc  right,  though  they  dilfor  fron»  the  Eliot  Hiography.  They  arc  taken 
from  Wendell's  Valedictory  of  1729,  of  which  we  have  the  mauus<-ript. 

II  Appointed  at  £S0  per  year. 

1i  Drake's  History  of  Uoston,  p.  604. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.  19 


Appointed  Left  oflSce 

1739     NATHANIEL  GARDNER,*         .... 

Lat.  Sell.,  1728.  Harv.,  1739,  A.  M. ;  died  1760. 


ROBERT  TREAT  PAINE,t    .... 

Lat.  Sch.,  1738.  Harv.,  1749,  A.M.,  LL.  D.  1805;  died 
1814. 

April  19, 

1757     JAMES  L0VELL4 1775 

Lat.  Sch.,  1744.    Harv.,  1756,  A.  M. ;  Del.  in  Amer.  Con- 
gress ;  died  1814. 


*  Nathaniel  Gardner  was  in  office  at  least  as  late  as  1754. 

t  In  office  in  1750,  because  May  15th,  1750,  at  a  town  meeting,  "  £50  lawful  money  was 
voted  Mr.  Robert  Treat  Paine  for  his  salary  as  Usher  of  the  So.  Grammar  School." 

Drake's  Hist,  of  Boston,  p.  631. 

X  James  Lovell,  son  of  John  Lovell,  born  at  Boston,  Oct.  31,  1737,  Usher  Latin  School, 
1757,  was  also  Master  of  the  North  School,  now  Eliot  School.  In  1775,  after  the  Battle  of 
Bunker  Hill,  thirty-one  persons,  among  whom  was  Mr.  Lovell,  were  imprisoned  in  Boston 
Gaol  by  General  Howe.  At  the  evacuation  of  the  city,  March,  1776,  he  was  carried  to 
Halifax  with  the  British  troops,  and  was  a  prisoner  in  that  city,  while  his  father  was  also 
there  as  a  loyalist  refugee.  Exchanged  and  returned  to  Boston,  Nov.  30,  1776.  Elected 
to  Continental  Congress,  December,  1776.  Receiver  of  Continental  taxes,  1784.  Collector 
of  the  Port  of  Boston,  1788-1789.  Naval  officer  at  Boston,  1790-1814.  Died  at  Windham, 
Maine,  July  14,  1815. 

The  London  Political  Register  for  1780  says:  "In  the  pockets  of  Warren,  the  Rebel 
commander  killed  at  Bunker  Hill,  were  found  letters  from  James  Lovell,  a  rebel  spy,  stating 
the  number  and  disposition  of  the  troops  in  Boston,  with  a  vai-iety  of  other  information. 
The  spy,  instead  of  being  sentenced  to  the  gallows  and  executed,  was  only  taken  up  and 
detained  in  custody,  and  when  our  army  was  at  New  York,  he  was  discharged  at  the  re- 
quest of  some  of  the  Rebel  chiefs Instead  of  being  grateful  for  this,  the  instant 

he  landed  in  the  rebel  territorj',  (he)  wrote  the  commissary  a  most  abusive  letter  ;  and  by 
this  infamous  behavior,  having  arrived  at  the  summit  of  villainy,  was  in  the  opinion  of  the 
rebels  of  Massachusetts  deemed  a  fit  person  to  represent  them  in  Congress ;  accordingly,  as 

soon  as  he  set  his  foot  in  Boston,  ho  was  chosen  one  of  their  delegates  to  Congress " 

Loring's  One  Hundred  Boston  Orators. 

Mention  is  made  of  the  imprisonment  of  Mr.  Lovell  in  Boston  in  the  "Diary  of  Peter 
Edes  written  during  his  confinement  by  the  British,  in  Boston,  in  1775,  after  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill,"  Bangor,  1837 ;  and  in  "  a  journal  kept  by  JohnLeach  during  his  confinement 
by  the  British  in  Boston  Gaol  in  1775,"  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.,  July,  1865,  the  originals  of 
both  of  which  are  now  in  the  possession  of  Hemy  H.  Edes,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  by  whom 
they  were  kindly  loaned  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hale  to  read  to  the  Latin  School  Association  at  its 
first  annua  dinner,  November  8,  1876. 

He  delivered  in  the  Old  South  Church  April  2,  1771,  An  Oration,  at  the  request  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Boston  to  commemorate  the  Bloody  Tragedy  of  the  5th  of 
March,  1770,  which  is  in  the  Library  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society,  Worcester. 
The  addi'css  is  a  statement  of  the  objections  to  standing  armies.    It  is  filled  with  classical 


20 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Appointed 

Kov.  8, 

1776     ^VILLIA^I  BENTLEY* 


Left  office 
Appointed  Head  Master,  North  Grammar  School. 

.     1778 


Harv.,  1777,  A.  M.,  and  Dart.  1787;  D.  D.  Harv.,  1819; 
died  Dec.  29,  1819. 


WILLIAM  CROSWELL,t  .... 

Lat.  Sch.  1768.  Harv.,  1780,  A.  M.  1786;  died  1834. 


Aug. 

1782    SAMUEL  PAYSON,     . 

Harv.,  1782,  A.  M. ;  died  1851. 


Sept. 

1786 


DINGLEY,         .... 

[?Amasa,  Harv.,  1785,  A.  M. ;  died  1798.] 


Aug. 

1782 


Sept. 

1786 


1790 


Between 

1790 

and        i 

1795 


JOHN  DEVOTION, 

Yale  1785 ;  died  1810. 

JOSEPH  DANA, 

[  ?  Dart.  1788,  A.  M. ;  Prof.  Lang.  Univ.  Ohio ;  died 
1849,  aged  80.] 

WHITE, 


BROWN  NELSON, 

Apr.  21, 

1794     CHARLES  CUTLER4 

Harv.,  179.3,  A.  M. ;  died  1802. 


allusions  in  its  opening.  When  the  invitation  to  deliver  it  was  given  to  him,  his  father 
advised  him  not  to  accept  it,  l)ccause  liis  life  mijrht  be  jeopardized  by  doing  it.  "  Is  that  the 
caic  ?  "  was  his  reply,  "  then  my  mind  is  decided — my  resolution  is  fixed — I  will  attempt  it 
at  every  hazard." 

In  the  Lilirary  of  the  Massachusetts  nistorical  Society,  and  also  of  Harvard  College,  are 
copies  of  an  oration  liy  him,  "  in  Funcrc  Hcnrici  Flyntii  Arm."  8vo,  Boston,  1760. 

The  first  page  of  E.  T.  Chanuiiig's  Life  of  Wm.  EUcry  gives  some  comments  on  his  style. 

•William  Bcntley,  son  of  Joshua  Bentley,  a  ship  carpenter,  born  in  Boston,  June  22, 
1769.  He  was  ordained  in  Sept.  1783,  as  colleague  piustor  over  tlie  East  Chun-h  in 
Salem.  A  full  account  of  him  is  given  in  the  Anuals  of  the  American  Pulpit,  by  Wm.  B. 
Spraguc,  D.  D.,  Vol.  viii,  pp.  154-157,  where  it  is  stated,  wc  fear  erroneously,  that  he  wm 
educated  at  the  Latin  .School.     See  Buckingham's  Remiuisecnccs,  ii.  341. 

t  In  17'J1  was  a  teacher  of  navigation  in  Boston,  and  luiblished  CroswtH's  Tables. 

X  "  1794,  Apr.  21,  Cbas.  Cutler  was  introduced  as  usher."  S.  Hunt.  Given  in  the  old 
Catalogue  aa  in  office  in  179G;  he  probably  went  out  of  office  about  1799,  and  was  re- 
appointed in  1800,  as  appears  below. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.  21 


Appointed  Left  office 

In  office  in 

1799  JOHN  HASKELL,* 

Probably  Dart.,  1795,  A.  M.;  died  1819. 
Oct.  3, 

1800  CHARLES  CUTLER, 

April  2, 

1801  SAMUEL  HUNT, 1802 

Lat.  Sch.  1783.     (Afterwards  John  Dixwell,  Harv.  1796, 
A.  M.,  M.  B.  1800,  M.  D.  1811;  died  1834.) 

Aug. 

1802  WILLIAM  WELLS,t 1804 

Harv.,  1796,  A.  M. ;  died  1860. 

Aug. 

1804     SAMUEL  COOPER  TEACHER,      .        .        .    1805 

Acting  Master  from  .Jan.  to  Apr.  15,  1805. 
Lat.  Sch.  1796.     Harv.,  lSO-1,  A.M.;  Fellow  Harv.; 
died  1818. 

Mar.  21, 

1806     DANIEL  BLISS  RIPLEY, 1807 

Harv.,  1805,  A.  M. ;  died  1825. 

PETER  (?)  KIGGINS,$ 

GLEASON,* 


[PBenjamin,  Brown,  1802,  A.  M. ;  died  1847.] 
Oct.  23, 

1807  WILLIAM  SMITH, 1808 

Harv.,  1807,  A.  M. ;  died  1811. 
Mav,§ 

1808  JACOB  BIGELOW,|| 1809 

Harv.,  1806,  A.M.;    M.  D.  Penn.  1810;    LL.  D.  Harv. 
1857;  President  of  Mass.  Med.  Society;  died  Jan.  1879. 

*  According  to  the  School  Committee  records  John  Haskell  was  elected  Master  of  the 
Centre  Reading  School,  27  June,  1800.  Mr.  Wm.  G.  Colburn  has  a  note  written  by  him, 
dated  Centre  School.  In  Fleet's  Massachusetts  Register  for  1799,  Samuel  Hunt  appears  as 
Latin  Grammar  Master,  Centre  School ;  in  1803,  Wm.  Biglow  is  given  as  the  same  and 
John  Haskell  as  English  Grammar  Master,  Centre  School,  and  the  latter  continues  the 
same  as  late  as  1817,  when  Mr.  Benj.  Apthorp  Gould  appears  as  Latin  Grammar  Master, 
Centre  School.  The  Committee  therefore  feels  justified  in  filling  the  blank  of  the  edition 
of  1847.  The  same  School  Committee  Records  state  that  Benjamin  Gleason  applied  for  the 
Mastership  of  the  "West  Reading  School,  20  May,  1808,  and  the  Committee  has  thought  it 
not  unlikely  his  is  the  name  which  should  be  inserted  in  the  blank  before  Gleason. 

t  Assistant  Master,  equivalent  to  what  was  afterwards  Sub-Master. 

i  Changed  from  Higgins  on  the  authority  of  the  late  Edw.  Reynolds,  M.  D.,  and  John  L. 
Watson,  D.  D. 

§  According  to  A.  H.  Everett's  manuscript  Journal. 

II  See  Memoir  by  Geo.  E.  Ellis,  D.  D.,  Mass.  Historical  Society's  Proceedings,  Vol.  xvii, 
1879-80. 


22 

PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 

■  ■                                                                                          1 

Appointed                                                                                                      Left  office 

1809     NATHANIEL  KEMBLE  GREENWOOD    OLI- 

VER, 

• 

1814 

AcTixo  Master  from  March  to  May,  1814. 

Harv.,  1S09,  A.  M. ;  died  1832. 

1810 

STEPHEN  FALES, 

, 

1811 

?Lat.  Sch.  1802.     Harv.,  1810,  A.  M..  and  Bowd., 
died  1854. 

1815; 

Mav, 

1811 

NATHANIEL  LANGDON  FBOTHINaHAM* 

Lat.  Sch.  1803.   Harv.,  1811,  A.  M. ;  D.  D,  1836 ;  died  1870. 

1812 

May, 
1812 

SAiMUEL  aiLiMAN,j          .... 

Harv.,  1811,  A.  M.;  D.  D.  1837;  died  1858. 

• 

Ang. 
1812 

Aug.  28, 

1812 

JONATHAN  MAYHEW  WAINWRIGHT, 

1813 

Harv.,  1812.  A.  M. ;  D.  D.  1835,  and  Union  1823;  J. 
Oxon.  1852  ;  Bishop  of  New  York;  died  1854. 

CD. 

1813 

THOMAS  SAVAGE, 

Harv.,  1813,  A.  M. ;  died  1866. 

• 

Aug. 

1814 

Aug. 

1814 

THOMAS  BULFINCH4      .... 

Lat.  Sch.  1805.     Harv.,  1814,  A.  M. ;  died  1867. 

• 

Aug. 

1815 

Aug. 

1815 

MOSES  SHAW, 

A.  M.  Bowd.,  1821;  M.  D.  Wat.,  1836;  died  1847. 

• 

Feb.  2»-., 

1816 

April, 

1815 

JOHN  BRAZER  DAVIS,     .... 

Harv.,  1815,  A.  M. ;  died  1832. 

• 

1816 

April, 

1816 

GAMALIEL  BRADFORD,§ 

Harv.,  1S14,  A.  M. ;  M.  D.  1S19;  died  1^39. 

• 

Aug. 

1816 

•  Minister  of  First  Church,  Boston. 

t  Unitarian  Minister  ut  Cliarleston,  S.  C    Author  of  "  Fair  lliirvnnl." 

X  Author  of  tltc  Ajje  of  Fable,  etc. 

$  See  Memorials  of  the  Massachusetts  Society  of  the  Cincinnati,  p.  235. 

PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 

23 

Appointed 

1816     ZEBULON  LEONARD  SHAW, 

Left  office 
.     1816 

Harv.,  1815;  died  1819. 

1817 

FRANCIS  JENKS, 

Lat.  Sch.  1810-11.    Harv.,  1817,  A.  M. ;  died  1832. 

Feb. 

.     1818 

Dec. 

1817 

GEORGE  MALTBY  BREWER, 

Lat.  Sch.  1807.    Harv.,  1816;  died  1822. 

Sept. 

.     1821 

1817 

GEORGE  STORER  BULFINCH, 

Lat.  Sch.  1810-11.    Harv.,  1817;  died  1853. 

.    1818 

Feb. 

1818 

JUSTIN  WRIGHT  CLARK,       . 

Harv.,  1816;  died  1833. 

Aug. 

.    1819 

March, 

1819 

JONATHAN  GREELY  STEVENSON,       . 

Lat.  Sch.  1808. 

Dec. 

.     1821 

Aug. 

1819 

ROBERT  CROSS, 

Harv.,  1819,  A.  M. ;  died  1859. 

Oct. 

.    1820 

Sept. 

1820 

ALEXANDER  YOUNG-,''  .        .        .        . 

Sept. 

.    1821 

Lat.  Sch.  1812.     Harv. ,  1820,  A.  M. ,  and  Tale  1823 ; 
Harv.  1846;  died  1854. 

D.D. 

Dec.  2, 

1820 

EDWARD  GARDINER  DAVIS, 

Harv.,  1820,  A.  M. ;  M.  D.  1826;  died  1839. 

June, 

.    1823 

Sept. 

1821 

FREDERIC  PERCIVAL  LEVERETT,       . 

Lat.  Sch.  1812. 

.    1824 

Sept. 

1821 

GEORGE  ALEXANDER  OTIS, 

Lat.  Sch.  1812.     Harv.,  1821;  died  1831. 

.     1824 

*  Editor  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  Pilgrims.    Minister  of  New  South  Church,  Boston. 

24  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Appointed  Left  office 

Dec.  2,  Oct. 

1821     JOSEPH  PALMER, 1825 

Ilarv.,  1820,  A.  M. ;  M.  D.  1826;  died  1871. 
June,  Jan. 

1823  THOMAS  GAMALIEL  BRADFORD,        .        .     1825 

Lat.  Sch.  1813.     Harv.,  1822. 

1824  WILLIAM  NEWELL* 1826 

Lat.  Sch.  1814.     IIiiiv.,  ]si>4,  A.  M. ;  D.  D.  1853;  died  1881. 

May, 

1824    SAMUEL  PARKER  PARKER,        .        .        .    1828 

Lat.  Sch.  1815. 
Oct.  Appointed  to  Higb  School  Sept. 

1824  EDMUND  LOUIS  LE  BRETON,        .        .        .    1825 

Harv.,  1824,  A.  M. ;  died  1849. 
Jan.  April, 

1825  HENRY  PAYSON  KENDAL,      ....     1827 

Harv.,  1820,  A.  M. ;  died  1832. 
Sept.  April, 

1826  DUNCAN  BRADFORD, 1827 

Lat.  Sch.  1814.     Harv.,  1824. 
April, 

1827  CHARLES  KNAPP  DILLAWAY,      .        .        .    1830 

Lat.  Sch.  1818. 
May,  Oct. 

1828  THOMAS  GAMALIEL  BRADFORD,        .        .    1828 

Lat.  Sch.  1813. 

Sept. 

1828  GEORGE  PARTRIDGE  BRADFORD,      .        .    1829 

Harv.,  1825,  A.  M. 
Sept.  Sept. 

1829  CRANMORE  WALLACE, 1830 

Dart.,  1824;  died  1860. 
Sept.  Sept. 

1830  CHANDLER  ROBBINS,\ 1831 

Harv.,  1829,  A.  M. ;  D.  D.  1856;  died  1882. 


•  Minister  of  the  First  Parish,  Cambridge. 
t  Minister  of  tlic  Second  Churcli  of  Boston. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 

25 

Appointed 

Left  office 

Sept. 

1830 

JAMES  BENJAMIN, 

Lat.  Sch.  1822.    Harv.,  1830;  died  1853. 

• 

1832 

1831 

SAMUEL  ROGERS, 

. 

1831 

Lat.  Sch.   1819.     Harv.,  1828,  A.  M. ;   M.  D.  1831; 

died 

1849. 

1831 

FRANCIS  GARDNER,         .... 

Lat.  Sch.  1822. 

• 

1836 

1832 

NORTON  THAYER,* 

Harv.,  1828;  died  1870. 

• 

1833 

Sept. 

April, 

1833 

HENRY  WARREN  TORREY,     . 

. 

1835 

Lat.  Sch.  1824.    Harv.,  1833,  A.  M.,  1847;  LL.D. 

1879; 

Prof.  History,  Harv. 

April, 

Sept. 

1835 

JAMES  HUMPHREY  WILDER, 

Harv.,  1829;  died  1879. 

• 

1835 

Jan. 

Oct. 

1837 

BENJAMIN  BARNARD  APPLETON,      . 

. 

1837 

Lat.  Sch.   1826.    Harv.,  1835,  A.M.;  M.  D.  1839; 

died 

1878. 

Oct. 

Sept. 

1837 

EDWARD  APPLETON,      .... 

Lat.  Sch.  1826.     Harv.,  1835. 

• 

1838 

Sept. 

Sept. 

1838 

FRANCIS  PHELPS, 

Harv.,  1837,  A.  M. 

1839 

Sept. 

1838 

GEORGE  FREDERIC  WARE,  . 

Harv.,  1838,  A.  M. ;  died  1849. 

• 

1839 

Sept.  9, 

Sept. 

1839 

WILLIAM  EDWARD  TOWNSEND, 

. 

1840 

Lat.  Sch.  1831.     Harv.,  1839,  A.  M. ;   M.  D.  1844; 

died 

1866. 

*  Samuel  Barket  afterwards  Master  of  the  Eliot  School  pro  temp,  in  place  of  Thayer. 

26  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Appointed  Left  office 

Sept.  9,  8<?Pt- 

1839  EDWARD  EVERETT  HALE* .        .        .        .     1841 

Lat.  Sch.  1S31.  Harv.,  1889,  A.  M. ;  D.  D.  1879. 
Sept.  Sept, 

1840  GEORGE  STANLEY  PARKER,         .         .         .     1846 

Lat.  Sch.  1827.  Harv.,  1830,  A.  M.;  died  1873. 
Sept. 

1841  FRANCIS  EDWARD  PARKER,         .        .        .    1842 

Harv.,  1841,  LL.  B.  1845;  died  1886. 
Sept. 

1842  JAMES  GUSHING  MERRILL,  ....     1843 

Lat.  Sch.  183:3.  Harv.,  1842,  A.  M.;  LL.  B.  1845;  died 
1869. 

1843  HENRY  WARREN  TORREY,    ....    1844 

Lat.  Sch.  1824. 

1844  HENRY  BLATCHFORD  WHEELWRIGHT,    .    1845 

Lat.  Sch.  1833.     Harv.,  1844,  A.  M.  1848. 

1845  TIMOTHY  DUTTON  CHAMBERLAIN,  .        .     1848 

Lat.  Sch.  1837.  Harv.,  1845.  A.  M. ;  died  1850. 

1846  JOHN  PHILLIPS  REYNOLDS,  .        .        .     1848 

Lat.  Sch.  ia37.     Harv.,  1845,  A.  M. ;  M.  D.  1852;  Prof. 
Obstetric;*,  Harv. 

1846    WILLIAM  LADD  ROPES,         ....    1848 

Lat.  Sch.  1830.     Harv.,  1840,  A.  M. 

1848    EDWIN  DAVENPORT, 1850 

Lat.  Sch.  1842.     Harv.,  1848.  A.  M. 

1848    EDWARD  JAMES  YOUNG,      ....     1850 

Lat.    Sch.    1839.      Harv.,   184s.   A.  M. ;    Prof.   Hebrew, 
Harv. 


•  Minister  of  the  Ciiurcli  of  (lie  Unity,  Wone-tter,  Mass.,  nn<l  ufloiwards  of  the  South 
Congregutionul  Cliurch,  Boston. 


PUBLIC   LATDT   SCHOOL.  27 


Appointed  Left  office 

1850  JOSEPH  SENRY  THAYER,    ....    1851 

Lat.  Sch.  1842.  Harv.,  1850,  A.  M.  1864;  D.  D.  Tale, 
1873;  Prof.  Sac.  Lit.  Andov.  Theol.  Sem. ;  Fellow  Harv. ; 
Bussey  Prof.  N.  T.  Critic,  and  Interp.  Harv. 

1851  CHARLES  HALE, 1852 

Lat.  Sch.  1841.  Harv.,  1850;  died  1882. 

1851  JOHN  NOBLE, 1855 

1852  CHARLES  JAMES  CAPEN,       ....    1867 

Lat.  Sch.  1835. 

1853  THOMAS  HENDERSON  CHANDLER,     .        .    1856 

Lat.  Sch.  1841.  Harv.,  1848,  A.M. ;  LL.B.  1853;  D.M.D, 
1872;  Prof.  Mechan.  Dentistry,  Harv. 

1855    PHILLIPS  BROOKS,        .....    1855 

Lat.  Sch.  1846.  Harv.,  1855,  A.  M.;  D.  D.  Union,  1870, 
Harv.,  1877;  S.T.D.  Oxford,  1885. 

1855  JAMES  REED, 1856 

Lat.  Sch.  1847.     Harv.,  1855,  A.  M. 

1856  NATHANIEL  WILLIS  BUMSTEAD,        .        .    1856 

Lat.  Sch.  1848.    Yale,  1855,  A.  M. 

1856    WILLIAM  REYNOLDS  DIMMOCK,         .        .    1860 

Lat.  Sch.  1846. 

1856    EDWIN  AUGUSTUS  GIBBENS,       .        .        .    1859 

Lat.  Sch.  1846.     Harv.,  1855,  A.  M. 

1856  WILLIAM  KINNE, 1857 

Tale,  1848,  A.  M. 

1857  LEONARD  WALKER, 1858 

A.  M.  Brown,  1864;  died  1874. 

1858  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  COPP  NOBLE,      .     1860 

Harv.,  1858,  A.  M.  1803;  Prof.  Lat.  "Washington  Univ.,  St.  Louis. 


28 

PUBLIC   LATEN   SCHOOL. 

Appointed                                                                                                      Left  office 

1858     WILLIAM  NEWHALL  EAYRS,        .        .        .     1860 

Lat.  Sell.  18.">0.     Tufts,  1857. 

1858 

MOSES  MERRILL, 1867 

1859 

JOSEPH  AUGUSTINE  HALE,*        .        .        .    1866 

Lat.  Sell.  1S48.     Harv.,  1857,  A.  M.;  died  1867. 

1860 

ALBERT  PALMER, 1865 

Dart.,  18.")8,  A.  M. ;  Mayor  of  Boston. 

1860 

HENRY  AUSTIN  CLAPP,          ....    1861 

Harv.,  1860,  LL.  B.  1864. 

1861 

FRANKLIN  BERT  GAMWELL,        .        .        .    1862 

Brown,  i860,  A.  M. 

1861 

JOSIAH  MILTON  FAIRFIELD,        .        .        .    1862 

Harv.,  1860;  died  1865. 

1862 

WILLIAM  WEBSTER, 1862 

Dart.,  1844. 

1862 

ABNER  HARRISON  DAVIS,     ....    1863 

Bowd.,  1860,  A.  M. 

1865 

AUGUSTINE  MILTON  GAY,    ....    1867 

1865 

ARTHUR  MASON  KNAPP,       ....    1866 

Lat.  Sch.  1854.     Harv.,  1863,  A.  M. 

1866 

JOSEPH  WEBBER  CHADWICK,     .        .        .     1867 

1866 

CHARLES  GOODELL  GODDARD  PAINE,    .     1867 

From  1867  to  1874  the  title  of  Usher  was  not  used  in  the  School. 

*  I860  John  Davis  Lono  (pro  tempore,  iu  place  of  Ilalc,!  Lieut.  Gov.  and  Governor 
of  Mass.     llarv.,  18B7,  LL.  D.  1880. 

PFBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 

29 

Appointed 

1874     EDWARD  MUSSEY  HARTWELL,   . 

Left  office 

.     1877 

Lat.  Sch.  1868.     Amherst,  1873. 

1874 

FRANK  ELDRIDGE  RANDALL,       . 

Lat.  Sch.  1864.    Harv.,  1874;  LL.  B.  Columb.  1879. 

.     1877 

1875 

JAMES  DIKE, 

Bowdoin,  1869. 

.     1877 

1875 

FRANK  WILTON  FREEBORN, 

.     1877 

1^75 

WILLIAM  HENRY  WHITE,      . 

Amherst,  1867. 

.    1877 

1876 

GEORGE  CLARENCE  SHEPARD,  . 

Harv.,  1874. 

.     1877 

1877 

WILLIAM  THADDEUS  STRONG,   . 

Tale,  1876,  A.  M. 

.     1877 

1877 

EGBERT  MORSE  CHESLEY,    . 

Acadia,  Nov.  Scot.  1870;  Harv.,  1877. 

.     1878 

1877 

JAMES  AUGUSTUS  BEATLEY,       . 

.    1878 

Harv.,  1873. 

' 

SPECIAL  MASTERS. 

1870 

GEORGE  WASHINGTON  MINNS,  . 

.     1872 

.     1871 

GEORGE  WINSLOW  PIERCE, 

.     1872 

30 

PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 

Appointed 

Left  office 

JUXIOR  MASTERS. 

1877 

WILLIAM  ALBERT  REYNOLDS,    . 

Wesleyan,  1858,  A.  M.  1862. 

.    1878 

1878 

1 

CYRUS  ALISON  NEVILLE,      . 

1880 

1 

1878 

JOHN  KENDALL  RICHARDSON, 

Amherst,  1869,  A.  M. 

i 

1878 

EDWARD  PAYSON  JACKSON, 

1 

.     1883 

1878 

FRANK  WILTON  FREEBORN, 

.    1883 

1878 

WILLIAM  aALLAaSER, 

.    1883 

1878 

BYRON  GROCE,          .... 

Tufts,  1867,  A.  M. 

.    1882 

1878 

LOUIS  HENRY  PARKHURST, 

.    1881 

Harv.,  1872. 

1878 

WILLIAM  THADDEUS  STRONG,  . 

.     1883    i 

1878 

EGBERT  MORSE  CHESLEY,    . 

.    1880 

1880 

BENJAMIN  OSGOOD  PEIRCE, 

.    1881 

Harv.,  1870. 

1881 

GEORGE  WILLIAM  ROLLINS, 

Yale,  1876. 

1881 

JAMES  AUGUSTUS  BEATLEY,      . 

.    1882 

1882 

GRENVILLE  CYRUS  ExMERY, 

Bates,  1868,  A.  M. 

1884 

HENRY  CHAMPION  JONES,    . 

Ilarv.,  1880. 

PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL.  31 


Appointed  Left  oflBce 

WBITJJVG  MASTER. 

1830    JONATHAN  SNELLING, 1847 

Died  Jan.  31,  1847. 


IJ^STBUCTORS    IJV    DBAWIJ^G. 
1843     EDWARD  SEAGER,   .         .         .        .        .        .     1850 

Prof.  V.  S.  N. 

1851     FREDERIC  DICKINSON  WILLIAMS,      .        .     1857 

Lat.  Sch.  1838.     Harv.,  1850,  A.  M.  1872. 

1858  WILLIAM  NELSON  BARTHOLOMEW,  .  1859 

1870  CHARLES  ALFRED  BARRY,   .        .        .        .  1873 

1873  HENRY  HITCHINGS, 1876 

1876  CHARLES  ALFRED  BARRY,   ....  1878 

1878  LUCAS  BAKER, 

IJfSTBUCTOBS  IJT  FRENCH. 

1855    MARIE  BERNARD  MONTELLIER  DE  MON- 

TRACHY, 1862 

Died  Jan.  9,  1863 

1862    FERDINAND  BOCHER, 1864 

A.  M.  Harv.,  1872. 

1864    EDOUARD  COQUARD, 1866 

Died  in  1885. 
1866     PROSPER  MORAND, 1875 

Died  in  1878. 


32  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Appointed  Left  office 

1875     NICOLAS  F.  DRACOPOLIS 1876 


1876  JEAN  GUSTAVE  KEETELS,    ....     1877 

1877  PHILIPPE  DE  SENANCOUR,  .... 

IJfSTRUCTOR    IJ^    GERMAJ^. 
1874    GEORGE  ADAM  SCHMITT,     ....    1878 

A.  M.  Harv.,    1860. 

IJfSTRUCTOR    IJ^   MUSIC. 
1872    JULIUS  EICHBERG, 

IJ^STRUCTOR    IJ^   MILITARY   DRILL. 

1862     HOBART  MOORE, 

Brigadier  General,  M.  V.  M. 


NOETH*  FREE  GRAMMAR  SCHOOL. 


HEAD    MASTERS. 

Appointed  Left  office 

March, 

1713     RECOMPENSE  WADSWORTH,t      .         .         •     1713 

(possibly  Lat.  Sch.  1696,)  Harv.  1708,  A.  M. ;  died  June  9, 
1713. 


*  The  Latin  and  Greek  pupils  of  this  School  were  transferred  to  the  South  Grammar 
School,  Oct.  20, 1789,  on  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Schools,  accepted  Oct.  16  of  the 
same  year. 

t  In  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  the  date  of  Mr.  Wadsworth's  death  is  given  April,  1713,  but 
the  Boston  Transcript  of  Dec.  28,  1878,  states  that  the  Superintendent  of  Copp's  Hill  Bury- 
ing Ground,  on  the  22d  of  that  month,  in  opening  a  tomb,  discovered  an  old  gravestone 
with  the  following  inscription,  which  seems  to  require  a  change  of  date  : 

Recompense  Wadsworth,  A.  M.  |  First  Master  of  the  |  Grammar  Free  School  |  at  the  | 
North  End  of  Boston  |  Aged  about  24  years  |  Died  June  the  9th  1713. 

The  same  article  gives  the  following  copies  from  the  Town  Records :  — 

March  11,  1711-12. 

At  Town  Meeting 

Voted,  That  there  be  a  free  grammar  school  at  the  North  End  of  Boston :  and 

Voted,  That  Captain  Thomas  Hutchinson,  Colonel  Adams  Winthrop,  Mr.  John  Ruck, 
Captain  Edmand  Martyn  and  Mr.  Samuel  Greenwood  be  the  committee  relating  to  building 
said  school  house. 

Voted,  that  the  Selectmen  be  requested  to  procure  a  suitable  master  for  said  school. 

March  9,  1712-13. 

Voted,  That  it  be  left  with  the  Selectmen,  and  they  are  empowered  to  introduce  Mr. 
Recompense  Wadsworth  at  the  North,  and  to  allow  him  sixty  pounds  for  one  year. 

There  would  appear  to  have  been  a  school  in  the  North  part  of  the  town  at  a  period  much 
earlier  than  the  establishment  of  this,  for  in  the  Hutchinson  MSS.  we  find  the  foIIo>ving 
order  of  Gen.  Andros,  dated  Boston,  May  24th,  1687. 

"  By  his  Ex'cy's  command :  Upon  petition  of  Joshua  Natstock,  and  recommendation  of 
many  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  N.  part  of  the  town  of  B.  I  do  hereby  appoint  the  said 
Joshua  to  be  master  of  the  public  school  there  and  to  have  and  enjoy  such  profits  and  bene- 
fits and  advantages,  as  have  been  heretofore  paid  and  allowed  to  his  predecessors." 

When  Andros's  power  ceased,  the  town  lost  no  time  in  voting, — Records,  June  24th,  1689, 
that  the  custom  and  practice  of  managing  free  schools  be  restored  and  continued. 

Snow,  p.  349. 
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34  PUBLIC   LATIN'   SCHOOL. 


Appointed  Left  ofl5ce 

1719     PELEG  WISWALL,* 1767 

Harv.  1702,  A.  M. ;  died  Sept.  2,  1767,  ffiU  84. 
April  20,  Transferreil  to  So.  Grammar  School,  .lune.t 

1767t  SAMUEL  HUNT, 1776 

Lat.  Sch.  1753.     Harv.  1765,  A.  M.;  died  1816. 


1778     WILLIAM  BENTLEY, 1780 

Harv.  1777;  A.  M.   Dart.  17S7;  D.  D.  Harv.  1819;  died 
1819. 


1780     NATEAN  DAVIES, 1789 

Ilarv.  1759,  A.  M. ;  died  1803. 


•  Born  at  Dorchester.  See  Charlestown  in  the  ProvJDcial  Period  in  the  Memorial  History 
of  Boston.     Brid<;man's  Copp's  Hill  Epitaphs,  p.  111.    Whitmore's  do.  p.  58. 

t  Tlie  old  Catalogue  pives  Nov.  8  as  the  date  of  the  transfer  of  Mr.  Huut  to  the  South 
Grammar  School;  but  in  his  manuscript  Catalojrue,  he  himself  says  he  was  appointed 
Master  of  the  South  Grammar  School  in  June,  177G.  No  record  of  any  ceremony  of  induc- 
tion appears. 

Mr.  Hunt  states  that  certain  pupils  were  admitted  in  October,  and  in  November  before 
Nov.  8.  It  seems  improbable,  theiefore,  that  the  School  was  not  in  session  some  part  of 
the  time  between  June,  1776,  and  Nov.  8,  1776. 

X  Documents  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  E.  S.  Dixwell,  show  that  Mr.  Hunt  was  introduced 
into  the  North  School  April  20,  1767,  instead  of  1768  as  <,'iven  in  the  Cataloirue  of  1847. 

The  address  made  ou  that  occasion  Ijy  the  person  actin;;  for  the  Selectmen  contains  tliese 
words :  — 

"  Many  plants  of  renown  have  been  raised  here  by  Master  Wiswall  who  have  done  wor- 
thily in  their  day  both  in  Church  and  State.  Therefore  let  his  name  be  mentioned  with 
honour ;  tho'  his  fjreat  age  and  infirmities  have  oblit^ed  him  to  quit  this  post  in  which  he  for 
a  great  number  of  years  served  his  town  and  Country  with  honour.  The  honour  of  suc- 
ceeding him  will  devolve  upon  you ;  etc." 

As  the  beginning  of  the  same  address  says,  "Children,  this  house  has  been  unimproved 
for  some  time,  perliaps  to  your  disadvantage,"  it  appears  that  Wiswall  had  been  too  old  and 
infirm  some  time  before  April,  1767,  to  perform  the  duties  of  teacher.  The  inference  would 
be  that  he  was  alive  in  April,  1767,  when  Hunt  was  appointed,  and  sun-eudercd  the  place  to 
him  ;  so  that,  if  the  old  Catalogue  is  correct  in  placing  his  death  in  Sept.  1767,  it  is  possibly 
incorrect  in  assuming  that  he  died  in  otfice. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.  35 


Appointed  Left  oiBce 

USHERS. 

Died 

EPHRAIM  LANGDON,*      .....     1765 

Harv.  1752,  A.  M. 

1765     JOSIAH  LANGDON,t 1766 

Harv.  1764,  A.  M. 


PUPILS 
Of  this  School  transferred  to  the  South  Grammar  School  with  Master  Hunt. 

*James  Bryant  l  *Jo8hua  Loring 

*William  Crafts  *William  Phillips 

*Ephraim  Eliot  *1837  |  *Danforth  Phipps                  *1783 

Harv.  1780.  A.M.  \             Harv.  1781. 

*John  Godbold  !  *Henry  Roby 

*Josei)h  Hall  *1848  I  *Andrew  Sigoumey              *1820 


Hai-v.  1781,  A.M. 
*Isaac  Barre  Hitchbom 
*Jolin  Hitchbom 
*William  Hoskins 


*Morgan  Stillman 
*Jonathan  Stodder 
*Fortesque  Vernon  *1790 

Harv.  1780. 


*E.  Lanfrdon,  sonof  Dea.  JosiahLangdon.of  N.  North  ch.  Boston,  andEHz.  (Sexton)  his 
wife.  He  "  was  for  many  years  adjunct  mastei  of  the  North  Latin  Grammar  School,  when 
Mr.  WiswaU,  the  principal,  was  laboring  under  the  infirmities  of  age.  He  was  a  veiy  rigid 
disciplinarian.  He  had  studied  divinity :  was  a  decided  Socinian  but  was  prevented  from 
preaching  by  constitutional  timidity." 

Note  to  Memoir  of  Dr.  J.  Eliot,  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.  2d  series,  vol.  1,  p.  228. 

t  In  the  same  article  referred  to  in  the  note  above,  p.  230,  it  is  stated  that  at  the  death  of 
WiswaU  in  1767,  Josiah  Langdon  succeeded,  but  that  he  had  no  ability  to  govern  and  was 
soon  dropped :  that  the  pupils  were  sent  for  six  weeks  to  the  South  Grammar  School,  under 
John  Lovcll  and  his  son  James  :  that  then  the  school  was  put  under  James  Lovell,  but  was 
in  an  unsettled  condition  for  some  time ;  and  Master  Hunt  was  inducted  into  office  1768, 
and  staid  till  the  Revolution,  when  he  was  put  over  the  South  Grammar  School. 

The  documents  recovered  from  Samuel  Hunt's  papers  are  at  variance  with  some  of  these 
statements,  and  show  them  to  be,  at  least  in  part,  incorrect.    Ephraim  Langdon  died  in 

1765,  and  Josiah  Langdon  succeeded  him  as  Usher-     Our  Catalogue  says  he  left  office  in 

1766.  The  allegation  in  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society's  Collections,  that  he  "  had  no 
ability  to  govern  and  was  soon  dropped,"  had  reference  probably  to  the  office  of  Usher.  It 
may  be  true  that  Wiswall's  age  as  far  back  as  1765  was  so  great  as  to  incapacitate  him  from 
active  service,  and  the  school  may  have  been  under  the  charge  of  the  Usher ;  and  the 
statements  about  the  pupils  being  sent  to  the  South  Grammar  School,  etc.,  may  be  true; 
but  if  so,  the  facts  occurred  before  April  20,  1767- 


OFFICERS 


OF  THE 


BOSTON  LATIN  SCHOOL  ASSOCIATION. 


(Orgauized  in  1844.) 


Elected 


PRESIDENTS. 


1844    Benjamin  Apthorp  Gould,  A.  M. 

1860       CUARLES    KnaPP    DlLLAWAY,  A.  M. 

1885    Epes  Sargent  Dixwbll,  A.  M.   . 


Left  oflBce 

.     1860 
.     1885 


VICE   PRESIDEJ^TS. 

1844  Alexander   Young,  D,  D. 

1854  George  Stillman  Hillard,  LL.  D. 

1860  Wendell  Phillips,  LL.  B.    . 

1864  Benjamin  Apthorp  Gould,  Ph.D. 

1876  William  Reynolds  Dimmock,  LL.  D. 

1878  EnwAHiJ  JEverett  Hale,  D.  D.    . 


1854 
1860 
1864 
1876 

1878 


SECRETARIES  AXB  TREASURERS. 
1844     Samuel  James  Bridge,  A.  M 


1852  Benjamin  Barnard  Appleton,  M.  D.,  Secretary^ 

1852  Samuel  James  Bridge,  A.  M.,  TVeasurer,    . 

1853  Nathaniel  Bradstrekt  Shurtlefp,  M.  D. 

1875  Joseph  IIealt,  LL.  B. 

1880  Grenville  IIowland  NoRCBObs,  LL.  B. 


1852 
1853 
1853 
1874 

1880 


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PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.                                        37 

Elected                                                                                                            Left  office 

LIBRABIAJfS. 

i 

1845 

Epes  Saegent  Dixwell,  a.  M 1852 

1852 

Fkancis  Gardner,  LL.  D 1876 

1876 

Augustine  Milton  Gay,  A.  M 1876 

1877 

Moses  Merrill,  Ph.  D. 

STAJVDIJ^G  COMMITTEE. 

1844 

Epes  Sargent  Dixwell,  A.  M 1845 

1844 

Edward  Reynolds,  M.  D  .   . 

1845 

1844 

Joshua  Thomas  Stevenson,  A,  B. 

1849 

1844 

Charles  Knapp  Dillaway,  A.  M 

1852 

1844 

Robert  Charles  Winthrop,  LL.  D.    . 

1845 

1844 

George  Stillman  Hillard,  LL.  D. 

1854 

1845 

Charles  Sumner,  LL.  D.       .         .         , 

1860 

1845 

George  Edward  Ellis,  D.  D. 

1860 

1849 

Edward  Everett  Hale,  D.  D.    . 

1876 

1852 

Epes  Sargent  Dixwell,  A.  M.    . 

1860 

1854 

Francis  Edward  Parker,  LL.B. 

1864 

1860 

William  Otis  Edmands, 

1863 

1860 

Henry  Williamson  Haynes,  A.  M. 

1876 

1860 

David  Hill  Coolidge,  A,  M. 

.     1866 

1863 

Chandler  Bobbins,  D.  D.     . 

.     1876 

1864 

Francis  Garnett  Whiston, 

.     1875 

1866 

Francis  Augustus  Osborn, 

1876 

1875 

Samuel  Kneeland,  M.  D.     . 

1876 

1876 

John  Duncan  Bryant,  A.  B.       . 

.     1881 

1876 

Arthur  John  Clark  Sowdon,  LL.  B. 

1879 

1876 

Henry  Fitch  Jenks,  A.  M. 

1876 

Parker  Cleaveland  Chandler,  A.  M. 

1880 

1876 

Grenville  Howland  Norcross,  LL.  B. 

1880 

1879 

Francis  Augustus  Osborn, 

1880 

1880 

Stephen  Grant  Deblois,     . 

1880 

Horace  Elisha  Scudder,  A.  M.  . 

1880 

William  Gallagher,  A.  M. 

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PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


1881     Hexrv  Williamson-  Hayxes,  A.  M. 


CATALOGUE. 


CHAPTER     I, 
1635-1734. 


1635  *JoHN  HtjllI 

Mint  Master. 


*1683 


1648  *Elisha  Hutchinson 

Chief  Justice  of  Jourt  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  Colonel  command- 
ini;!'  the  militia  of  the  Province 
of  Massachusetts  Bay.  *1717 


1669  *i  William  Brattle^ 

Harv.  1680,  A.M.,  S.T.B.  1692, 
Fellow  aufl  Treas.Harv.,F.R.S., 
Minister  of  Cambridge.  *1717 

*tJOHN    LeVEIIETT^ 

Harv.  1680,  A.M.,  S.T.B.  1692, 
F.R.S.,  Fellow  and  Pres.  Harv., 
Judj^'e  Supr.  Court  of  theProv. 
of  Massachusetts  Bay.  *1724 


The  materials  for  this  chapter  are  taken  from  the  manuscripts  of 
the  persons  named,  or  their  teachers,  or  from  published  biographies. 

The  Committee  charged  with  compiling  this  catalogue  is  satisfied 
that  many  of  the  following  persons  were  pupils  in  the  School,  entering 
it  about  tlie  time  named;  but  without  further  information  cannot  say 
this  certainly  of  any  one  of  thera.  On  full  investigation,  undoubtedly, 
many  names  could  be  added  to  the  list,  and  many  transferred  from  it 
to  the  list  above  of  those  who  were  certainly  scholars. 

*Samuel  Bellingham* 

Harv.  1642,  M.D.  Leyden. 

*JOHN    LeVERETT 
Governor  of   the   Province   of 
Massachusetts  Bay.  *1679 

*  Thomas  Thacher^ 

First  ISIiuister  of  the  Old  South 
Church.  *1678 


1635  *Henry  Saltonstall 

Harv.  164*2,  M.D.  Padua  1649, 
Fellow  Oxford  1652. 

*Tobias  Barnard 
Harv.  1842. 
*J'ohn  Wilson 

Harv.  1642,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
Dorchester  and  MedHeld.  *1691 


1  See  his  diary.  Hull  understood  Latin  : — the  only  evidence  we  have  that  Pormort  taught 
it.  See  Whitman's  Hist,  of  A.  and  H.  Art.  Co.  2d  ed.  p.  173 ;  also  Hist.  Cat.  of  Old  South 
Church,  p.  216.  2  gee  Sprague's  Annals  of  the  American  Pulpit,  i.  236. 

3  See  Whitman's  Hist.  A.  and  H.  Art.  Co.  2d  edit.  p.  249. 

4  Sprague  says  that  Samuel  Danforth,  whose  name  was  placed  here  in  the  former  cata- 
logue, was  educated  in  Cambridge  under  the  care  of  Rev.  Thomas  Shepard,  and  Sibley, 
(•J.  L.)  agrees  with  him.  Consequently  the  Committee  feels  justified  in  removing  his 
name,  and  has  inserted  that  of  Samuel  Bellingham,  who  appears  as  likely  to  have  been  at 
the  School  as  the  others  of  his  Class  mentioned. 

6  See  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  126,  and  Rev.  B.  B.  Wisner's  History  of  the  Old  South  Church. 

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40 


PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


*^5  Cotton  Mather^ 

Harv.  1678,  A.M.,Fcllow  Ilarv., 
S.T.D.  tJlastrovv  1710,  F.U.S., 
Minister  of  the  Second  Church.  *1728 


*tJames  Oliver 

Harv.  1680,  A.M. 

1679  *Nehemiah  Walter^ 


•1703 


Hai-v.  1684,  A.M.,  FcUowUarv., 
Minister  of  Roxburv.  *1750 


1681  *t Baker3 


*^ Benjamin  Cobnan* 

Harv.  1G92.  .\.M..  Fellow  Harv., 
S.T.D.GhisKow  1731,  First  Min- 
ister of  the  [Manifesto]  Church 
in  Brattle  Square.  '1747 

*'\ Samuel  Mather^ 

Harv.  1690,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
Witney  in  Oxfordshire, England 

*t Pool 

** Prout^ 

?  Samuel 


1635  *John  Oliver 

Harv.  1645.  •1646 

*Kobert  Johnson 
Harv.  1643.  •leSO 

*  Jeremiah  Holland 
Harv.  1645. 
1637  *John  Birden 
Hai-v.  1647. 

1640  *WiLLiAM  Stoughton^ 

Harv.  1650,  A.M.  Oxford,  Chief 
Justice  and  Lieut.  Gov.  of  the 
Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay.  *1701 

1641  *  Seaborn  Cotton^ 

Hai-v.  1651,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
Hampton.  'ICSe 

1646  *Elisha  Cookes 

Harv.  1657,  A.M.  Judf,'c  of  Supr. 
Court  of  the  Province  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay.  *1715 

*John  Woodmansey 

1647  '''John  Cotton^'' 

Hai-v.  1657,  A.M.,  Minister  at 
Martha's  Vineyard,  Mass.,  and 
Charleston,  S.C.  •1699 


1651  *  Solomon  Stoddard^  ^ 

Harv.  1662,  A.M.,  Fellow  and 
Librarian  of  Harv.,  Minister  of 
Northampton.  •1729 

1664  *Peter  Oliver 
Harv.  1675,  A.M. 

1671  *  Thomas  Cheever^  2 

Harv.  1677,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
Maiden.  •1749 

1672  *Daniel  Oliver  •1731 

1676  *John  Clark 

Harv.  1687,  A.M.  •1728 

1679  (?  or  1680)  ♦John  Willard 

Harv.  1690,  A.M. 

1680  *Ebenezer  Pemberton^^ 

Harv.  1C91,  A.M.,  Tutor,  Libr., 
Fellow  Harv.,  Minister  of  the 
Old  South  Church.  •Mil 

1682  *  Nathaniel  Williams 

Harv.  1693,  A.M.,IIeadMaster.^l738 

♦Thomas  Hutchinson**  •1739 


1  See  Sprague's  Annals  of  the  Amcr.  Pulpit,  i.  189.    Sibley's  Harv.  Grad.  vol.  iii. 

2  See  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  217.    Preacher  of  Artillerj'  Election  Sermon  in  1697  and  1711 ; 
Bee  Hist.  A.  and  II.  Art.  Co.  2d  edit.  pp.  233  and  256. 

8  Probably  Alexander  b.  8  Feb.  1670,  perhaps  William  b.  12  Feb.  1676. 
*  See  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  223.  *  Ibid.  i.  152.  «  See  Savage. 

7  See  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  140.  «  See  ibid.  i.  29,  Sibley's  Harv.  (iraduates,  vol.  ii. 

»  See  Knapp's  Biog.  Sketches,  p.  273. 

10  Eminent  for  knowledge  of  the  Indian  language.     See  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  29. 
U  Dr.  Sprnguc  says,  Anuals  i.  172,  that  he  was  a  pupil  of  Elijah  Corlct  (of  Cambridge), 
which,  if  true,  renders  his  connection  with  our  school  extremely  doubtful. 
12  Son  of  Eisekiel.    See  Scwall's  Diary,  ii.  2\*\  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  144. 
18  Sec  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  250.        i<  Undoubtedly  father  of  tho  Gov.  Sec  Sabine,  i.  558. 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


41 


*f  James  Townsend 

Harv.  1692.  *1705 

168-  *Benjamin  Lynde^ 

Harv.  1686,  A.M.,  Chief  Justice 

of  the  Supr.  Court  of  Mass.        *1745 

1686  *Samuel  Sewall2 

Bookseller.  *1750-1 

1687?  ** Maccarthy^  *i688 

1688  *iJohn  Checkley^ 

Missionary  to  Providence,  R.I.  *1753 


1689  *John  Barnard^ 

Harv.  1700,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
Marblehead.  *1770 

*Josiah  Willard 

Harv.  1698,  A.  M.,  Tutor  and 
Libr.  Harv.,  Secretary  of  Mass.  *1756 

1696  *  Joseph  Sewall^ 

Harv.  1707,  A.M.,Fellow  Harv., 
S.T.D.  Glasgow  1731,  Minister 
of  the  Old  South  Church.  *1769 

**Heniy  Cole^  *i700 

1701-8  *Robert  Ballards 


1684  (?  or  1685)  *Simon  Willard 
Hai-v.  1695,  A.M.  *1712 

1685  *Peter  Thacher^ 

Harv.  1696,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
Weymouth  and  of  New  North 
Church.  *1739 

1686  *Elisha  Cooke 

Harv.  1697,  A.  M.,  Justice  Ct. 
Com.  Pleas,  Suffolk  Co.  *1737 

*John  Read 

Harv.  1697,  A.M.  *1749 

1687  *John  Eyre 

1689  *JoN^ATHA^r  Belchek^  ° 

Harv.  1699,  A.M.,  and  N.J. 
1748,  Gov.  of  the  Provinces  of 
Mass.,  New  Hamp.  and  N.  J.     *1757 


*Oxenbridge  Thacher 
Harv.  1698,  A.M.  *1772 

1690  *  Timothy  Cutler^  ^ 

Harv.  1701,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Ox- 
ford 1723,  and  Cambridge  1723, 
Minister  of  Stratford,  Conn., 
Eector  Yale.  *1725 

*Ricliard  "Willard          *i697 

1692  *  William  Allen 

Harv.  1703,  A.M.  *1760 

169-  *William  Willard 

1696  *Recompense  Wadsworth 

Harv.  1708,  A.M.,  Master  North 
Grammar  School.  *1713 


1693.  Mr.  Cheever  and  the  other  schoolmaster  to  be  paid  quarterly.  Mr.  Cheever  has 
£60  per  annum.     Vide  Money  Eecords. 

1  "Admitted  into  Harv.  Coll.  6  Sept.  1682,  by  the  Rev.  Increase  Mather,  (after  his  dismis- 
sion from  the  famous  grammar  master,  Ezekiel  Cheever.)"  Record  in  Judge  Lynde's  Diary. 
See  Knapp's  Biog.  Sketches,  p.  273.    Whitman's  His.  A.  and  H.  Art.  Co.  2d  ed.  p.  236. 

2  "  Mond.  Sept.  13,  1686.  As  I  went  in  the  morn  I  had  Sam.  to  the  Latin  School,  which 
is  the  first  time.  Mr.  Chiever  received  him  gladly."  SewaU's  Diary,  i.  151.  See  Hist.  A. 
and  H.  Art.  Co.  2d  ed.  p.  266.  8  See  Sewall's  Diary,  i.  226. 

4  Sprague's  Annals,  v.  109.  5  Ibid.  i.  252,  and  Sewall's  Diaiy,  ii.  400,  and  note. 

6  July  24,  1703,  "  Joseph  takes  leave  of  his  Master  and  Scholars  in  a  short  oration."  *  * 
SewaU's  Diary,  ii.  83.  See  further  ibid.  80,  81,  and  89;  also  Sprague,  i.  278.  Preacher  of 
Artillery  Election  Sermon,  1714.  See  Hist.  A.  and  H.  Art.  Co.  2d  ed.  p.  260 ;  also  Hist, 
Cat.  of  Old  So.  Ch.  p.  339. 

7  "  Lord's  day,  Augt.  18.  1700  Heniy  Cole,  Joseph's  School  fellow  dies  about  3  o'clock 
post  mer.  of  vomiting,  Flux  and  Fever.  *  *  *  *  Henry  was  a  forward  towardly  Scholar,  and 
used  to  call  Joseph  every  morning  to  goe  to  School."    Sewall's  Diaiy,  ii.  21. 

8  In  Suffolk  County  Probate  Office  is  an  account  in  which  Martha  Balston,  late  Ballard, 
charges  her  husband's  estate  for  the  cost  of  three  children's  education.  For  Robert  Ballard, 
7  years'  schooling  of  Robert  at  IWriting  School  cash  paid  Mr.  Cheever  for  7  years'  firing 
him  at  6/  £2  2s.    Though  this  was  a  free  school,  6/  per  an.  was  paid  by  each  for  fuel. 

9  Sprague,  i.  266.      lo  Hist.  Cat.  of  the  Old  So.  Church,  pp.  312, 326.      n  Sprague,  v.  50. 


42 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


**Millsl  .1700 

1706  *  Joshua  Gee^ 

Harv.  1717,  A.M.,  Libr.  Ilarv., 
Minister  of  Second  Church.        •1748 

1711  *Renjamin  Larnell^ 


Indian. 


•1714 


1712  *Samuel  Willard* 

Huiv.  1723,  A.M.,  Miuister  of 
Biddcfoid.  •1741 

1714  *  Benjamin  Franklin 

A.M.  Harv.  and  Yale  17'')3,  and 
Wm.  and  M:irv  17J5;  J.l'.D. 
St.  Andr.  17.09,'  J.C.I).  Oxford 
1762,  Pres.  Pcnn  [svlvania]  .Del. 
to  Am.  Cony.,  Min.  to  France.  ^1790 


1701  *Thomas  Bulfinch 

M.I ».  Paris. 

*Thomas  Gushing 
Hai-v.  1711,  A.M.  •1746 

*  William  Coojyer^ 

Harv.  1712,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
the  Church  in  Brattle  Square.    •174.1 

1703  *  Samnel  Checkley^ 

Harv.  1713,  A.M.,  Fir-t  Minis- 
ter of  New  South  Church.  ♦1769 

1705  *Thomas  Fitcll^     •bcforel736 
*Ebenczer  Grav 

Ilarv.  1716,  A.M.  1760.  ^1773 

*  William  Welsteed^ 

Harv.  1716,  A.M.,  Tutor,  Libr. 
and  Fellow  Harv.,  Minister  of 
New  Brick  Church.  •1753 

1706  *John  Clark 
M.D. 

*Kichard  Willard 


1708  *  Nathaniel  JSenchman 
HaiT.  1717,  A.M.  •1761 

1709  *  Thomas  Smith^ 

llai  V   17:0,  A.M..  First  Minis- 
ter of  PiMtlaud,  Me.  ^1795 

1710  *Ehenezer  TureU^^ 

Harv.  1721,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
Mcdford.  •1778 

1711  *Juh7i  Lowell^  ^ 


Harv.  1721,  A.M.,  Minister  of 


•1767 


Newburvport. 

*Edimind  Quincy 

Harv.  1722,  A.M. 

*Daniel  Oliver 
Harv.  1722,  A.M. 

1710-'J0  *  Joseph  Torry-^^ 

Harv.  1728,  A.M.,  Minister  and 
Physician  of  S.  Kingston,  R.I.    ^1702 


•1788 


•1727 


1  Sewall's  Diary,  ii.  21.  '■*  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  312.     See  also  note  followiin:. 

8  "  1710-11.  Jan'y  20.  Benj.  Larnell  comes  to  uiy  house  at  3  or  4  p.  ni.  with  a  letter  froui 
Mr.  Rawson."  •  *  "22.  Mr.  Williams  comes  an<l  examines  Benjamin  Larnell,  and  likes 
him.  2.'>.  I  troe  with  him  to  School.  1712.  Augr.  27.  Benj.  I^arnell  kiek'd  Joshua  fioe.  28.  I 
went  to  his  Father  and  ask'd  his  pardon.  Dec.  19.  Benj.  LarncH's  Books  and  Bedding  are 
carried  to  Cambridge.  20.  He  visits  the  School,  presents  his  Master,  Sub-Master  and  the 
Scholars,  each  a  copy  of  verses.  I  added  two  to  the  hist.  1714.  July  17.  Benj.  Larnell 
apears  to  have  a  Fever  by  being  delirious  :  Mr.  Oakcs  was  not  apprehensive  of  it,  &  came 

not  to  enquire  how  his  Purge  wrought Lord's  Day,  18.    I  put  up  a  Note.    Mr. 

Pemberton  prays  expressly  and  largely  for  him.  20.  My  son  conies  to  our  house  and  prays 
for  Larnell  in  his  Mother's  Bed-chamber;  I,  his  Mother,  and  sister  Hanah  present.  Judith 
was  gone  to  her  Brother's  to  sojourn,  her  Mother  hastening  her  away  because  of  Larncll's 
sickness.    22.  Midweek.  Benj.  Larnell  expired  last  night  about  Miduiglit.     Was  delirious 

to  the  last  as  far  as  I  can  perceive.     I  left  him  about  11.     Buried  this  day Is  laid  in 

the  New  Buryini^  Place.  The  note  that  I  \>\\i  np  at  Lecture  was  '  Prayers  are  desii-eil  that 
God  woidd  graciously  grant  a  suitable  Improvement  of  the  Death  of  Benjn.  Larnell,  Student 
of  Harvard  College."  I  spake  to  Mr.  Wadsworth  of  his  death,  betime  in  the  Morning.  Ho 
pray'd  very  well  about  this  article."— Scwall's  Diary,  ii.  297,  302,  369;  iii.  10,  11,  el  Mq.  A 
note  of  the  Editors  says  that  Larnell  'was  an  Indian  young  man  in  whom  Sewail  tot>k  such 
an  interest  as  to  provide  for  his  education  and  to  semi  him  to  Harvard  College;  but  ho 
proved  a  failure,  and  died  early  in  his  course.'     ii.  42S,  note.        *  Spniguc's  Annals,  ii.  23. 

6  lb.  i.  288.  0  lb.  313.  note.  ">  Sewall's  Diary,  ii.  411.  note.     h.  21  Sept.  1697. 

e  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  373,  note.  0  lb.  i.  326.  10  lb.  ii.  73,  note,     .\utocrat  of 

Breakfast  Table.  "  Sjiraguc's  Annals,  1.  338.  li  Updyke's  Hist.  Narr.  Ch. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


43 


*Benjamin  Gibsou^ 

Harv.  iriy,  A.M.  *1723 


1715  *Joseph  Green^ 

Harv.  1726,  A.M. 


*1780 


1712  *Stephen  Greenleaf 

Hai-v.  1723,  A.M.,and  Yale  1750, 
Sheriff  of  Surtblk  County,  Mass.  *1795 

*  Charles  Chauncy^ 

Harv.  1721,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Edin- 
burgh 1742.  Minister  of  First 
Church.  *1787 

*]MiddIecott  Cooke 
Harv.  1723,  A.M.  *1771 

*Samuel  Hirst 
Harv.  1723.  *1727 

*  Samuel  Mather^ 

Harv.  1723,  A.M.,  and  Yale 
1724,  and  Glasgow  1731,  S.T.D. 
Harv.  1736,  jNIinister  of  Second 
Church.  *1785 

*JEbenezer  Pemherton^ 

Harv.  1721,  S.T.D.  Coll.  of  New 
Jersev  1770,  Minister  of  the 
Old  North  Church.  *1777 

1713  *Andrew  Belcher 

Harv.  1724.  *1771 

*John  Martyn 

Harv.  1724,  A.M.  1743.  *1767 

*Andrew  Olivers 

Ilarv.  1724,  A.^NI.,  Lieut.  Gov. 

of  theProv.  of  Massachusetts.    *1774 

1714  *  Mather  Byles'' 

Harv.  1725,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Aber- 
deen 1765,  Minister  of  Hollis  St.  *1788 


*Jeremiah  Gridley 

Harv.  1725,  A.M.,  Usher. 


*1767 


*Samuel  Freeman 
Harv.  1725.  *1728 

1716  *Thomas  Hutchinson  s 

Harv.  1727,  A.M.,  J.C.D.  Ox- 
ford 1776,  Chief  Justice,  Lieut. 
Cov.  and  Gov.  of  the  Province 
of  Massachusetts.  *1780 

1717  *  Jonathan  Belcher 

Harv.  1728,  A.M.,  and  Camb. 
1733.  and  Coll.  of  X.  J.,  and 
Dublin  1756,  Chief  Justice  and 
Lieut.  Governor  of  the  Prov. 
of  Nova  Scotia.  *1776 

*J0HN    LOVELL^ 

Harv.  1728,  A.M.,  Usher,  Head 
Master.  *1778 

1718  *Richard  Clarke  10 

Hai-v.  1729,  A.M.,  Merchant.    *1795 
*Richard  Gridley  i  ^       #1796 

1719  *Peter  Oliver 

Harv.  1730,  A.M.,  J.C.D.  Ox- 
ford 177n,  Chief  .T;istice  of  the 
Prov.  of  Massachusetts  Bay.      *1791 

1721  *John  Winthrop 

Harv.  1732,  A.M.,  LL.D.  1773, 
and  Edin.  1771,  Hollis  Prof,  of 
Mathematics,  Harv.  *1779 

*Jo}ia  Vassal! 
Harv.  1732,  A.M.  *1747 

*John  Cutler 
Harv.  1732,  A.M.  *1771 

*David  Jeffries 
Harv.  1732,  A.M.  *17So 


I  1714.  Benj.  Gibson  was  Class  Valedictorian,  and  his  valedictory  is  in  the  possession  of 
the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  2  See  AUibone's  Dictionary, 

8  Preacher  of  Ai-tillery  Election  Sermon  1709.    Hist.  A.  and  H.  Art.  Co.  2d  edit.  p.  253. 
•*  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  371 ;  Robbing's  Hist,  of  the  Second  Church;  Sabine,  i.  496. 

5  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  336.  Preacher  of  Artillery  Election  Sermon  1734.  See  Hist.  A. 
ajid  n.  Art.  Co.  2d  edit.  p.  287 ;  also  Hist.  Catal.  of  Old  South  Church,  p.  332. 

6  Sabine,  ii.  135.  "^  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  376;  Sabine,  i.  281. 
s  See  his  Life  and  Letters  by  Peter  Orlando  Hutchinson. 

9  Loring  (Hundred  Boston  Orators)  says  positively  that  Lovell  was  a  pupil,  but  there  is 
no  other  authority.  10  See  Life  of  John  Singleton  Copley,  (fee,  b}-  A.  T.  Perkins,  p.  44. 

II  General  at  Louisburg  and  Quebec.  Chief  Engineer  and  Commander  of  Artillery  of 
the  Colonial  Ai-my.  Commissioned  Maj.  General  by  the  Provincial  Congress,  September, 
1775.     Laid  out  the  works  on  Bunker's  Hill,  and  planned  the  fortifications  around  Boston. 


44 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


1722  *tJacob  Wendell 

Harv.  1733,  A.M. 


*1753 


1723  ♦John  Hunt 

llai-\.  1734,  A.M. 


•1784 


*  James  Pembcrton  ^ 
Haiv.  1732,  A.M.,  Merchant. 

*John  Ellcry 
Han-.  1732,  A.M.  •1746 

*James  Morris  ^ 

IlaiT.  1732,  .Sea  Captain. 

*  Joseph  Gardner 

Hai-v.  1732,  A.M.,  Minister  at 
New-port.  *1806 

*Josej)h  Seacoml) 

1722  *Williain  Vassall 

Ilai-v.  1733,  A.M.  1743.  'ISOO 

*Samuel  Sewall 
Harv.  1733,  A.M.  •1771 

*Nathaniel  Oliver 
Harv.  1733,  A.  M.  •1769 

*Samuel  Gerrish^ 
Hai-v.  1733,  A.M. 

*Williani  Tyler 
Har^^  1733,  A.M.  •1741 

*Samucl  Tylcyi 

Hai-v.  1733,  A.M.,  Lawyer. 

*Thomas  Turner 

1723  *Elislia  Ilntcliinson 

Harv.  1734,  A.M.  ^1739 

♦Timothy  Cutler 
Ilan-.  1734,  A.M.  ^1739 

*John  Widley 

Han-.  1734,  A.:M.,  Minister  of 
Ipswich  and  Lolton.  •17S4 

*Samucl  Steele 
?Yale  1737,  A.M.  H.irv.  1743.    •1762 


*Xathaniel  Perkins 

Harv.  1734,  A.M.  •1799 

*Nathaniel  Bethune 
Han-.  1734,  A.M.  "1771 

*  Ellis  Gray* 

Hai-v.  1734,  A.  M.     Minister  of 
the  New  Brick  Church.  •HSS 

*JoHx  Steuart* 

Harv.  1734,  A.M.,  Bart. 

*  William  Gihhs 

Harv.  1734,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
Simsbury,  Conn.  ^1777 

*Thomas  Bole 

*  William  Rand 

*riichartl  Rand 
Harv.  1734. 

*Samuel  Holbrook 
Harv.  1734,  A.M. 

♦Nicholas  Boylston* 

1724  *John  Ballantine 

Harv.  1735,  A.M.,  Minister  of 


•1736 

•1766 
•1771 

»1776 


WestfieKl 

*Ezekiel  Lewis 
Ilarv.  1735,  A.M.  •1778 

♦William  Bowdoin 
Hai-v.  1735,  A.M.  •1773 

♦Sylvester  Gardiner* 
M.D.  •1786 

♦William  Foye 
Harv.  1735,  A.M.  •1771 

*  Anthony  Davis 
Han'.  1735,  A.M.,  and  Yale  1737. 


1  Died  l)cforo  1758. 

a  iSaid  to  have  been  a  merchant  in  Boston  and  Register  of  Deeds.     Di.d  l>tf.)iv  17.' 1. 

8  Spra^'ue's  Annals,  i.  C73,  note.  ■>  Died  l.cforo  17C1. 

«  His  portrait,  b_v  Copley,  is  at  Harvard  CoUcffu,  in  which  he  founded  the  Itoylston  Pro- 
fessorship of  Khetoric  and  Oratory.  See  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  38. 

«  Born  R.  I.  1717.  Studied  medicine  in  London  and  Paris,  and  practiced  in  Boston.  .V 
warden  of  Kinfr's  Chapel.  Founder  of  Gardiner,  Maine.  Sec  Sabine's  American  Loy- 
alists, and  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  56. 


46 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*] Richard  Salter'^ 

Ilarv.  1739.  A.M.,  .S.T.D.  Yale 
1782,  Minister  of  Mau*lielil,  Ct.  'nS? 

*t Steele 

?  Thoinas 
Harv.  1730,  A.M.  1734.  •1776 

1729-1736  *t  William  Burnet 

Ilarv.  1741.  *\lfto 

*f  John  Mascareiie^ 

Hai-v.   1741,    A.M.,    ami    Yale 
17o4.  •1799 

*tSAMUEL    ADAMS'* 
Harv.  1740,  A.M..  LL.D.  1792, 
Lieut.  Gov.  ami  Gov.  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  Del.  in  American 
CoDsress.  •1803 

*tGeorge  Bethune^ 

Harv.  1740,  A.M.  •\~m 

*t  John  Gibbins 

Harv.  1740,  A.M.  *1743 

*tThomas  Prince 

Harv.  1740,  A.M.  *1748 

*tSamuel  Downe 

Harv.  1740,  A.M.  *1784 

*'\ Samuel  Laxgdon^ 

Harv.  1740,  S.T.D.,  Aberdeen 
1762,  Pros.  Harv.  *1797 


1730-1737  *^Edicard  Window 

Harv.  1741.  A.M.;  Missionary 
at  Stratford,  Couu.,  and  Brain- 
tree.  •1780 

*t Rolfe" 

*tTimothy  Prout^ 

Harv.  1741,  A.M. 

1731-1738  *tSamuel   Pember- 
ton 

Harv.  1742,  A.M.  •1779 

*tNathaniel  Hatch 

Harv.  1742,  A.M.,  Clerk  of 
Courts.  'lySO 

*t Benjamin  Brandon 

Harv.  1742,  A.M.  •Vrob 

*^ Samuel  Auchmuty 

Harv.  1742.  A.M.  1746,  S.T.D. 
Oxford  1766,  and  Colum.  1767, 
Governor  Columbia,  Rector 
Trinity  Church,  N.Y.  •1777 

*t Harper  Hall  9 

Harv.  1742. 

*t William  Randi-J 

Harv.  1742,  A.M. 

*t Stodard 

*f  Vanhorn 


*John  Checkley '  i 

Harv.    1738,   A.M.     Appointed 
Missionary  to  Newark,  N.J.       *1743 

*  Jonathan  Helyer^  ^ 
Harv.  1738,  A.M.,  Minister  at 
Newport.  ^1745 

1728  *Samuel  Greenwood  13 

Harv.  1739,  A.M. 

*Edward  Brattle  Oliver 
Harv.  1739,  A.M.  •1797 


*Ric])ard  Watts 

Harv.  17o9,  A.M.  •1791 

1730  *David  Phipps'* 
1730-1787  *Joseph  Waldo 

Harv.  1741,  A.M.  •ISIS 

*Jos€jjh  Itoherts '  ^ 

Harv.  1741,  A.M.    Minister  of 
Leicester.  ^1811 


1  See  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  421. 

2  Perhaps  Samuel  b.  13  Apr.  1721,  or  John  b.  24  Nov.  1720,  or  his  older  brother  Allen  b. 
3  April,  1719.  a  Sec  Harvard  licj^iatcr,  vol.  i.  p.  293. 

*  See  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  28;   also  Biog.  by  J.  T.  Hosmer  in  Amer.  Statesman 
Scries.  6  See  Sabine,  i.  227.  *  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  455. 

f  Perhaps  Benjamin  b.  2  Dec.  1721,  or  Francis  his  bro.  b.  18  Jan.  1723. 
8  Merchant  and  loyalist,  and  was  alive  in  17K2.  9  Died  before  1764. 

10  Died  before  1791.  "  Spni-uc's  Annals,  v.  110.  vi  Ibid.  i.  350. 

1»  Private  Secretary  of  Gov.  Iklcber.     Died  before  1776. 
"  Sec  Curwen,  p.  624.  i«  Spiajjue's  Anu.ils,  i.  419,  note. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


47 


1732-1739  *iSamuel  Cooper  i 

Harv.  1743,  A.M.  and  Yale  1750, 
S.T.D.  Edin.  1767,  FellowHarv., 
Vice  Pres.  of  Am.  Acad.,  Min- 
ister of  the  Church  in  Brattle 
Square.  *1783 

*1f /Samuel  Checkley  ^ 

Harv.  1743,  A.M.  Minister  of 
the  Second  Church.  *1768 


1733-1740  *tNathaDiel  Coffin^ 


*tRoyall  Tyler 

1743,  A.M.,    and 


Hai-v 

1750. 


Yale 


^771 


Hatch 


*4 


^Samuel  Fayertveather^ 

Harv.  1743,  A.M.  Yale  1753, 
and  Oxford  1756,  and  Columbia, 
1758,  and  Cambr.  Eng.  Minis- 
ter at  Newport,  R.I.,  and  Win- 
yaw,  S.  C,  and  missionary  at 
Narray;ausett,  R.I.  *1781 


Harv.    1744,   A.M.,    and 
1750,  Cashier  of  Customs. 


Yale 


*m 


*tTHOMAs  Gushing 

Harv.  1744,  A.M.,  and  Yale 
1750,  LL.D.  1785,  Fellow  Harv., 
Speaker  House  Repr.  of  Mass. 
1766-1774,  Member  Prov.  and 
Cont.  Cong.,  Pres.  Senate  of 
Mass.  1780,  Lieut.  Gov.  of  Mass.*1788 

*f  John  Vanhorn 

Harv.  1744. 


Gibbins 


*t Andrew  Letchmere 


*1747 


1  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  440 ;  Perkins's  Life  of  Coplej',  p.  45. 

2  Sprague's  Annals,  i.  313,  note. 

8  Ibid.  V.  506,  note,  and  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  53 ;  Sabine,  i.  419.    b.  2  Feb.  1824. 
■*  See  Sabine's  American  Loyalists. 


*^*  The  names  of  the  last  six  classes  are  here  placed  in  the  order  in  which 
they  stood  upon  the  School  records  at  the  times  when  these  scholars  left. 


CHAPTER     II 

1734-1774. 


This  chapter,  ns  stated  in  the  edition  of  1847,  "vras  oriojinally  made 
u]*  from  the  manuscript  Catalogue  of  Master  Lovell,  written  out  by 
Master  James  Lovell,  which  was  very  imjjerfect,  giving  in  most  in- 
stances only  the  surnames  of  the  bo)-s.  Many  names  were  supplied 
in  tliat  Catalogue,  (as  is  stated  in  its  jireface,)  from  the  memory  of 
gentlemen  then  living,  who  had  been  pujjils  of  the  School.  In  pre- 
j taring  the  present  edition,  the  Committee  has  consulted  such  gen- 
ealogical jjublications  as  are  now  accessible,  most  of  them  compiled 
since  1847,  which  give  the  history  of  families  represented  here  by 
surnames  only.  The  result  has  not  been  as  great  as  was  expected 
or  ho]>ed;  but  a.  few  names  have  been  ascertained  of  boys  whose 
connection  with  the  School  is  undoubted.  These  names  have  been 
inserted  in  the  text,  with  references  to  the  sources  whence  they  have 
been  derived.  Sabine's  Annals  of  thu  Loyalists  of  the  American 
Revolution  have  furnished  a  few  more  names,  some  of  which  seem 
probable,  and  one  or  two  certain  ])U]iils. 

The  Records  of  Births  in  the  Town  of  Boston,  between  tlie  years 
ITiiO  and  1780,  have  been  examined  carefully,  and  some  names  ascer- 
tained beyond  question ;  while  in  other  cases  the  names  of  two  or 
more  boys  have  been  found  who  were  of  suitable  age  to  have  en- 
tered the  School  at  the  time  their  names  appear  on  the  list.  Of 
these  last,  all  the  names  have  been  given,  in  the  hoj)e  that,  in 
some  instances,  there  may  be  relatives  still  living,  Avho,  from  their 
knowledge  or  family  ])a]»ers,  can  give  ns  authentic  information,  that 
such  ]>oys  either  could  not  have  gone  to  the  School,  or  iimhtubteiUy 
did  go.  It  will  be  as  valualjlu  to  the  Committee  to  know  certainly 
that  a  boy  did  not  go  to  the  School,  so  that  his  name  v:\n  bo  stricken 
<jut,  as  that  he  did  go,  so  that  it  can  be  retained,  since  such  elimina- 
tion renders  it  more  probable  that  the  boy  left  was  the  pujiil  of  the 
School. 

It  was  impossible  for  the  Committee  to  make  an  exhaustive  exam- 
nation  of  the  list  of  deaths;  so  that  it  is  j>ossible,  in  cases  Avhere 
more  than  one  name  has  been  given  to  suj»ply  a  vacancy,  that  one 
of  the  boys  may  have  died  in  infancy,  and  so  could  not  have  entered 

(  48  )' 


the  School  in  the  year  supposed ;  information  of  that  fact  in  relation 
to  any  one,  by  again  increasing  the  possibility  of  elimination,  would 
add  to  the  certainty  in  I'egard  to  those  left. 

The  rule  adopted  by  the  Coenmittee  has  been,  that  any  boy  who  by 
the  Town  Records  was  about  nine  years  of  age,  or  in  his  ninth  year, 
at  the  time  the  name  appears  on  the  Catalogue,  is  probably  the  boy 
who  entered,  and  the  Christian  name  found  in  the  Records  is  accord- 
ingly given  in  the  text,  with  a  query  (?),  and  the  date  of  his  birth  in 
a  foot  note.  When  the  boy  is  found  to  have  been  a  year  or  two 
older  or  younger  at  that  time,  he  is  regarded  as  possibly  a  pupil  of 
the  School,  and  his  Christian  name  is  given,  with  a  ?  and  t  (?  $)  ; 
where  there  are  two  or  three  names,  either  of  which  might  be  the 
boy,  the  most  probable  name  is  given  in  the  text,  with  a  ?  and  t, 
and  the  other  names  in  a  foot  note. 

The  Committee  feels  justified  in  this  decision,  because  it  is  found 
by  Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue,  where  he  puts  down  in  many  cases  the  ages 
of  the  boys  on  entering,  that  they  sometimes  entered  the  School 
when  only  five  years  old,  while  in  others  they  were  even  fifteen  or 
over. 

Whenever  a  boy  appears  to  have  been  born  in  Boston  about  nine 
years  or  less  before  the  name  appears  on  our  Catalogue  with  the 
surname  only,  and  about  ten  years  later  the  same  name  ajjpears 
in  the  Harvard  or  Yale  Catalogues,  with  a  Christian  name  corre- 
sponding with  that  on  the  Town  Records  of  Birth,  the  Committee 
has  had  no  hesitation  in  deciding  that  that  name  should  be  inserted 
in  our  lists  as  undoubtedly  our  boy.  Whenever  there  is  evidence 
that  one  brother  was  a  member  of  the  School,  the  Committee  has,  in 
cases  of  doubt,  given  the  presumption  of  j^i'obability  to  other  mem- 
bers of  the  same  family,  who  appear  to  have  been  of  fit  age  to 
precede  or  follow  him. 

The  spelling  of  the  Records  is  so  uncertain,  the  surnames  of  chil- 
dren of  the  same  family  often  being  spelled  differently,  as  Simbert 
and  Smibert,  Collins  and  Collens,  that  the  Committee  has  felt  justi- 
fied in  disregarding  the  spelling  when  the  name  appears  the  same, 
and  the  age  is  plainly  suitable,  particularly  when  there  were  older  or 
younger  brothers  in  the  School  of  ages  corresponding  to  those  given 
in  the  Records. 

That  the  list  thus  made  up  is  not  perfect,  and  that  many  names 
are  still  wanting,  and  are  now  likely  to  remain  so  forever,  seems  to 
the  Committee  capable  of  explanation  in  part  by  the  very  imperfect 
condition  of  the  Town  Records  of  Birth  during  the  years  named, 
and  particularly  after  1744,  some  families  being  only  inserted  in  part, 
and  many  births  omitted  altogether ;  and  in  part  by  supposing  that 
some  of  the  boys  may  have  been  born  out  of  Boston  (in  which  case 
it  could  not  be  expected  that  their  names  would  be  found  on  its 
Records),  and  moved  into  town  with  their  parents  before  or  about 
the  time  their  names  first  appear. 

The  Committee  hopes  the  publication  of  these  names  of  possible 
pupils  will  stimulate  the  activity  of  those  interested  in  genealogical 
pursuits  to  furnish  them  information,  wherever  it  is  now  possible  to 


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suj>]ilv  it,  po  that  in  the  next  edition  of  tlie  Catalogue  some  of 
tlie  names  now  mark('<l  j»roba>)le  may  he  made  certain.  Ea<-h  year 
decreases  the  ojntortunity  for  makinLj  these  corrections,  and  whatever 
is  not  done  now,  will  ]»rohal)ly  never  he  accomi»lished. 

Tiie  names  of  these  boys  are  not  arranged,  as  in  the  Harvard  Cata- 
logue, according  to  the  social  position  of  their  parents,  hut  according 
to  tli<^  order  in  wliidi  they  presented  themselves  at  Lovell's  house  for 
examination.  This  we  learn  from  a  letter  Avritten  hy  Ukju.  Harrison 
Gray  Otis  (see  page  viii.  Preface),  as  well  as  from  the  jiosition  in 
which  the  name  of  the  son  of  Sir  William  Pepperrell  stands  in  the 
Class  of  1737. 


1734. 

*tBo"WDOiN,  James  1 

Ilaiv.  174.'.,  A.M.,  anl  Y:ilc 
17.'>0,  LL.D.  Haiv.  17S3,  and 
Ediub.  17s:>,  FiUow  Ilarv.,  Pre*. 
Am.  Acad.,  F.U..S.,  Prcs.  of 
Mass.  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion, Gov,  of  Mass.  'ITOO 

*tWelles,  Arnold 

Ilarv.  174.J,  A.M.  •1802 

*Winslow,  John?'-^ 
*Waldo,  Samuel  3 

Ilai-v.  1743,  A.M.  '1770 

*Martin,  Thomas ?|^ 
*Martin,  Johii?!"* 
*Wickham 
*Scandred 


*Bowj'er 

*Liice 

*Liice 

*Boutineau,  Isaac  ?5 

*Fayerweather,  Jonathan  ?® 

*Hall,  Joseph?' 

*Hall,  Nathaniel?" 

*Ciinningham,  Nathaniel?:}:^ 

*Gray,  Joseph?^  •1803 

*Davis,  William 

Ilai-v.  174.-1,  A.M.  •1812 

*Downe,  Thomas 

Ilarv.  174.-),  A.M.  •1809 

*Maylem 
*^Mason,  David?! 0 


1  See  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  pp.  37,  V2'>. 

2  b.  25  Mar.  1724.     Perhaps  the  same  as  Winslow,  1730-37. 

3  Sabine's  American  Loyalists,  ii.  391. 

*  These  two  l)rothcrs,  T.,  b.  .->  Feb.  172G ;  J.,  b.  10  May,  172.'>,  appear  in  tlie  Town  Records 
as  Marten.     It  seems  possible  that  they  belim;;  here,  thou;;h  somewhat  doubtful. 

8  b.  23  June,  17'2G;  see  Savage.    Perhaps,  however,  James;  sec  Sabine. 

6  Jonathan  Fayei-weatiicr,  b.  9  Mar.  1722,  hail  a  brother  Samuel,  whom  wc  suppose  to 
have  been  ours  of  1732-0,  unless  J.  should  be  tin-re  and  S.  here,  us  he  appears  from  the 
records  of  First  Churcli  baptisms  to  have  been  the  youn<,'cr.     Sec  also  Class  of  1730. 

'  J.,  1).  11  July,  172.0;  N.,  b.  IG  Oct.  1727.  Can  one  of  these,  however,  be  James,  Capt. 
of  the  Dartmouth,  which  brought  the  tea  28  Nov.  1773  ?     See  Sabine. 

«  b.  10  Apr.  172.'>.  Sec  Proc.  Mass.  HiM.  .-soc.  lS73-r),  p.  413;  or  John,  b.  8  Feb.  1727. 
Possibly  Archibald,  •1820.     Sec  Sabine. 

»  Sal)ine,  i.  4' 3.  See  Cla-s  of  174.'5.  Pcrliaps  Xi.  bol.is,  b.  20  Mar.  172.'),  or  Renjamin, 
b.  2t>  Mar.  17.'t;.  >"  b.  19  Mar.  1720. 


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61 


*Phillixjs,  Johni 

Harv.  1745,  A.M. 

*Mason,  Jonathan ?2 
*  Jenkins 

*Quincey,  Edmund 
*Leverett,  John?^ 
*Checkley,  Richard^  ^ 
*Jarvis,  Elias?^ 
*Draper,  Richard ?5 
*Linton,  John?^ 
*Price,  Benjamin? J' 
*Donnell 

*Ballentine,  William ?s 
*Fitch,  Samuel? 9 

Yale  1742. 

*Eayres,  William  ?io 
*Eayres,  John?!^ 
*Banks,  William  ?tii 


1^1777 

n74i 


*1774 


*17S4 


'■Gerrish,  Joseph  ?Ji2 

*Wallis 

*  Welles,  Samuel?^  2 

Ilai-v.  1744.  *1799 

^Hunter,  William ?i4 

*Burnham 

*Harwood,  Thomas  ?^^ 

*Harwood 

*Martin,  Samuel  ?ti6 

*Calef,  Samuel?! 7 

1735. 

*tBulfinch,  Thomas 

Harv.  1746,  A.M.,  M.D.  1790, 
and  Edinb.  1757.  *1802 

*Bethune,  Henry 
*Fayerweather,  Benjamin^^ 


I  Died  befoi'e  1800.  John,  who  may  be  this  one,  was  baptized  at  Church  in  Brattle  Squai'e 
4  Dec.  1726.  2  b.  16  May.  1725. 

3  Of  this  there  can  be  little  doubt.  He  was  son  of  Knig-ht,  and  born  172".  See  Leverett 
Memorial,  pp.  153  and  154. 

•*  b.  23  July,  1724 ;  but  he  may  be  Robert,  mariner,  mentioned  by  Sabine. 

5  Printer  of  the  News  Letter  and  Mass.  Gazette,  see  Sabine  ;  probably  the  Richard  bapt. 
at  Ch.  iu  Br.  Sq.  26  Feb.  1727 ;  or  Nathaniel,  Yale  1745  ?  «  b.  1  Aug.  1726. 

'  h.  14  May,  1727.  See  Class  of  1736 ;  but  perhaps  Samuel,  bapt.  First  Church,  25  Oct. 
1724.  8  b.  19  Oct.  1724. 

9  Sabine,  i.  425;  but  perhaps  Timothy,  b.  23  Oct.  1725,  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  55; 
or  Thomas,  b.  12  Jan.  1726,  Avho  is  no  doubt  the  Thomas  bapt.  at  Ch.  in  Br.  Sq.  15  Jan.  1727. 
(The  year  is  probably  intended  to  be  the  same,  and  the  difference  owing^  to  the  copy  of  one 
set  of  records  being  made  according  to  Old  Stj-le,  and  the  other  having  been  changed  to 
correspond  to  New  Style.)     Or  Benjamin,  b.  9  Feb.  1727. 

10  Four  brothers  of  this  name  were  bapt.  at  the  Old  South  Church  between  1723  and 
1727.  Moses,  14  July,  1723;  William,  7  Feb.  1725-6;  John,  27  Nov.  1726,  and  Solomon, 
11  Feb.  1727-8,  of  whom  we  have  inserted  the  two  most  likely  to  have  been  our  boys. 

II  b.  4  Apr.  1723 ;  or  Thomas,  bapt.  at  Old  So.  8  May,  1726. 

1^  b.  25  Oct.  1723.     lie  had  a  brother  John,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1737. 

13  b.  5  Mar.  1724.     Hist,  of  Welles  family  by  Albert  Wells,  p.  117  ;  also  Savage. 

1^  See  Sabine.  15  b.  24  Dec.  1726. 

16  b.  10  June,  1726 ;  or  William,  see  Sabine ;  or  John,  bapt.  at  Old  So.  21  July,  1724. 

1'  b.  4  Nov.  1724.     lie  had  a  younger  bi'other,  Robert,  whom  Ave  suppose  ours  of  1740. 

18  His  birth  is  not  on  Town  Records,  but  he  was  bapt.  at  Ch.  in  Brattle  Sq.  28  Maj',  1726. 

19  See  his  Father's  Sermon,  25.2.4  Library  Am.  Ant.  Society. 


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*Holyoke,  Samuel 
♦Goffe,  Dixi?i 
*tCushiiig,  Edward 

Harv.  1746,  A.M. 

*  Bridge,  Mattheiv^ 

Harv.  1741,  Minister  at  Fi-am- 
infj^ham.    First  Chaplain  of  Rev- 


•1752 


•1775 


olutionarv  Army. 

*Plaisted,  William  3 
*Easterb  rooks 
*Paddock,  Adino* 

Col.    Mass.    Militia  and  Capt. 
British  Army.  •1804 

*Paddock,  John  ♦1746 

*Rand,  John 

Harv.  1748,  A.M.,  Libr.  IIar\-., 
Minister  of  Lyiideborough,N.H.*1805 

*Sale,  Jolin?5 
*Bromfield,  Edward^ 

Harv.  1742.  •1746 

*Quincey,  Henry '^ 
*Coffin,  Charles^ 
*Coffiu,  Samuel ?9 


*Letchmere,  Richard  i<* 

*Calef,  John?ii 

*Calef 

♦Briant 

*Legge,  Samuel?^ 2 

•Torrey,  William  ?ti3 

*Torrey,  Samuel  ?J^3 

*  Royal,  Jacob?!  4 

*Thaxter 

*Peirce,  Samuel  ?Ji5 

*Dennie 

1736. 

*Gordon,  William 
*Sutten,  William  ?i« 
*tHurd,  John 

Han-.   1747,  A.M.,    and  Dart. 
1773.  •1809 

*Hall,  Pittsi" 

Harv.  1747,  A.M. 


1  b.  22  June,  1725 ;  bapt.  at  Old  South.  He  had  a  brother  Francis,  whom  we  suppose  the 
game  as  ours  of  1739. 

2  Stood  by  Washington  when  he  took  command  of  the  army  at  Cambridge,  3  July,  1775. 
8  Probably  the  William  bapt.  at  Church  in  Brattle  Square,  12  Mar.  1727. 

*  Sabine,  ii.  140.  Said  to  have  planted  the  Paddock  Elms,  but  a  writer  in  the  Boston 
Transcript  of  11  Feb.  1878,  says  thoy  were  planted  by  tJilbert  Dcblois,  father  of  our  boys 
of  1763-6-8,  who  lived  at  the  head  of  Bromlicld's  lane ;  and  Mr.  Paddock's  name  was 
aflSxed  to  them  on  tlie  strength  of  a  newspaper  notice  signed  by  him,  offering  a  reward  for 
the  discovery  of  the  author  of  a  mutilation  of  one. 

5  b.  3  Mar.  1727;  bapt.  at  First  Church  10  Mar.  1728.  For  the  ditference  of  the  year, 
see  note  under  Class  of  1734  on  Fitch. 

•  See  Allen's  Amer.  Biog.  Diet.  There  is  a  portrait  of  him  at  Harvard,  Mass.,  owned 
by  II.  B.  Pearson.  i  bapt,  at  Ch.  in  Br.  S(i.  22  Jan.  1727.  8  b.  13  May,  1727. 

0  b.  1725 ;  N.  E.  H.  G.  Reg.  xxv.,  Jan.  1871.    See  also  Classes  of  1733  and  1738. 
10  bapt.  at  King's  Chapel,  9  Apr.  1727.  "  See  Sabine. 

12  Legg  {tic) ;  bapt.  First  Ch.  1  Sept.  1723. 

18  Brothers.    W.,  b.  7  June,  bapt.  First  Ch.  l.-i  June,  1729 ;  S.,  b.  1ft  June,  1730. 
H  b.  20  Jan.  1726;  but  perhaps  Eliah,  b.  28  Feb.  1724. 

16  Spelli'd  IVarsc  on  flu-  Town  Ri-cordx,  and  so  extremely  doubtful ;  b.  9  Nov.  1727 ;  or 
Thomas,  bapt.  Second  Ch.  18  July,  1725. 

1"  Sjiellcd  Sutton  on  Town  Records,  and  so  doubtful ;  b.  26  Nov.  1727. 
"  Died  before  1758. 


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*Simpson,  Thomas  ?i 
*Peck,  John?2 
*Amory,  Thomas  ?3 

Harv.  174L  •1784 

*Prescott 

*Geralds 

*Vanderpool 

*Vanderpool 

*Fayerweather,  "William?^ 

*Davis,  Benjamin^ 

Merchant. 


*Wells,  Arnold  ?6 

Harv.  1745. 

*Fahie 

*Eames 

*Pembertoii,  Thomas?' 

*tErving,  John^ 

Harv.  1747,  A.M. 

*Fullerton,  William  ?9 
*Russell,  Benjamin  ?:j:i '^ 
*Russell,  John  ?$  11 


•1802 


n807 


•1816 


I  b.  1  Nov.  1727;  but  perhaps  John,  b.  8  Mar.  1729;  or  Andrew,  hapt.  at  Church  in  Br. 
Sq.  14  Apr.  1728.  -  Undoubtedly  ;  b.  12  June,  1725. 

3  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  30.  Bridirman's  Pilgrims  of  Boston,  etc.,  p.  68,  where 
Ills  name  is  given  as  Thomas  Fisher.  He  lived  in  the  house  erected  by  Governor 
Belcher,  at  the  corner  of  what  are  now  Washington  and  Hollis  streets.  The  house  and  his 
libraiy,  which  for  the  time  was  valuable,  were  burnt  three  years  after  his  death  in  the  great 
fire  of  1787.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Committee  sent  towards  the  close  of  the  Siege  of 
Boston  in  March,  1776,  at  the  request  of  the  Selectmen  and  with  the  sanction  of  Gen. 
Howe,  to  propose  to  Gen.  "Washington  an  agreement,  that  if  the  British  troops  were  allowed 
to  evacuate  the  place  unmolested,  Boston  should  be  left  uninjured.  Some  exception  was 
taken  by  Washington  to  the  communication  as  not  coming  from  the  General  in  command ; 
but  it  was  understood  between  them  that  this  should  be  as  proposed.    See  Sabine,  i.  161. 

•4  b.  28  Sept.  1728.  A  brother  of  Samuel  and  also  of  Jonathan,  whom  we  suppose  ours 
of  1732  and  '4,  q.  v.  The  records  of  the  First  Ch.  say  he  was  baptized  22  Sept.  1728.  A 
similar  discrepancy  between  the  records  occurs  in  the  case  of  Jonathan  (1734),  and  will 
be  noticed  in  one  or  two  other  instances  farther  on.  It  is  impossible  to  decide  which 
is  correct,  but  they  can  be  reconciled  by  assuming  that  the  record  of  birth  is  probably 
right,  that  the  baptism  took  place,  as  was  usual,  on  the  Sunday  following  the  birth,  and 
Avas  recorded  subsequently  and  by  some  accident  the  distinction  between  baptisms  on  suc- 
cessive Sundays  was  not  made  by  the  party  recording  them,  or  if  made  was  overlooked 
by  the  copyist,  since  in  nearly  every  case  as  in  this,  a  change  of  a  week  in  the  date  would 
make  all  right,  by  bringing  the  baptism  on  the  day  following  the  birth,  or  within  one  or 
two  days  after. 

5  b.  1729 ;  see  Sabine,  i.  360. 

^  The  Welles  of  1734,  to  which  the  name  Arnold  has  been  attached,  should  be  a  blank 
if  this  is  correct, — and  it  is  very  likely  to  be  if  Samuel  is  rightly  inserted  against  the  other 
Welles  there,  as  Samuel  was  an  older  brother  of  Arnold.  This  name  should  in  that  case  be 
spelled  Welles ;  and  it  is  not  unlikely  that  the  same  name  in  1739,  q.  v.  refers  to  the  same 
boy  and  is  repeated,  perhaps  from  his  having  left  and  re-entered,  or  through  some  accident ; 
but  this  may  perhaps  be  John  Wells,  bapt.  at  King's  Chapel,  8  Dec.  1727. 

7  b.  8  Nov.  1728.    See  Allen's  Diet,  of  Amer.  Biog.  8  Sabine,  i.  406. 

9  On  Town  Records  spelled  Fullarton,  b.  30  Nov.  1727 ;  but  the  records  of  the  Church 
in  Brattle  Sq.  give  the  baptism  of  William  Fullerton,  3  Dec.  1727,  so  there  is  probably  no 
doubt  the  same  person  is  intended  in  both  cases,  and  that  our  spelling  is  correct. 

10  b.  16  Sept.  1728  ;  but  perhaps  Ezekiel,  bapt.  First  Ch.  27  Mar.  1726. 

II  b.  5  Dec.  1730 ;  but  perhaps  Samuel,  bapt.  First  Ch.  1  May,  1726. 


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*Copelaii(l.  Ephraini  ?i 
*Wliimiock 
♦Taylor,  Richard  ?t^ 

♦Coffin,  William? 3 

Merchant. 

*Waldo,  Francis* 

Ilaiv.  1747,  A.M. 

♦Stevens,  Benjamin  ?^ 
♦Stevens,  Ebenezer?^ 
♦Carter,  John  ?J^ 
♦Price,  Ezekiel?J" 
*fDarhi/,  Jonathan 

A.  M.,    aud  Yale 


•1784 


Harv. 
17:)3. 


1747 


"1754 


♦Newton.  John  ?t'' 
♦Foster,  John?^ 
♦Gerrish,  Benjamin ?i^ 


'1777 


♦Overing,  Robert  Loftus?ii 

1737. 

♦Hewes,  Samuel 
♦Bonvotte,  Peter 


♦Tyler,  Jo.seph 

♦f  Adams,  Joseph  12 

Ilarv.  1748,  A.M. 

♦Oliver,  James 
♦Davis,  Edward 
♦Griggs,  Jacob 
♦Simpson,  John 

♦HCAVS 

♦fB  Storer,  Ebenezer^^ 

Ilarv.  1747,  .\.  M.,  ami  Yale 
1750,  Treas.  Ilurv.  •1807 

♦Craddock,  George  ^^         r«i77i 
♦fChauncey,  Charles 

Ilan-.  1748,  A.M.  •1809 

♦Sewall,  Jonathan  ?i^ 

Ilan-.  1748,  A.M.,  Atfv  Gcn'l 
of  Mas^.,  Jiul<;e  of  AJmiraliy 
New  Brunswick.  •1796 

♦Burbeen,  John 
♦Borland,  John^^ 


•1775 


♦Gerrish,  John?^" 

♦Rolfe 

♦Shirley,  Thomas 


1  h.  5  Fei).  172(;.  -  1).  31  Mar.  1724. 

3  Sabine,  i.  32ii.     li.  Apr.  1723.     Hut  perhaps  lie  should  he  al)ove,  in  the  Class  of  1735. 
*  Sabine,  ii.  390. 

5  Twin  l)iothers  ;  b.  21  Oct.  1726. 

6  b.  29  July,  1728 ;  l)ut  perhaps  Josiah,  b.  29  Aug.  bapt.  First  Ch.  1  Sept.  1725. 

"  b.  9  Sept.  1727.  See  Class  of  1734,  where  this  one  in:iy  l)clonj; ;  and  the  one  pivon  there 
should  perhaps  be  transferred  here.  ^  b.  5  June,  1724. 

9  b.  21  Jan.  172S-9;  sec  Class  of  1737.  Perhaps  Eilward,  •1786;  see  Sabine,  i.  4:52;  or 
Joshua,  b.  16  Fe!).  bapt.  Old  South  as  Josiah,  IS  Fel).  1727-S. 

10  See  Class  of  1737.     Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  n.  62. 

"  bapt.  Kinvc's  Chapel,  22  Sept.  1727.  Robert  Auihniiity,  father  of  our  bovs  of  1740 
and  41,  appears  by  his  will  to  have  hud  a  dauj;hter  t)liler  tlian  they,  who  married  an 
Overing.    Perhaps  this  is  her  husband,  more  probably  so  than  her  son. 

w  Died  lieforc  1761 ;  perhaps  cousin  of  John  Adani>.     See  John  Adums's  Works,  ii.  283. 

13  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  110.  '<  bapt.  Kin;,''s  Chapel,  23  Auff.  1728. 

16  Sabine  ii.  275;  Allen,  a</ norn.,  Drake's  Diet,  of  Amcr.  Biojfraphy,  aud  Procceiliugs 
Mass.  Hist.  Soe.  1873-5,  p.  416.     liapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  31  Au^r.  1729. 

1'  Sabine,  i.  237.     Also  Bur.  lie-,'.  King's  Chapel. 

n  b.  20  Jan.  172H.     See  Class  of  1736. 


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55 


*Foster,  Ebenezer?Ji 
*Eliott,  Joseph 
*Bnnley,  Edward 
*Sheaffe,  Jacob 
*Hallowell,  Brigs 
*Buttolph 
*Kent,  Nathaniel 
*Cavely 
*Cavely 
*Walker,  Isaac 
*Billings,  Richard? 2 
*Billings,  Joseph? 2 
*t2  Pepperell,  Andrew^ 

Harv.  1743,  A.M. 

1738. 

*Simmes,  Thomas 
*Bowen^ 


»1751 


*Hurd,  Nathaniel? 5 

Engraver. 

*Casno,  Isaac  ?t6 
*Peck,  Samuel?' 
*Weare,  John?^ 
*t8Hill,  Samuel  9 

Hai-v.  1750. 

*Johnstone 
*Johonnot,  Peter^^ 

Distiller. 

*Leach,  James  ?ii 
*Prescott 

*Stoddard,  Thomas  ?  ^  ^ 
*Macock,  William 
*Barril,  John 
*Coffin,  James?$i3 
'^t Green,  Joseph  i* 

*tGreen,  Joshua^^ 

Hai-%'.  1749,  A.M. 


*1777 


♦1809 


*1774 
*1806 


1  b.  30  Aug.  1729  :  a  younger  brother  of  John,  whom  ■vve  have  taken  to  be  ours  of  1736, 
or  perhaps  William,  b.  9,  bapt.  at  Old  South,  13  May,  1730,  a  brother  of  Josiah,  who,  as 
stated  in  the  note  ad  loc.  may  bo  ours  of  173G ;  or  Nathan,  bapt.  Old  South,  28  Feb.  1730-1. 

2  Brothers.  R.,  b.  13,  bapt.  Ch.  in  Brattle  Sq.  17  Aug.  1729 ;  J.,  b.  28  Mar.,  bapt.  Ch. 
in  Brattle  Sq.  4  Apr.  1731. 

3  Son  of  Sir  WiUiam,  under  -whose  name  Allen  mentions  him;  see  also  Curwen. — We 
i-egard  the  position  of  this  name  as  one  proof  that  the  arrangement  is  not  by  family  rank. 

4  Is  he  the  John  on  BarrcU's  list  ?  This  document,  which  will  be  frequently  referred  to 
hereafter,  is  a  list  of  the  inhabitants  of  Boston,  who,  on  the  evacuation  by  the  British  in 
Mar.  1776,  removed  to  Halifax  with  the  army ;  copied  from  a  paper  in  the  handwriting 
of  ^Valter  Barrell,  one  of  the  refugees ;  communicated  to  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society,  Dec.  1880. 

£  b.  13  Feb.  1729.  Younger  brother  of  John,  whom  we  take  to  be  the  same  as  ours  of 
1736.  He  engraved  the  seal  of  Harvard  College  and  of  the  Grand  Lodge  F.  and  A.  M.  of 
Mass.  See  W.  H.  Whitmore's  pamphlet  on  Feter  Pelham,  reprinted  from  Proceedings  of 
Mass.  Hist.  Soc.     See  Drake's  Diet. ;  also  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  pp.  17,  75,  76. 

6  b.  2  July,  1729,  or  Samuel,  his  bro.  b.  4  Aug.  1731.  Possibly,  however,  an  error  for 
Cazneau ;  and  if  so,  perhaps  Andrew,  Judge  of  Admiralty,  *1792 ;   Sabine,  i.  298. 

''  b.  25  Oct.  1727 ;  bro.  of  John,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1736 ;  but  this  may  be  the  boy 
who  should  be  there.  8  bapt.  First  Church,  9  Mar.  1729.  9  Died  before  1758. 

10  See  New  Eng.  Hist.  Gen.  Beg.  vii.  142;  also  Sabine,  i.  589.  n  1).  3  Apr.  1730. 

12  b.  11  July,  1729,  V.  inf. ;  or  Anthony,  bapt.  Old  South,  21  Apr.  1728. 

13  N.  E.  H.  G.  Reg.  xxv.  90 ;  b.  28  Aug.  1729 ;  perhaps  John,  b.  19  Aug.  1729,  or  Thomas, 
bapt.  Second  Ch.  13  July,  1729. 

14  Died  at  Paramaribo,  22  Oct.  is  Died  at  Wendell,  Mass.,  25  July. 


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•Goldthwait,   Joseph ?i 

Major  in  British  Army.  •1782 

*Cosins 

*  Wheeler,  Samuel  ?t2 

•Jaflries 

♦fPAiNE,  Robert  Treat 

Han-.  1749,  A.M.,  LL.D.  1S05, 
Judaic  of  Supr.  Court  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  Delejjate  in  Am. 
Coufifress.  *181-t 

*Stoddard,  William  ?t3 
*Blanchard,  Caleb  •isoo 

*f6Henshaw,  Joseph* 

Harv.  1748,  A.M.  1752.      '1794 

*Kaiues5 
*Tattum 

1739. 

*Go£fe,  Francis^ 
*Spooner,  Johu 
*Gibbins,  Thomas?" 
*tClarke,  Benjamin 

Harv.  1750,  A.M.  '181 1 


*Calef,  Samuel^ 
*  Wendell,  John^ 

Harv.  1750,  A.M.,  and  Yale  1768, 
and  Dart.  1773.  ' 

*Cunningham,  John 

*Lemercier,  Peter 

*Melson 

*Spooner,  John 

*Luce 

*Barrick,  James^^ 

Clerk. 

*Thwing,  William?!  11 

*Malem 

*Davenport,  Addington 

*^Holyoke^  Elizur 


1808 


1761 


Harv.  1750,  A.M.,  Libr.  Harv., 
Minister  of  Boxford.  'ISOe 


*Foxcroft,  Thomas^^ 

?  Postmaster  General. 

*Salter,  John?i3 
*Fosdick,  John?i4 


•1785 


1  1).  5  Oct.  1730.  See  Class  of  1741 ;  also  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  57 ;  also  Sabine, 
i.  479. 

2  b.  2  May,  1730;  or  Isaac,  b.  10  May,  1730;  or  another  Samuel,  li.  2  Dec.  1728;  or  John, 
bapt.  Christ  Ch.  22  Dec.  1728. 

8  b.  6  Aug.  1729 ;  or  his  brother  Lindal,  b.  22  Nov.  1732 ;  or  another  brother,  James 
Lindal,  b.  12  Nov.  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq   18  Nov.  1733.     See  Class  of  1742. 

*  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  71. 

6  Can  this  name  be  an  error  for  Haynes .' 

«  Had  a  brother  Dixi,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1735. 

7  b.  14  Au<;.  1728 ;  l)ut  perhaps  his  brother  Peter,  b.  25  Dec.  17'26 ;  unless  he  is  the  Cibbius 
of  1733,  who  is  plainly  a  brother  of  John  of  1729. 

8  If  this  is  the  same  Samuel  that  wc  have  assumed  for  ours  of  17'24,  (au  older  brotlier  of 
l{ol)ert,  whom  we  take  for  ours  of  1740),  all  the  Calefs  of  1734  and  35  become  doubtful. 

*  While  retaiuin','  this  name  ns  given  in  the  edition  of  1S17,  we  arc  inclined  to  think  that 
John  Mico  Wendell,  1).  31  May,  1728,  bapt.  Church  in  Bratllc  S^\.  2  June,  1728;  Han-.  1747, 
A.M.  •1773,  the  father  of  several  of  the  Wendells  whom  we  sujiposc  our  boys  of  later  years, 
is  intended,  and  tiiat  the  Johu  Wendell  of  the  text  should  be  given  as  one  of  the  thix'O  with- 
out Christian  names  in  1743.  ^^  See  Sabine;  also  Barrell's  List;  also  Class  of  1769. 

11  b.  20  May,  1727  ;  but  perhaps  Jamca,  b.  15  Apr.  1733 ;  or  Nathaniel,  bapt.  First  Church, 

27  June,  1731.  '•'  See  Sabine,  i.  435. 

18  bapt.  First  Church,  15  Aug.  1731.  i*  bapt.  Old  South,  14  Juno,  1730. 


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*Scott,  John?ti 

*  Welles,  Arnold?  2 

Harv.  1745. 

*Green,  Thomas?!^ 
*Green,  Richard?:}:*  *i8i7 

*Paddock,  Enoch?  *i763 

*Luce 

*  Osborne,  Samuel 
*Ash,  John 
*Ash,  Samuel 

*t6  Oliver,  Andrew^ 

Harv.  1749,  A.M.,  and  Yale  1751, 
Jucig-e  of  Common  Pleas  for 
Essex.  *1799 


The  following  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*Gibbs,  Robert 

Hai-v.  1750,  A.M.  *1762 


1740. 

*Hunt,  Samuel  ?$« 
*Philips,  Samuel  ?J^ 
*Bennet,  John?^^ 
*Newton 
*Boydell,  John?^ 
*Packer,  Thomas 
*Auchmuty,  Robert^^ 

Judge  of  Vice-Admiralty. 

*Handfield,  William 
*Green,  John?|ii 
*Fosdick,  James ?^  2 
*Fosdick,  Thomas  ?i  2 
*Calef,  Robert?! 3 
*Brackett,  Anthony  ?!* 
*Downes 


♦1788 


1  b.  17,  bapt.  Chui-ch  in  Brattle  Sq.  23  July,  1727 ;  a  brother  of  Edward,  whom  we  take 
to  be  ours  of  1740 ;  but  perhaps  WiUiam  AUen,  b.  5  Nov.  bapt.  First  Church,  29  Oct.  1727 
(another  case  like  that  of  Fayenveather  above,  see  Class  of  1736,  where  the  date  of  birth 
is  probably  the  correct  one)  ;  or  John  Scot  (sic),  b.  13  Oct.  1730. 

2  See  notes  under  Classes  of  1734  and  36 ;  b.  25  Dec.  1726. 

4  b.  12  Dec.  1730,  see  Sabine,  i.  498 ;  but  one  of  these  may  be  John 
Chapel,  31  Dec.  1731 ;  or  Timothy,  bapt.  Old  South,  13  June,  1731. 

5  See  Drake's  Diet. ;  also  AUen ;  also  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  90. 


3  b.  18  Feb.  1729. 
b.  24,  bapt.  King's 


6  Or  Ephi-aim. 

'  b.  21  Jan.  1730 ;  or  his  brother  John,  b.  10  Mar.  1732.  On  the  Town  Records  this  name 
is  spelled  with  two  I's  wherever  it  occurs. 

8  b.  31  May,  1732;  or  another  John,  b.  30  Sept.  1732;  one  of  whom  was  probably  bapt. 
New  North  Church,  10  Dec.  1732.  9  bapt.  Old  South,  3  Dec.  1727. 

10  See  Allen,  Drake,  and  Class  of  1741.  Robert  Auchmuty,  Attorney  General  of  the 
Province,  the  only  one  of  the  name  in  Boston,  had  three  sons,  Samuel  (ours  of  1731),  and 
Robert  and  James  Smith,  of  whom  Robert  is  presumably  the  older,  as  his  name  is  first 
mentioned  in  his  father's  will,  Suffolk  County  Probate  Records,  lib.  xliv.  fol.  67.  The 
father  planted  the  elm  trees  which  stood  in  Essex  Street  (formerly  Auchmuty's  Lane) 
until  the  last  decade.  This  Robert  was  associated  with  John  Adams  in  the  defence  of  Capt. 
Preston,  after  the  Boston  Massacre ;  Sabine,  i.  196.  In  the  same  case,  our  Paine  of  1738 
Avas  joined  to  the  prosecution.    Sec  Wells's  Life  of  Samuel  Adams,  i.  330. 

11  See  Class  of  1739 ;  or  this  may  be  one  of  the  other  two,  or  perhaps  Jeremiah,  b.  14 
Feb.  1732  (see  Perkins's  Copley,  p.  67,  Sup't,  p.  13) ;  or  Nath'l,  bapt.  First  Ch.  21  Dec.  1731. 

12  Brothers,  and  brothers  of  John,  whom  we  have  taken  for  our  boy  of  1739 ;  bapt.  Old 
South,  J.,  14  June,  1730 ;  Thomas,  3  June,  1733. 

13  b.  27  Dec.  1731.    He  had  a  brother  Samuel ;  see  Classes  of  1734  and  39. 
H  bapt.  Old  South,  4  Apr.  1731.    See  Class  of  1741. 


58 


itblk;  latix  school. 


*Scott,  Edward  ?$! 

*Lambert,  Hickman  ?2 

*Philips,  Thomas  ?$3 

*Luce 

*  Jackson,  William?-* 

*Newton 

*Lawrence,  Benjamin  ?5 

*Beacham,  Isaac  ?J^ 

*tGridley,  Benjamin" 

Harv.  1751,  A.M.,  Att'y  at  Law. 

*Tothill,  Jeremiah 
^Hardcastle,  Samuel 
*Childs,  Thomas 


•1810 


The  followinif  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*tSaltonstall,  Richard^ 

Harv.   17")1,   A.M.,   Colonel    in 
British  Ai my.  *nSo 

*tGreenleaf,  Benjamin 

Ilarv.  17ol,  A.M.  *1799 


•fHolyoke,  John 

Han.  17.'.1.  MTSa 

*t Wanton,  Joseph'' 

Han-.  17.il.  A.M.,  and  Brown 
17(5i>,  Lieut.  Gov.  of  Rhode 
Island.  •ITSO 

*tKneeland,  William lo 

Hai-v.  17.')1,  A.M.,  Pros.  Mass. 
Med.  Society.  •1788 


1741. 

*  Wharton,  John 
*Barrill,  NathaniePi 

*  Walker,  Thomas  ?$  12 
*Brackett,  Maylem?^^ 
*Goldthwait,  John?!* 
*Goldtlnvait,  Philip ?i* 
*Ball 

*Mason,  Arthur  ? J  ^  ^ 
* Vintenou,  James  ?|  ^  ^ 


1  1).  18  Oet.  1731  (see  Class  of  1739;  ;  or  John,  hapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  12  Aug.  1733. 

■i  b.  11  Nov.  1733, 

8  b.  12  Aug.  1731,  spelled  Phillips,  v.  supra;  or  Elisha  Cook,  bapt.  Ch.  in  Brattle  Sq. 
23  Sept.  1733;  or  Samuel,  bapt.  at  the  same  church,  15  Mar.  1730;  or  Andrew  Fauuel  {«<•), 
bapt.  Christ  Church,  28  Sept.  1729. 

*  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  13  July,  1731.     Sabine,  i.  oGS.  *  b.  13  Sept.  1723. 

«  b.  IS  Aug.  1730;  but  perhaps  his  brother  John,  b.  IS,  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  17 
Nov.  1728  {sic  on  records).    See  Class  of  1747,  also  note  on  Fayerweather,  173G. 
1  Died  before  1800.     See  Sabine,  i.  oOO;  also  IJarrell's  List. 
8  Sabine,  ii.  252.  »  See  Drake.  lo  See  Allen. 

n  bapt.  Chui-ch  ia  Brattle  Sq.  23  July,  1732. 

12  b.  8  Mar.  1733 ;  or  Joseph,  l)apt.  Second  Church,  10  Oct.  1731 ;  or  Joseph,  bapt.  Old 
South,  3  June,  1733. 

13  bapt.  Old  South,  31  Dec.  1732;  brother  of  Anthony,  wlio  may  be  ours  of  1740. 

"  Brothers,  nud  brothers  of  Joseph ;  see  Class  of  1738.  J.,  It.  31  Dec.  1731;  P.,  b.  27 
Mar.  1733. 

1*  Brother  of  David,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1734,  b.  30  Oct.  1731 ;  but  perhaps  James, 
b.  10  May,  1730,  brother  of  Jonathan,  whom  wc  supi>ose  our  other  M.  of  1734  ;  or  perhaps 
William,  h.  U  July,  1732;  or  Sampson,  b.  4  Oct.  1733. 

18  The  nearest  approach  to  this  name  ou  the  Town  Re<'()rds  is  Vcntiuon,  and  we  feel  that 
hero  or  there  the  error  may  l)e  a  copyist's,  and  that  cither  tliis  bov,  b.  24  ^Lay,  1732,  and 
bapt.  Old  South,  or  one  of  his  brothers,  Michael,  b.  29  Dec.  1728,  or  Moses,  b.  30  Jan.  1730, 
and  bapt.  Old  South,  is  ours.     On  the  Old  South  Records,  the  name  is  spelled  Vintcnon. 


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*Duraut,  Thomas  ?i 
*Durant,  Cornelius  ?i 
*Wallis,  Thomas  ?2 
*Packer 

*Bennett,  John?^^ 
"^Green,  Jeremiah? J* 
*Green,  Richard? J* 
*Hanserd,  William  ?5 
"^Gridley,  Isaac  ?$^ 
*Wetherhead 
*Cravath,  Thomas  ?t^ 
*Cordis 


*Hillar 

*  Allen,  John  Bredger?^^ 

*  Allen,  William  ?$« 
*Ball,  Gideon? 9 
^Thompson,  William 
*Day 

*Thacher 

*Auchmuty,  James  Smith  i*^ 

*  Wilson  11 

*Collins,  Clement  ?$!  2 

*Fitch,  Benjamin  ?|i  3 

At  the  Annual  Examination  in  June 
there  were  94  scliolars. 


I  Erothci-i.     T.,  b.  22  Aug.  1730 ;    C,  b.  7  June,  1732,  and  bapt.  Old  South  the  same  day. 
-  b.  10  Sept.  1732. 

3  This  may  be  the  second  John  given  under  Class  of  1740,  b.  30  Sept.  1732 ;  or  George, 
bapt.  Christ  Church,  13  July,  1735. 

•4  One  of  the  three  given  under  1739  may  bo  the  one  properly  belonging  here,  or  one  or 
more  of  those  given  under  1742  ought  properly  to  be  here.  Richard  was  b.  23  and  bapt. 
Second  Church,  29  Apr.  1733 ;  or  one  may  be  James,  bapt.  Second  Ch.  9  r^Iar.  173."). 

5  b.  26  Oct.  1731. 

•j  b.  27  June,  1734,  brother  of  Benjamin,  of  1740;  or  perhaps  Richard,  b.  12  July,  1731, 
brother  of  Samuel,  wliom  \vc  suppose  one  of  the  possibilities  of  1742 ;  or  Samuel,  bapt.  Old 
South,  10  Oct.  1731. 

T  b.  27  IMay,  1734;  but  possibly  John,  b.  18  Feb.  1735,  or  Samuel,  b.  7  June,  and  bapt. 
First  Church,  13  July,  1735. 

8  J.  B.,  b.  17  Feb.  1731,  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  21  Feb.  where  the  name  is  spelled 
John  Bradgat.    W.,  b.  30  Jilar.  1732 ;  but  one  may  be  William,  b.  30  Nov.  or  John,  b.  24 
Dec.  1729,  and  perhaps  both  these  names  should  be  substituted  for  those  given. 
9  b.  6  Apr.  1732. 

10  Robert  Auchmuty  named  a  son  James  Smith  after  bis  friend,  from  whose  nursery  the 
Paddocli  and  Auchmuty  elms  came.  In  his  will,  he  gives  as  a  reason  for  leaving  him  a 
smaller  portion  of  his  estate,  that  he  is  sure  Mr.  Smitli  will  provide  for  him.  (See  uoto 
under  Class  of  1749.)     Sabine  refers  to  him,  but  without  the  middle  name  ;  i.  197. 

II  Can  this  be  the  Archibald  on  BarreU's  List  ? 

12  b.  5  ISIar.  1732 ;  but  perhaps  Samuel,  b.  15  Apr.  1734,  or  his  brother  Palfrey,  b.  29 
July,  1735. 

13  b.  IS  Feb.  1732,  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  25  Feb.  1733  (probably  the  same  year)  ;  or 
Joseph,  his  brother,  b.  24  Aug.  1735,  both  brothers  of  Zabdiel,  who  is  perhaps  ours  of  1742, 
a:ul  John,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  174S ;  or  Jonas,  b.  1  June,  and  bapt.  Ch.  in  Brattle  Sq. 
2  June,  1728 ;  or  his  brother  Jeremiah,  b.  10  Nov.  1729,  who  are  both  brothers  of  John, 
whom  we  suppose  to  be  ours  of  1742,  and  one  of  whom  may  be  ours  of  1734. 


1741  Visitation  day  was  June  23.      In  all  the  schools  505  scholars, 
her  was  reported  at  March  meeting  in  1742. 


This  num- 


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1742. 

*Deering,  Henry 

*Johnstone 
^Winslow,  Peiham?! 

Han-.  1753,  A.M.,  Lawyer.        "irSS 

*t  Thayer^  Ehcnez:r^ 

Harv.    1753,  A.M.,  T'linister  of 
Haiuptou  Fall,,  N.II.  •1792 

*Webb,  Samuel  ?t 3 
*Blancbard,  Edward?  ♦1792 

*tErving,  William 

Ilai'v.    1753,    A.M.,    Major    in 
British  Army.  •1791 

*tQuincey,  Jacob ^ 

Ilarv.  1753,  A.M.,  Physician.     *1773 


*tLowell,  John 

IIa;v.  1753,  A.M. 

*Brown,  William ?t5 
*Fiteh,  John?t« 

*^Jackson^  Joseph' 

Harv.  1753,  A.M.,  Minister  at 
Brooklinc. 

*Vardy,  John?^ 
*Spooner,  Joh'.!?^ 
*Green,  Nathaniel  ?J^'^ 
*Stoddard,  Lindal?ii 
*Phi:ips,  John?Ji2 
*Philips,  Samuel  P^"^ 
'*Bulfinch,  William?!* 
*Bulfinch,  Jeremiali  ?!  ^ 


1776 


•1796 


1  .See  Sabine,  ii.  4!4. 

2  Father  of  Rev.  X.  Thayer,  of  Lancaster,  Mass. ;  b.  at  Braintree,  16  July,  1734 ;  son 
of  Nathaniel,  of  Braintree,  h.  Aug.  1G71 ;  sou  of  Cornelius,  of  Boston;  son  of  Nathaniel, 
of  Boston  ;  son  of  Richard,  of  Braintree  ;  son  of  Richard,  of  Boston. 

In  the  notes  at  the  beginning  of  this  chapter  v.'c  referred  to  the  pvobability  that  many  Iwys 
■whose  first  names  we  could  not  find  on  the  Records,  were  born  out  of  town ;  since  these 
pages  ha%"e  been  passing  through  the  press,  we  have  learned  that  it  was  no  uncommon  thing 
for  boys  from  out  of  town  to  be  sent  to  Boston,  that  they  might  enjoy  the  tuition  of  the 
Masters  of  the  Latin  Sciiool.  The  occurrence  of  this  name,  and  that  of  sevci-al  oilin-s 
which  we  know  to  have  been  identified  with  the  neighboring  towns,  as  Quincy,  Vassall, 
Brattle,  add  probability  to  this  statement. 

8  b.  21  Nov.  1733;  but  perh.-ins  John,  b.  30  Jan.  1731,  or  Jeremiah,  b.  IG  Apr.  1733,  ..r 
Joseph,  bapt.  First  Chui-ch,  3  Nov.  1734 ;  or  Richard,  bapt.  Old  South,  9  Feb.  1734-5. 

*  The  Harvard  Quinquennial  omits  the  c.    Son  of  Edmund,  of  our  Class  of  1711. 

5  1).  26  June,  1733  ;  or  Timothy,  bapt.  New  North  Church,  9  June,  1734. 

6  b.  2  and  l)apt.  Church  in  Brattle  So.  7  0';t.  1733,  and  perhaps  the  graduate  of  Valo  in 
1753;  brother  of  Jeremiah,  who  may  be  onrs  of  1741,  and  Jonas,  who  may  be  oui-s  of 
that  year  or  even  of  1734;  or  Benjamin,  whom  we  have  given  above  in  1741 ;  or  Zabdlcl, 
liis  brother  (brother  also  of  Joseph,  whom  we  have  included  among  the  possibilities  of 
the  same  Class),  1).  29  Nov.  1736  ;  or  Thomas. 

"!  Had  brothers:  Edward,  1744;  Clement,  1752;  and  Henry,  whom  we  suppose  to  be  our 
boy  of  1756.     Sprague's  Annals,  i.  441.    Also  Allen.  *■  b.  5  Feb.  1731. 

»  b.  1  Sept.  1732.    His  brother  William,  b.  24  Oct.  1734,  wc  suppose  to  be  oni-s  of  lT4i. 

10  b.  16  Aug.  1733 ;  but  perhaps  Rufus,  b.  23,  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  26  Aug.  1733 ;  or 
James,  b.  3  Mar.  1734,  or  one  of  those  given  under  1741,  of  whom  one  or  more  may  belong 
here  instead  of  any  given;  or  Samuel,  l>apt.  Ohl  fSouth,  24  Feb.  17.3.i. 

11  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  26  Nov.  1732.     See  Class  of  1738. 

12  b.  10  M:ir.  1732 ;  had  a  brother  Samuel,  whom  we  snpnooc  ours  nt  1740  ;  or  John,  bapt. 
New  North  Church,  24  Feb.  1733-4. 

18  b.  22,  bapt.  New  No.  Ch.  24  Dec.  1732;  or  one  may  bo  Elisha  <'ooke.  1).  31  Sept.  1733. 
11  b.  1  July,  1731.  i'^  b.  4  Mar.  17;M. 


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61 


*  Jackson,  Samuel  ?:j:i 
*0vering2 

*Pratt,  Ebenezer?3 
*Stevenson,  Robert?^ 

*  Shirley^ 

*  Welch,  Ebenezer?^ 
*Furnass 
•^IGMinot,  George 

Hai-v.  1752. 

*Brmley" 
^Brinley,  George?^ 

Merchant. 

*Tilley,  George 

*Matsie 

*Gridley,  Josepli?^^ 


*1801 


*1809 


1743. 

*Green,  Edward  »i79o 

*Erving,  James 

*  Allen,  Robert  ?$  10 
*tMarshall,  Samuel 

Haiv.  1754,  A.M.  *1771 

*Wheeler,  Thomas  ?Jii 

*  Wendell,  Abraham  ?ti  2 
^Gardener,  Williami'^ 
*Perkins,  James  ?:j:i*  *i773 
*Bernard 

*Stoddard,  John ?$ is 
*Johonnot,  Danielle 

Captain  in  French  War ;   Mer- 
chant. *1769 


1  b.  14  June,  1733,  who  had  brothers,  Daniel  and  Nathaniel,  who  may  perhaps  be  ours  of 
1749  and  55 ;  but  perhaps  Thomas,  b.  30  Julj',  1734 ;  or  James,  bapt.  King's  Ch.  3  May,  1735. 

2  See  note  on  the  same  name  under  Class  of  1736.  3  b.  13  Mai-.  1729. 
■!  bapt.  First  Church,  27  Oct.  1728. 

5  The  Governor  was  commissioned  in  1741,  and  sei-ved  till  1745 ;  so  that  this  is  probably 
his  son. 

6  b.  16,  bapt.  First  Church,  22  Apr.  1733. 

'  Thomas  Brinley  (Sabine,  i.  255)  graduated  at  Hai-vard  College  1744,  *1784.  He  is  on 
Barren's  List.  He  could  have  been  our  boy  by  spending  but  one  year  here  and  entering 
college  in  his  senior  year.  If  he  is  the  Thomas  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  2  Nov.  1726,  his  age, 
sixteen  at  this  time,  would  give  some  plausibility  to  the  idea  that  he  may  have  done  so. 

8  See  Sabine,  i.  255. 

3  b.  8  June,  1734 ;  or  he  may  belong  in  1741  instead  of  Isaac,  who  may  perhaps  belong 
here ;  or  if  Isaac  is  correct  for  1741,  this  may  be  his  brother  Pollard,  b.  23  Mar.  1735,  a 
brother  also  of  Benjamin  of  1740 ;  while  if  the  boy  of  1741  is  Kichard,  this  may  be  his 
brother  Samuel,  b.  14  June,  1734. 

W  b.  7  Apr.  1734 ;  or  John,  b.  12  and  bapt.  First  Church,  17  Nov.  1734. 

11  b.  8  Oct.  1731,  brother  of  Isaac,  who  is  possibly  ours  of  1738  (see  note) ;  or  William 
Willard,  Harv.  1755,  A.M.,  *1810,  Episcopal  Minister  at  Scituate  and  Marshfield  (Sabine, 
ii.  417) ;  or  Josiah,  bapt.  Christ  Church,  10  May,  1727. 

1-  b.  2  Nov.  1735 ;  or  Edmund,  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  15  May,  1735 ;  or  John,  bapt. 
same  church,  4  Sept.  1737. 

13  Probably  a  son  of  Dr.  Sylvester  Gardiner,  who  is  thought  to  have  been  of  our  Class  of 
1724,  and  a  brother  of  our  John  of  1744 ;  q.  v. ;  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  27  June,  1736.  Un- 
doubtedly the  spelling  should  be  Gardiner,  as  on  the  Chapel  records.     Sabine,  i.  462. 

1-4  b.  1733 ;  perhaps  Houghton ;  perhaps  William  Lee,  b.  10  Feb.  1736,  who  is  probably 
the  William  on  Barrell's  List ;  Sabine,  ii.  177  ;  or  James,  b.  1733,  «1773. 

15  b.  20  Nov.  1734,  a  brother  of  William  and  Lindal  (see  under  Class  of  1738) ;  or  Daniel, 
b.  28  May,  1736.  is  New  Eng.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.  vi.  361. 


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*Salisbury,  Josiah?|^  •I76i 

*Clarke,  Jonathan  ^f- 
♦Fleet,  John?J3 
*Low(len,  Samuel?* 
*Griggs,  William  ?5 
*Wendell,  Abraham  ?|* 
*Wendell,  John?f^^ 
*tQuincey,  Samuel" 

Harv.  17")4,  A.  M.,  Solicitor- 
General  ol'  the  Crown  for  the 
Province.  "1789 

*Gray,  Samuel?*^ 


*Gibbs 

*  Tot  hill,  George?!  9 
•Smibert,  William  i'' 
*Prince,  James?J^^ 

*  Perry,  Jonah  ?^2 


1744. 

*Smibert,  Nathaniel^  ^ 
*Vaus,  Samuel 


►1756 


1  b.  20,  bapt.  Old  South,  IG  Mar.  1734  ;  another  case  like  that  explained  in  the  note  under 
Fayerweathcr  in  Class  of  1736.  A  merchant  iu  Boston.  Prof.  K.  E.  Salisbury  of  New 
Haven,  of  our  Class  of  1824,  thinks  the  ?  may  be  omitted. 

2  Son  of  Richard  (Sabine,  i.  317) ;  or  John,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mtuiraret,  b.  1  May,  1733. 
8  b.  9,  bapt.  Old  South,  15  Sept.  1734 ;  but  possibly  his  bi-other  Thomas,  b.  10,  bapt.  Old 

South,  16  Apr.  1732.  ■•  bapt.  First  Ch.  10  Feb.  1734. 

5  b.  4  Sept.  1734. 

6  Brothers.  A.,  b.  17  July,  1729,  and  J.,  b.  10  Sept.  1731,  and  probably  Ilai-v.  1750;  but 
perhaps  Abraham,  b.  23  Sept.  1727,  and  his  brother  John  Mico,  b.  31  May,  1728  (*ce  Class 
of  1739)  ;  or  one  may  be  Edmund,  h.  13  May,  1735.  Probably  this  is  the  John  of  Ilarv. 
1750,  A.M.,  and  Yule  1768,  and  Dart.  1773,  *1S0S,  instead  of  the  one  in  the  Class  of  1739, 
under  which  name  sec  the  note. 

'  The  Harvard  Quinquennial  docs  not  <jive  an  e.  See  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  97; 
also  Sabine,  i.  206.    He  pi*osecutcd  the  soldiers  for  the  Boston  Massacre. 

8  b.  30  Jan.  1734,  bapt.  Old  South,  2  Feb.  1734-5;  or  Edward,  bapt.  Chi-ist  Church,  IS 
.June,  1732  ;  or  William,  his  brother,  bapt.  same  c-hurch,  5  Oct.  1735  ;  or  Andrew,  or  John, 
refugees  on  BarrcU's  List.  '■>  h.  13  Jan.  1735 ;  but  possibly  John,  b.  1  Aug.  1733. 

10  Probably  the  William  Simbert  {sic)  on  Town  Records,  b.  29  Jan.  1732.  The  record  is 
plainly  Jan,  but  the  date  of  baptism  at  the  Old  Soutli,  2  July,  renders  it  possible  that  the 
copyist  has  mistaken  u  for  a,  and  that  it  should  read  .Jun.  The  record  of  baptism  pives  the 
name  as  Williams,  which,  being  the  family  name  of  his  mother,  is  vciy  likely  correct 

11  b.  28  Jan.  bapt.  Old  South,  3  Feb.  1733;  but  perhaps  his  brother  Caleb,  b.  6  Oct.  1731. 

12  b.  1  Feb.  1737. 

18  b.  20,  bapt.  Old  South,  26  Jan.  1734.  "My  father  wrote  to  Dr.  J.  Eliot  of  Nathaniel 
Smibert  :  He  received  his  grammar  instruction  under  the  famous  Master  John  Lovel,  but 
did  not  proceed  to  a  colle;j:iatc  course.  He  enya^'cd  in  his  father's  j>r<)res>ii)n  of  painting', 
in  which  he  emulated  the  excellencies  of  the  best  masters ;  and,  had  his  life  been  spared, 
he  would  probably  have  been  in  his  day  what  Copley  and  West  have  since  been, — the  honor 
of  America  in  the  imitative  art.  I  remember  that  one  of  his  first  paintin;;s  was  the  picture 
of  his  old  master,  John  Lovel,  drawn  wliilc  the  tcrrilic  impressions  of  the  pcdajio-j^uc  were 
yet  vibrating  upon  his  nerves.  I  found  it  so  perfect  a  likeness,  that  I  did  not  wonder  when 
my  young  friend  told  nic  that  a  sudden  undesigned  glance  at  tlie  head  often  made  him 
shudder." — From  a  Letter  of  Judge  Craiich,  of  Washington,  in  l>uuhip't  Ilittorlcal  Art*  of 
Detign.  See  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  pp.  16,  17;  also  note  on  William  above,  and  John, 
Class  of  1746. 


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63 


*Barril,  Cclburni 

*  Jackson,  Edward  2 
*Tilley,  William 
*Winslow,  Joshua^ 

Merchant. 

*  Marshall,  John 
*Spooner,  William^ 
*Taylor,  William  ^ 

Merchant. 

*Lovell,  John^ 
*Philips,  John'^ 


*Tidmarsh,  William  ^ 

Harv.  1749,  A.M. 

*Tyng,  Edward 
*Tyng,  Jonathan 


*1810 


*Gardiner,  John^ 
*Rushton 

*1794 
*1793 

*Richardson,  Jacob? 

Bookseller  in  Newport. 

*1818 

*Green,  Charles 

*1752 

*Tyng,  William  i*^ 

Cliief  Justice,  New  Brunswick.  *1807 

*Wallis,  Gamaliel 

*Russell,  Joseph^  1  ?*i808 

*  Welch,  Hezekiah?i3 
* Jepson,  Samuel '?  ^  ^ 
*Jennys,  Richard 
*Bulfinch,  William 
*Bulfinch,  SamueP* 
*Godet,  Theodore 
*f6Foxcro/t,  Samuel 

Harv.  1754,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
New  Gloucester,  Maine.  *1807 

*Kettley 

*Day 

*Tilestone,  John?$i5 

*  Welch,  John  16 
*Bastide,  John  Henry 
*Waldo,  Ralph 

*t8L0VELL,    JAjVIES 

Harv.  1756,  A.M.,  Usher,  Dele- 
cfate  Cont.  Congress.  *1814 


1  Probably  this  name  should  be  spelled  Barrell  wherever  it  occurs,  as  is  done  iu  this  case 
by  Sabine,  i.  212.     See  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  34. 

2  Brother  of  Joseph,  whom  we  suppose  the  same  as  ours  of  1742 ;  see  also  Class  of  1756. 

3  b.  1736.  -1  b.  24  Oct.  1734.  See  note  on  Spooner,  Class  of  1742. 
5  Sabine,  ii.  346 ;  also  Barrell's  List.  ^  bapt.  Ch.  in  Brattle  Sq.  23  May,  1736. 
■?  May  be  a  brother  of  Samuel,  whom  we  take  for  ours  of  1742,  and  bapt.  New  North  Ch. 

20  Feb.  1733-4;  or  John,  b.  15  Sept.  1735.  We  suppose  him  the  latter,  and  if  so,  to  have 
been  the  Commander  of  Castle  William  (Fort  Independence)  ;  Sabine,  i.  185.  Elisha  Cooke, 
who  is  perhaps  ours  of  1742,  had  a  brother  John,  b.  5  Apr.  1735,  who  is  perhaps  the  John 
who  belongs  here. 

8  Son  of  Sylvester ;  see  Class  of  1724,  a  brother  of  William,  whom  we  suppose  the  same 
as  ours  of  1743,  and  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  11  Dec.  1737.  Born  about  1731  in  Boston,  sent 
to  England  to  complete  his  education,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  Westminster  Hall. 
He  was  Attorney  General  at  St.  Christopher's  ;  returned  to  Boston  in  1763.  See  Perkins's 
Life  of  Copley,  p.  56 ;  also  Drake,  and  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators. 

9  Died  before  1764.  lo  See  Sabine,  ii.  369.  n  Sabine,  ii.  248. 

12  b.  26  Aug.  bapt.  First  Church,  1  Sept.  1734 ;  brother  of  Ebenezer,  whom  we  suppose 
ours  of  1742 ;  see  also  Class  of  1746. 

13  b.  1,  bapt.  New  No.  Ch.  2  Jan.  1736.  i-*  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  5  June,  1737. 
15  b.  29  Feb.  1735,  and  bapt.  New  North  Church  same  day ;  but  possibly  Thomas,  sou  of 

Onesiphorus,  b.  10  Sept.  1735.  la  Probably  the  John  b.  11  Sept.  1735. 


64  PUBLIC    I.ATIN    SCHOOL. 


The  followinsr  cntci-cd  this  Class  at  *Ru£rfTleS      Johll^ 

a  later  date  than  tlnise  above.  °°      '  ' 

*tBKoWNE,  William  1  i   *Huggles,  Samuel 

Haiv.  \7oo,  A.M..  Judfie  Supi.  I   *Haraock,  John 
ct.orMa....Gov.of Bermuda.  .1802       *Green,  Heniy  .1774 

•Livingston,  Philip  _        *tLoring,  John 


Harv.  175.").  'izre 


* 


Colman,  John* 


1745  i   *^P^^^°^'P'  HenryS 
,   *Apthorp,  Stephen^ 

*Gatiomb,  Chi-istopher  *Mace.  William 

*Coker  j   *Bradfoid,  James 

*t5  Hancock,  John2  i   *Goldthwait,  Ezekiel' 

Harv.    1754,    A.M.,    and    Yale  Countv  Re"i«ter. 

1769,   and   N.J.  1769,    LL.D.,  •                ^ounn  i^e^i  ler. 

Harv.  1792,  Brcwn  17^?^,  Prcs.  a.-iTr-      i              t    i         tt                 t  .^c 

Cout.  Cong.,  Gov.  of  Mass.      ♦1793  *Winslo\v,  John  Hay  Ward  .'^ 


I  Sal)ine,  i.  205.  2  gee  Drake's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  Allen. 

3  On  Barren's  List.  ^  }h.  18  Jan.  1737-S.    Proe.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  1873-5,  p.  41G. 

5  l)apt.  King's  Chapel,  25  Mar.  173G-7.  o  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  22  Mar.  1737-8. 

"  Sabine,  i.  479;  also  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  57.  In  the  Proceedings  of  the  Mass. 
Hist.  Soc.  18G9-70,  pp.  392  et  seq.  is  a  list  of  the  "  Addressers  "  to  Gov.  Hutchinson,  with 
their  occupations,  and  of  the  protesters  against  the  Solemn  League  and  Covenant,  com- 
piled evidently  by  a  non-S3"mpathi2er,  on  ■which  we  find  the  names  of  many  Latin  School 
boys,  with  some  who  may  be  as  well  entitled  to  a  place  in  the  list  as  those  wc  have  inserted, 
and  might  have  been  put  in  on  conjecture.  Some  of  these  names  have  already  been  printed 
in  previous  classes,  and  their  occupations  and  a  reference  to  this  volume  could  now  be 
inserted  only  at  great  inconvenience  ;  it  has  therefore  seemed  best  to  give  all  here,  and  by 
so  doing  avoid  a  future  reference  under  the  names  which  occur  in  subsequent  classes.  To 
save  repetition,  the  names  in  the  first  list  which  appear  on  the  second,  are  marked  with  a  f . 

ifSylvestcr  Gardner,  apothecary,  1721;  {George  Bethune,  niciThanl  aad  agent  for  the 
transports,  1729;  Nathaniel  Hatch,  clerk  of  Supreme  Court,  1731 ;  {Nathaniel  Cotfin,  deputy 
cashier,  1733;  {James  Boutincau,  merchant,  ?1734;  {Robert  Janis,  mariner  and  wine 
seller,  ?1734  or  1750;  {Adino  Padd(j<k,  chaise  maker,  {Richard  Lechniere,  distiller,  1735; 
{Benjamin  Davis,  huckster,  {(  ?)Jolin  Erving,  Jr.,  merchant,  173G;  John  Borland,  gentle- 
man, 1737  ;  {Joseph  Green,  merchant,  {Peter  Johonuot,  distiller,  Joseph  Goldthwait,  Crown 
officer,  1738;  {Benjamin  Clarke,  brazier,  1739;  {Benjamin  (Jridlcy,  pettifogger,  1740; 
{George  Briulcy,  meichant,  1742;  {Josliua  Winslow,  merchant,  {William  Taylor,  dealer 
in  small  wares,  {Colbourn  Barrcll,  merchant  and  Sandcmanian  preacher,  1744 ;  {E?.ekicl 
Goldthwait,  county  register,  1745;  {(:) Henry  Lloydc,  merchant,  {George  Erving,  mer- 
chant, {John  Vassal,  farmer,  {John  Taylor,  shopkeejKr,  (  ?)(;corge  Lydc,  custom-house 
otijcer,  174G;  Samuel  Prince,  merchant,  174S;  {Tiiomas  Apthorp,  Crown  otlieer,  1750;  {Isaac 
Winslow,  Jr.,  diitiller,  1751 ;  {.Jo'^cph  Scott,  l)ra/.ier,  1753  ;  {Francis  Green,  mei-chant,  1754; 
{.John  Gore,  painter,  1750;  {David  Greene,  {Nathaniel  Collin,  Jr.,  factor,  and  son  to  the 
tleptity  collector,  1757;  {John  Joy,  carpenter,  1759;  Jonathan  Simpson,  merchant,  1761; 
{Martin  Gay  (possibly),  copjiersmith,  17G8. 

The  following  appear  on  the  list  of  i)r<)testcrs  alone  :  Samuel  Fitch,  1734  ;  Natlianiel  Huvd, 
1738;  Jeremiah  (n-ecn,  perhaps  1741  or  42;  Rufus  (ireen,  ]>erhnp-t  i742;  Tlioiuas  Briudley, 
1742;  Joseph  Taylor,  1754  ;  William  Apihorp,  1755:  William  Coffin,  3d,  1758. 

«  b.  21  Mar.  bapi.  First  Church,  2  Apr.  173S. 


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*Winslow 
*Cordis,  Joseph 
*Cordis,  Elnathan 

*  Jones,  William 
*Greenleaf,  William  ?Ji      *i793 
*Phillips,  William  ?$2         ^^^-o 

*  Allen,  James  ^ 

Hai-v.  1754,  A.M.,  Surgeon   in 
British  Navy. 

*t5  Church,  Benjamin* 

Harr.    1754,    A.M.,    and    Yale 
1773. 

*Villette,  Peter 
^Richardson,  Henry 


1746. 

^fErving,  George^ 

A.M.    1762,    and 


1776 


Harv.    1757 
Glasgrow. 


*1806 


*Tillson 


*1801 


*1790 


*Walker,  Edward 

Harv.    and    Yale    1757,   A.M. 
Harv. 

*t6Hill,  Williams 

Harv.  1756,  A.M. 

*Taylor,  John^ 

Shopkeeper. 

*Smibert,  John' 
*Broadbelt,  John 
*Gridley,  John^ 
*Cutlei^  Peter? 9 

Merchant. 

*Greenough,  Thomas  ?|i*^ 

*  Welch,  Nathaniel  ?ii 
*fFairfield,  John 

Harv.   1757,   A.M.    1761;  Min- 
ister of  Saco,  Maine.  *1819 

*Doane 

*t6Checkley,  William 

Hai-v.  1756,  A.M.  *1780 

*t6Hill,  Henry 

Harv.  1756,  A.M.,  Merchant.     *1828 


^1775 


I  Genealogy  of  Greeuleaf  family,  chart  iv.  •  but  perhaps  James  Gold,  b.  1  Jan.  1734;  or 
Thomas,  b.  21  May,  1737. 

-  Father  of  Hon.  John  Phillips,  first  Maj-or  of  Boston.  Son  of  John  and  Mary  (Buttolph) 
Phillips.  Born  in  Boston  29  Aug.  bapt.  Ch.  in  Br.  Sq.  4  Sept.  1737 ;  but  perhaps  David, 
bapt.  King's  Chapel,  14  Sept.  1737 ;  or  William,  b.  30  Aug.  1736,  son  of  John  and  Sarah. 

3  Probably  b.  11  (the  editor  of  the  Harvard  Quinquennial  says  9),  and  bapt.  New  No.  Ch. 
11  Aug.  1736.    He  died  before  1761.  4  Sabine,  i.  313 ;  also  Drake  and  Allen. 

5  Sabine,  i.  406 ;  also  note  on  Goldthwait,  Class  of  1745 ;  the  latter  note  also  applies  to 
Taylor.  6  On  Barrell's  List. 

'  b.  24,  bapt.  Old  South,  25  Nov.  1733,  but  more  probably  he  should  be  in  the  Class  of  1743. 
Nathaniel,  who  is  given  there  and  should  be  here,  was  a  younger  brother. 

8  The  Catalogue  of  1847  gave  this  name  as  John  Dudley.  In  Dr.  Homer's  copj-  of  Lovell's 
Catalogue,  referred  to  iu  the  Preface,  p.  iv,  he  has  written  Gridley.  The  name  comes  just 
where  there  is  a  crease  in  the  original  manuscript,  which  has  been  so  worn  that  only  the 
dley  can  be  deciphered,  with  a  part  of  the  letter  preceding  which  may  be  i  or  ii.  It  is  fair 
to  suppose  that  it  was  in  better  condition  when  Dr.  H.  made  his  copy,  and  that  he  has 
rightly  given  it  Gridley,  though  that  copj'  is  not  always  correct,  for  he  frequently  changes 
the  spelling,  and  occasionally  omits  duplicate  names. 

^  Alive  in  1785.     Cutler  Genealogy,  by  Rev.  A.  Morse. 

w  b.  8  May,  1738  ;  or  Samuel,  bapt.  Second  Church,  7  Sept.  1735 ;  or  Daniel,  bapt.  Second 
Church,  16  July,  1738. 

II  b.  15  June,  1736 ;  on  the  Town  llecords  the  name  is  spelled  Wel^^h ;  or  he  may  be  the 
W.  of  1744. 


GG 


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*Clarke,  Christopher 
*Day 

*Kidgell 
*tBiiiTC'tt,  SamueP 

llarv.    1757,    A.^r.,    ami    Yale 
17G0,  LL.D.  Etlinb.  1797.  "ITSS 

*Witherhead,  Samuel 
*  Mathews 
*Wells,  John?J2 
*Henshaw,  William ^ 

Col.  ia  Continental  Army.  •1820 

*GoRHAM,  Nathaniel?* 

President  of  Con;,'rcss.  •1790 

*Pliilip;>,  Joseph  ?t^ 
*Hollowell,  Samuel 
*Holyoke,  John  *i75.'^ 

*Epes,  Samuel 

Ilarv.    1751,    A.M.,    an.l    Yale 


1754. 


•1700 


^  Lloyd,  Samuel  ?« 

Clerk. 

*  Lloyd" 
*Faneuil,  Peter 

Coll.  of  New  .Jersey  175 

*Price,  Henry 

*  Wendell,  Jacob  ?J^ 
*Grayton,  James'' 
*Tidmarsh,  John?^" 


A.M. 


The  foUowinir  cntereil  this  Class  at 
a  later  ilatc  than  those  above. 

*tVassall,  John  11 

Han-.  1757,  A.M.  'ITQ: 


1747. 

*Allen,  John?ti2 
*Dennie,  John^-^ 


1  Sec  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  35. 

2  b.  3,  hapt.  New  No.  Ch.  5  Feb.  1737 ;  or  George,  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  2  Feb.  1738-9. 

8  See  Proceedings  of  Mass.  Hist.  Soe.  1876-7,  for  a  memoir  by  Emory  Washburn ;  also 
Brake.  *  b.  in  Charlestown  in  1733.     See  Welsh's  Eulogy ;  also  Drake. 

S  1).  17,  an.l  bapt.  New  North  Church,  2i  Oct.  17-36;  or  Nathaniel,  his  brother,  b.  2,  and 
bapt.  same  church,  8  June,  1735 ;  buih  brotlici-s  of  S.imucl,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1742  ; 
and  John,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1744;  but  peihaps  William,  b.  29  Aug.  bapt.  Church 
in  Brattle  Sq.  4  Sept.  1737  (given  under  174Gj  ;  or  Thomas,  bapt.  same  church,  10  Oct.  1737. 

•"^  This  name  is  from  IJarrcH's  List. 

"  The  name  of  Henry  Lloydo,  merchant,  appears  among  the  addressers  of  Hutchinson. 
I'roc.  Mass.  Ilist.  Soc.  1SG9-70,  p.  392;  and  this  may  be  he. 

8  b.  19,  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  24  Oct.  1730;  or  John,  bapt.  Old  South,  30  Jan. 
1736-7  ;  or  Gyles,  his  brother,  and  nlso  brother  of  Nathaniel,  who  may  be  ours  of  1749,  bapt. 
same  church,  11  Mar.  173;)-9;  or  can  he  be  Oliver,  tlio  Judge,  b.  in  Boston  in  1733,  Han-. 
1753,  *1818  ?  (see  Allen's  Biog.  Diet.) ;  or  Josiah,  bapt.  Ch.  in  Br.  Sq.  1 1  Oct.  1730. 

0  This  name,  like  that  of  Gridlcy  above,  is  worn  so  as  not  to  be  easily  deciphered  ou  the 
original  manuscript.  Some  one  h.as  pasted  on  a  now  piece  of  pajier,  and  writieii  James 
Taylor  for  the  name  beneath,  but  Dr.  llomcr  gives  it  (Jrayton  clearly  ;  an.l  a  careful  exam- 
ination ol  the  original,  umlcr  the  guidance  given  by  his  copy,  leaves  little  doubt  that  the 
name  there  written  is  Chayton,  and  that  the  conjectural  Taylor  is  an  error. 

10  hapt.  Old  So.  30  Jan.  173G-7.  "  Sabine,  ii.  382.     Vassalls  of  New  England,  p.  17. 

1-  b.  27  .Tan.  1738;  (;ee  Class  of  1743.  The  two  Aliens  of  this  Chns  may  !<e  William  and 
James,  bai>t.  Ciirist  Cliunli,  13  July,  17-35  ;  or  one  may  be  Henry  Jolly,  bapt.  there  1  May, 
173G,  who  is  perhaps  JoIKy  Allen  (Sabine,  i.  100),  who  died  17S2;  or  Kidiard,  Impt.  16  Nov. 
1740,  who  had  brothers, — Nathaniel,  Lewis  and  Caleb, — one  ol  whom  nniy  bo  our  boy  of 
1750,  or  C,  or  9,  or  all  three  may  belong  to  us  in  those  Classes  respectively. 

13  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  .30  Dec.  1738. 


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•'^Colman,  Benjamin  ?i:^ 

*Beacham,  Joseph?^ 

*Box,  John 

^Marshall,  Caleb  ?$3 

*Eliot,  Samuel'^  *1820 

*t6  Pitts,  John 

Harv.  1757,  A.M.  *1815 

*Hatch,  Jabez?5 
*McDaniel,  Isaac  ?^ 
*  Wiltshire,  John 
*Smibert7 

*Sprague,  Samuel?^ 
*Flagg,  Stephen? 3 
*Haliburtou,  William 
*Churchio 


*Minot,  Jonas  Clarke  ?  ^  ^ 
*Minot,  Stephen  ?^^  *i787 

*Barril 
*Barril 

*  Hatch 

*Flagg,  Josiah?|i2 

Jesus  Coll.  Camb.  1755,  M.A. 
1758,  and  Fell,  of  Jesus,  Min- 
ister of  Christ  Church,  Camb., 
Mass.,  Vicar  of  Croydon  1765, 
Rector  Bow  Church,  London, 
1778,  Prebend  of  Finsbury  1790.*1816 

*Penuyman,  William 
^nVendell,  John?$i4 

*  Green,  Benjamin  ?|i  ^ 
''Erskine 


1  b.  19  July,  1740 ;  or  William,  b.  Auj^.  1739 ;  sec  Proceedings  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  1873-5, 
p.  416. 

2  b.  13  Aug.  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  7  Sept.  1735.     See  Class  of  1740. 

3  b.  24  Sept.  1741.    See  below. 

■*  b.  in  Boston,  1739.  Founder  of  the  Eliot  Professorship  of  Greek  Litei-ature  in  Ilai-vard 
College.     See  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. 

5  b.  17,  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  27  Feb.  1737-S.  6  bapt.  Christ  Church,  3  Aug.  1735. 

"  Perkins,  in  his  Life  of  Copley,  p.  17,  says,  Smibert  the  painter  left  four  sons ;  the  names 
of  three  appear  on  our  lists,  and  only  those  three  are  to  be  found  on  the  Records  of  the 
Town  or  of  the  baptisms  at  the  Old  South  Church.  This  is  probably  the  fourth  son,  but  of 
his  name  Ave  are  ignorant ;  or  Nathaniel  of  1744  should  be  here,  Jolin  of  1746  take  his  place, 
and  leave  "William  as  now ;  or  one  of  these  three  may  have  left  and  re-entered. 

8  b.  19  June,  1735. 

9  b.  24,  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  30  Dec.  1739 ;  or  Gershom,  bapt.  Old  So.  4  July,  1730. 

10  Perhaps  Benjamin,  given  as  of  1745,  or  Edward,  as  of  1750  should  be  here. 

11  Brothers.  J.,  b.  20  Aug.  1738 ;  S.,  b.  14  Feb.  1739,  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  17 
Feb.  1740  (probably,  as  heretofore  explained,  the  same  year  is  intended)  ;  but  one  may  be 
Christopher,  laud-waiter,  on  Barrell's  List. 

1-  b.  22  Oct.  1733,  In-other  of  Stephen  aljovc  ;  or  Thomas,  b.  16  Sept.  173S. 

13  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  1  Apr.  1733.  See  Thomas's  Biotr.  Diet. ;  also  Allen  and  Drake. 
Perkins's  IJfe  of  Copley,  p.  32.     Sabine,  i.  170.     Bridgmau's  King's  Chapel  Epit.  p.  278. 

l-»  b.  29  Aug.  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  4  Sept.  1737  ;  or  Henry  Flint,  bapt.  at  the  same, 
25  Dec.  1737  ;  or  Thomas,  bapt.  King's  Cliapel,  11  Aug.  1738 ;  or  John  Hunt,  bapt.  Cluuch 
in  Brattle  Sq.  28  Nov.  1739. 

15  b.  31  Jan.  1739.  He  had  a  brother  Francis,  whom  we  suppose  to  be  the  Francis  of 
1750 ;  but  perhaps  Benjamin,  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  23  June,  1738 ;  or  "William,  bapt.  Christ 
Church,  21  Nov.  1742  (who,  however,  may  be  our  boy  of  1750)  ;  or  Thomas,  bapt.  Kiuc's 
Chapel,  4  Mar.  1739-40. 


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*  Allen,  James  ?Ji 

?Harv.  1754,  A.M. 

*Porter,  James 7^ 

CoHiptroller  General. 

*AIleyne 

♦Marshall,  William? 3 

*Martinl)ro' 

*Martinbro' 

*  Williams,  John?!^ 

*  Williams,  William  ?t* 

?Yale  1754,  A.M. 

*Symmons,  Thomas 
*Brown,  Nathaniel  ?J^ 
*Mosely,  John 
*t6Chardon,  Peter^ 

Haiv.  1757.  A.M. 


•1808 


•1766 


The  following  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*t01iver,  Daniel 

Harv.  1758.  A.M. 


•1768 


1748. 

*Winslow,  Theophilus/J' 
*Johonnot,  Andrew ^ 

Distiller.  »18M 

♦Stoddard,  John  Bentley?$^ 
*Oxnard,  Thomas  ?  ^  * 
*Hollowell,  Robert  11 
*  Whitwell,    William  i  * 

New  Jersey  1758,  A.M.,  and 
Harv.  1762 ;  Minister  of  Mar- 
blehead.  'USl 

*Lovell,  Joseph  13 
♦Gardener,  James  i* 
♦Moseley,  Edward 
♦Moseley 
♦Pitts,  James 
♦Bennet,  Rowland  ^t^  5 
♦Shipton,  William  Wil- 
loughby  ?  ^  *^ 


1  b.  9  Aug.  1736,  and  died  befoie  1761 ;  but  perhaps  James,  b.  24  July,  1739 ;  but  see  note 
above,  and  also  under  Class  of  1743.  2  On  Barrell's  List ;  Sabine,  ii.  198. 

8  b.  9,  bapt.  Christ  Church,  18  Feb.  1738.  He  had  brothers,— Samuel,  whom  we  have 
taken  for  ours  of  1743,  and  John,  who  may  be  ours  of  1744. 

<  J.,  b.  25  Mar.  17-36;  W.,  b.  31  Jan.  1736.  But  one  may  l>e  Richard,  bapt.  Old  South, 
12  Nov.  1738 ;  or  Jonathan,  b.  27,  bapt.  First  Ch.  30  Nov.  1740 ;  or  John,  b.  15  Oct.  1741. 

6  b.  27  Sept.  1737.  This  boy  may  belong  however  in  the  next  Class,  or  one  of  the  follow- 
ing boys  niaj'  belong  either  here  or  there  :  John,  b.  16  Apr.  173G  ;  Samuel,  b.  28,  bapt.  New 
North  Church,  31  July,  1737 ;  or  Ebenezer,  b.  9  Feb.  1737.    Sec  note  on  Brown,  1748. 

'  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  43. 

'  bapt.  First  Church,  18  Nov.  1739,  a  brother  of  John  H.  whom  we  have  supposed  one 
of  ours  of  1744 ;  but  perhaps  Thomas  Alford,  bapt.  Old  South,  2.')  May,  1740,  a  brother  of 
Joshua,  whom  we  have  supposed  another  of  ours  of  1744.  »  N.  E.  H.  G.  R.  vi.  361. 

9  b.  13,  bnpt.  Second  Church,  19  June,  1737;  or  David,  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  28 
Oct.  1739;  or  James,  bapt.  at  the  same  church,  1  Aug.  1742. 

J<^  Spelled  Oxward  in  M.S.     See  Sabine,  ii.  139,  where  the  reference  is  pcrhnp-s  to  him. 

'1  Jlobert  Hallowell  (Sabine,  i.  508)  would  have  been  about  of  the  right  age,  if  he  were 
born  in  this  country,  which  S.  leaves  uncertain.  i'^  Spmgue's  Annals ;  also  Allen. 

18  Perhaps  the  L.  given  by  Sabine,  ii.  30,  without  a  Christian  name. 

1*  bupt.  King's  Chupcl,  9  Sept.  1739,  a  brother  of  those  in  1743  and  4>,  though  not  men- 
tioneil  by  .Saliiue,  and  like  them,  pi'obably  should  l>e  spelh-d  Gardiner,  as  it  is  by  Dr.  Homer. 
Perhaps  he  died  early. 

1&  b.  13  May,  1739;  or  Thomas,  bapt.  Church  in  liraitlc  .Sij.  25  Mar.  1739;  or  Bci\jarain, 
b.  14  Apr.  1740.  I''  bapt.  Old  South,  •.'.'»  Feb.  1738-9. 


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*Welchman,  William 
*Fitch,  John?$i 
*Henderson2 
*tAvery,  John 

Harv.  1759,  A.M.  Haw.  and 
Yale.  Sec'v  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Mass.  *1806 

*Prince,  Samuel?^ 

*Goffe,  Ebenezer?* 

*Goffe 

*West,  Francis  ?:j:5 

*Lowell,  Michael? 6 

*Foster,  Thomas?:):' 

*Raymond,  Thomas  ?:j:8 

*Coker 

*Butler,  James  ?$  9 

*Butler,  Alford?|io     ' 


*Brown,  Thomas  ?i:^^ 
*Gorham,  John?!^ 
*Gorham 


The  following  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*tOtis,  Samuel  Allyne^^ 

Hai-v.  17.59,  A.M.,  M.C.,  Sec'y 
U.S.  Senate.  *1814 


1749. 

*Lowdeu,  Joseph  ?Ji* 
*  Palfrey,  William  1 5 

Paymaster-General  Continental 
Array.  *1780 

*f Bradford,  Williams  ^^ 


Harv.  1760,  A.M. 


*1801 


I  b.  14  Jan.  1738,  a  brother  of  Benjamin,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1741,  and  Joseph, 
and  Zabdiel,  who  are  perhaps  ours  of  1741  or  2  ;  or  Jonathan,  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq. 
9  Apr.  173S.  -  Can  he  be  James,  a  refugee  on  Barrell's  List  ? 

3  b.  29  Oct.  bapt.  Old  South,  4  Nov.  1739.  ^  b.  1  Nov.  1731. 

5  b.  13  Mar.  1739 ;  or  David,  b.  25  Aug.  1737.  6  bapt.  First  Church,  5  Mar.  1738. 

7  b.  20,  bapt.  Old  North  Church,  26  Aug.  1739 ;  but  perhaps  Ebenezer,  b.  3,  bapt.  Old 
South,  8  May,  1737 ;  or  Thomas  "Wait,  b.  2  May,  1741 ;  or  Edward,  b.  25  July,  1741 ;  or 
Benjamin  Swayne,  bapt.  First  Church,  28  Nov.  173G ;  or  Thomas,  bapt.  ?ame  church,  9 
July,  1738.  s  bapt.  First  Ch.  22  Oct.  1738 ;  or  his  brother  Joseph,  bapt.  26  Oct.  1740. 

9  b.  15  Feb.  1739.  His  grandson.  Prof.  Butler,  thinks  him  our  boy,  because  then  nine 
years  old  in  Boston. 

10  b.  19  Oct.  1739;  but  of  these  two,  one  may  perhaps  be  Samuel,  b.  21  May,  1737;  or 
Christopher,  b.  26  Julj-,  1740.  Barrell's  List  gives  a  James  who  may  be  the  one  here,  or 
should  perhaps  take  the  place  of  the  other. 

II  b.  29  July,  1739.  See  note  on  the  same  name  under  1747.  One  of  the  boys  given  there 
may  belong  here,  and  the  boy  in  the  text,  or  one  of  the  following,  if  he  does  not  belong  Lore 
may  belong  there  :  John,  b.  12  Sept.  1738 ;  Benjamin,  b.  15  Nov.  1740. 

12  ?  John,  Harv.  1759,  *1761.  b.  11  May,  1741,  entered  Harvard  College  from  Charles- 
town  at  14,  died  before  1766, — T.  B.  "Wyman,  Genealogies  and  Estates  in  Cliarlestown, 
(i.  423)  says  in  1761.    He  may  have  been  our  boy.  13  See  Allen  and  Drake. 

14  b.  12  June,  1735.  This  name  in  the  old  Catalogue  was  printed  Lowder ;  and  supposing 
that  to  be  correct,  we  had  suggested  for  the  Christian  name  Jonathan,  b.  16,  bapt.  Old  So. 
23  Dec.  1739 ;  but  on  examination  of  the  original,  it  seems  clearly  to  be  Lowden,  a  name 
which  also  occurs  on  the  Town  and  Church  Eecords,  and  we  have  altered  our  conjecture  to 
correspond  with  the  changed  spelling,  though  referring  it  to  a  much  older  boy. 

15  Allen.  His  life  by  John  G.  Palfrey,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  is  in  Sparks's  Amer.  Biog.,  second 
series,  vol.  vii.  He  was  a  prominent  Freemason.  Sec  Historical  Sketch  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Lodge.  16  Sabine,  i.  249,  where  the  Christian  name  is  incorrectly  spelled  William. 


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*James,  Francis 
*\''iucent,  Benjamin  -ijag 

*Hill,  William  ?$i 
*Salisburv.  Samuel- 

MercliHut.  •ISIS 

*Pennyman.  James 

^Wendall 

"* Borland,  Francis 

*Din.sdale,  William  ?t^ 

*Spooner,  Nathaniel? J* 

*t Hooper,  William  ^ 

Ihuv.  17G0,  A.M. ;  Menib.  Cou- 
tineut.al  Cousness.  *1790 

*Wendell,  Jacob  ?J^ 
*Tidmarsh,  William  ? 
*Shipton,  Samuel?" 
*  Wendell,  Isaac  ?8 
*Dabney,  John  ?» 
*Thompson,  Benjamin  ?Ji'' 


*Jackson,  Daniel '^J^^ 
*Green,  George?^ - 
*Cordis,  Thomas?^  3 
*WendelL  Jacob ?i* 
♦Hatch,  Harris ''15 


The  followinjr  cntcrcil  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  thau  those  al)Ovc. 

*t Brattle,  Thomas  i« 

Ilaiv.   1760,    A.M.,    and    Yale 
1769,  aud  New  Jersey  1769.        •ISOI 


1750. 

*Green,  Francis?^" 

Haiv.  1760,  A.M.  1799.    Lieut. 
British  Army.  -ISOQ 

*t5Church,  Edward  ^^ 

Haw.  1759,  A.M. 


1  1>.  27  Apr.  1739,  unless  he  is  ours  of  1746;  or  Alexander,  bapt.  Christ  Chui-ch,  22  Jan. 
1737-8.    The  reference,  Sabine,  i.  53."),  may  be  to  him. 

2  bapt.  Old  South,  25  Nov.  1739;  a  brother  of  Josiah,  of  1743.  We  had  inserted  this 
Dituie,  as  well  as  that  of  Jo-iah,  with  the  belief  that  they  must  have  been  our  boys.  A  note 
dated  Mar.  1881*  from  Prof.  L.  E.  Salisbury  of  New  Il.aven,  confirms  our  conclusions  aud 
justifies  us  in  removing  the  r.    They  were  brothers  of  our  Stephen  of  1755. 

8  Probably  William  Dinsdell  (nic)  on  Town  Records,  b.  3  Oct.  1739,  son  of  William  and 
Elizal)eth;  but  perhaps  John  Diusdall,  bapt.  Old  South,  15  July,  1744. 

*  bapt.  Old  South,  23  Auj;.  1741,  a  bi-other  of  William,  whom  we  suppose  the  same  ns  ours 
of  1744.    Can  this,  or  our  boy  of  1742  or  59,  be  the  ?21)euezer  on  Barrell's  List  ? 

6  Siirner  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.    Sabine,  i.  541 ;  Alleu  and  Drake. 

6  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  20  Mar.  1743. 

7  bapt.  Old  South,  24  Feb.  1739 ;  brother  of  W.  W.  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1748. 

8  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  3  Apr.  1743. 

9  bapt.  First  Church,  4  July,  1742. 

W  bapt.  First  Cimrch,  4  Apr.  1742;  or  Ceorgc,  bapt.  Christ  Church,  26  Mar.  1738. 

11  i).  23  Apr.  1742;  or  Newark,  bapt.  Christ  Church,  20  July,  1740. 

12  b.  13  Oct.  1742;  d.  about  1800.  All  his  brothers  went  here  to  school.  I3  b.  5  Sept.  1741. 
U  h:ipt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  9  July,  1738.  l«  b.  20  Oct.  1740.  l«  Sabine,  i.  250. 
IT  Perkins's  Copley,  p.  67.    Sabine,  i.  402.    Alleu  and  Drake.    See  note  on  same  name 

Class  of  1747.  Bcnjainin  of  174fi,  an  older  lirotlior,  should  perhaps  be  here  aud  Francis 
trausferroil  to  1754.  Francis,  accordiuj,'  to  his  diary,  was  fitted  at  Halifav  and  partly  at 
Master  LovcU's.  i*  Died  before  1821. 


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71 


*Winslow,  John?^ 

*Tiltson 

*t6  Hancock,  Ebenezer 

Haiv.  1760,  A.M.  *1819 

*t6Vassall,  Lewis^ 

Harv.  1760,  A.M. 

*Ruggies,  William  ?J3 
"*Allen,  Joshua?!'^ 
*Apthorp,  Thomas?^ 
*tJACKSON,  Jonathan^ 

Harv.  1761,  A.M.,  Treas.  Harv. 

Coll. ;  Memb.  Cont.  Cong.  *1810 

*-\Marsh,   Christopher  Bridge 
Harv.  1761,  A.M.  *1773 

*Lewis,  Ezekiel?''' 
*  Griggs,  John?  8 


*j5I>ana,  Edmund^ 

Harv.  17ti9,  A.M.,  and  Camh., 
Eng. ;  Vicar  of  Wroxeter,  Salop.*1823 

*Bromfield,  Samuel  ?:j:^^ 

*Hubbard,  Miles  ?$ii 

*Cowley,  John?i2 

*  Atkins,  Nathaniel  ?$  13 

*Drowne 

*Drowne 

*Day 

*^%Dommitt^  Joseph^^ 

Harv.  1762,  A.M. 

*Jarvisi^ 

*Phillips,  Benjamin  ?i 6 

*Phillips 


I  bapt.  Old  South,  20  June,  1742,  brother  of  Joshua,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1744, 
and  Thomas  A.  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1748 ;  but  perhaps  Benjamin,  bapt.  Old  South, 
3  Feb.  1739-40 ;  or  Peter,  bapt.  Old  South,  26  Oct.  1739 ;  or  William,  bapt.  Christ  Church, 
21  Nov.  1742.    See  Class  of  1747.  2  Died  before  1785. 

3  b.  8  Jan.  1742 ;  or  his  brother  Joseph,  b.  27  June,  1740,  both  bapt.  First  Church ;  or 
George,  b.  30  Sept.  bapt.  Christ  Church,  15  Oct.  1743. 

4  b.  17  Nov.  1740 ;  or  Samuel,  b.  23  Aug.  1743  ;  or  William,  bapt.  First  Church,  19  July, 
1741 ;  or  Nathaniel,  bapt.  Christ  Church,  9  Dec.  1744.     See  Class  of  1756. 

5  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  30  Oct.  1741. 

6  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  78 ;  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  Drake. 
"  b.  and  bapt.  Old  South,  6  Sept.  1741. 

s  b.  27  May,  1744,  brother  of  William,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1743. 
8  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  50. 

10  b.  1741 ;  or  Thomas,  b.  30  Oct.  1733 ;  died  in  England,  May,  1816.  H.  B.  Pearson 
teste,  Mar.  1849.    See  note  on  Edward  Bromfield,  Class  of  1735. 

II  b.  4  Sept.  1740 ;  or  Thomas,  b.  30  Dec.  1740 ;  or  Abraham,  bapt.  Christ  Church,  21  Dec. 
1740;  or  John,  bapt.  First  Church,  13  Apr.  1742. 

12  b.  30  Aug.  1741. 

13  b.  21  Jan.  1743 ;  but  perhaps  Gibbs,  n806 ;  see  Sabine,  i.  192. 

1*  b.  15  July,  1742 ;  died  before  1809.  Spelled  in  Harvard  Quinquennial,  Domett.  Sup- 
posed to  have  been  an  Episcopal  missionary  in  England.  Sabine,  i.  384,  where  the  name 
is  spelled  Domette. 

15  Can  this  or  the  J.  of  1734  be  Robert,  mentioned  by  Sabine  and  given  in  Barrell's  List ; 
or  John,  on  the  list  of  protesters  referred  to  in  note  under  Goldthwait,  Class  of  1745. 

16  b.  19  Feb.  1739,  and  probably  the  same  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  24  Feb.  1740, 
the  year  being  undoubtedly  the  same,  as  in  other  instances  previously  explained ;  brother 
of  William,  the  father  of  the  mayor  (see  under  Class  of  1745),  who  may  also  belong  here, 
if  the  second  William  is  the  one  belonging  there ;  but  one  of  these  may  perhaps  be 
Ebenezer  on  Barrell's  List. 


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♦Russell,  William  ?ti 

?  Harv.  1758. 

*Hickling2 
*tPalmer,  Thomas^ 

Harv.  1761,  A.M. 

*Torrey,  Ebenezer?^^ 
*Barril 


•1820 


The  followinfr  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*tHooper,  Stephen 

Harv.  1761,  A.M.  •1802 

*tSewall,  Hull 

Harv.  1761,  A.M.  •1767 

*Sewall,  Samuel  5 

Harv.  1761,  A.M.  'ISll 


1751. 


*tWiuslow,  Isaac^ 

Harv.  1762,  A.M. 


•1793 


•fDANA,  Francis' 

Harv.  1762.  A.M.,  LL.D.  1792, 
Vice-Pre-;.  of  Auicr.  Academy, 
Amer.  Minister  to  Russia,  Chief 
Justice  Supr.  Court,  Mass.         "ISll 

*Warren 

*Taylor,  Winslow 
*tHutchinson,  William ^ 

Harv.  1762,  A.M.  •1797 

*Knox,  Thomas ?J^ 

*'\ Belknap,  Jeremiah'^  ^ 

Harv.  1762,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  1792, 
Miuis.  of  Federal-st.  Church.    *Vi9% 

*tHill,  Thomas 

Ha«-v.  1762,  A.M.  •1818 

*t01iver,  Daniel  ^^ 

Har^•.  1762,  A.M.  •1826 

*Bromfield,  John  12  .jgQ^ 

*Minot,  John  ?|  13 
*Tilclen,  David /Ji* 
*Hunt,  John 

Harv.  1763,  A.M.  •1778 


1  b.  5  Aug.  1741 ;  or  "William,  b.  12  Sept.  1739 ;  or  his  brother  Jonathan,  b.  22  Nov.  1742. 

*  William  Hickling  is  given  under  the  Class  of  1752,  q.  v.,  but  if  he  is  the  Wm.  who  was 
b.  21  May,  1742,  he  had  a  younger  brother  John,  who  may  belong  there  and  William  more 
properly  belong  here. 

8  Sabine,  ii.  146.     .See  Curwen's  Journal,  4th  edit.  p.  587. 

*  b.  and  bapt.  First  Church,  31  Jan.  1741,  brother  of  the  T's  whom  we  have  supposed 
ours  of  llZ'i;  but  perhaps  Jonathan,  another  brother,  bapt.  First  Church,  3  Aug.  1740. 

6  Sabine,  ii.  277. 

9  See  Sabine,  ii.  446,  where  his  death  is  given  as  1819.  We  follow  Harvard  Quinquen- 
nial.   His  name  is  on  Ban-ell's  List.    See  Journal,  4th  edit.  p.  673. 

"<  See  Allen's  Biog.  Diet.;  also  Drake.    Curweu's  Journal,  4th  edit.  p.  516. 

8  Sabine,  i.  561,  where  the  date  of  his  death  is  given  1791.  Probably  the  Wm.  l)apt. 
King's  Chapel,  14  May,  1742. 

"  b.  7  Apr.  1742 ;  or  his  brother  Adam,  b.  22  Jan.  1743.  Probably  a  son  of  Adam,  who 
came  to  Boston  1737.  See  Genealogical  Memoir  of  John  Knox,  by  Kcv.  C.  Rogers, 
London,  1879. 

10  Allen's  Biog.  Diet.;  also  Drake.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Massachusetts 
Historical  Society.    Hist.  Soc.  Coll.  vi.  x. ;  Polyanthos,  i.  1-13.  u  Sabine,  ii.  129. 

12  Son  of  Edward,  merchant  of  Boston ;  brother  of  Edward,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of 
1735.  b.  6  Jan.  1713;  died  Feb.  1807.  Father  of  J.  Bromfield  the  benefactor  of  the  Boston 
AthanKuni.    II.  B.  Pearson  teste,  as  above.    See  also  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.  1871. 

18  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  S<i.  28  Oct.  1744  ;  or  another  brother,  b.  7  Feb.  1742,  of  Jonas  ( \ 
and  Stei)heu,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1747. 

H  b.  5  Oct.  1741 ;  or  Jonathan,  b.  23  Miir.  1741. 


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73 


*  Oliver,  Peter  ^ 

Hai-v.  1761,  A.M. 

*Brinimer,  Martin ^ 

Merchant. 

*Cobbett,  Philip  ?J3 
*Hubbard,  Thomas?* 
*Briggs,  John 

*  Wells,  Henry?  5 

*  Wells,  William  ?6 

*  Wells 

*Price,  Henry 
*Fletcher 
*Wiltshire,  Thomas 


*1822 
♦1804 


The  following  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*tNew,  John 

HaiT.  1762,  A.M. 


1762. 

*Burroughs,  William 
*Johnstone,  Henry 

Lawj^er. 

*Jackson,  Clement^ 


*Hickling,  William" 
*Dolbeare,  Benjamin 

Harv.  1763,  A.M. 

*tNoyes,  Nathaniel 

Harv.  1763,  A.M. 

*  Jeffries,  David  ^ 
*f  Jeffries,  John^ 

Harv.  1763,  A.M.,  M.D.  1819, 
and  Aberd.  1769. 

*Atkins,  Henry 
*Griffin,  Henry 
*t6Peck,  Johnio 

Harv.  1762,  A.M. 

*Flagg,  Gershom 
*Wrighti  1 

*Johonnot,  Francis^  ^ 
*Denme,  Joseph^^  ?*i8ii 

*Apthorp,  George  ^^ 
*Pitts,  William 
*Pitts,  Thomas 
*Fletcher,  William 
*Hamock,  Thomas 
*Brinley,  George  ?i^ 
*Trolett,  Michael 


»1767 


*1823 


»1762 


*1819 


*1768 


1  See  the  article  on  Peter,  his  father,  in  Allen's  Biog.  Diet.     Sabine,  ii.  129. 

2  b.  12  Aug.  1742 ;  died  27  Sept.  Owner  of  the  wharf  at  one  time  called  Minot's,  and 
afterwards,  Brimmer's  T. 

s  bapt.  First  Church,  30  Aug.  1746.  ^  bapt.  Old  South,  4  Jan.  1740-1. 

5  Brothers.    H.,  b.  15  Jan.  1738 ;  W.,  b.  22  June,  1740. 

6  See  under  Joseph,  Class  of  1742 ;  also  Class  of  1756. 

7  "William  Hickling  was  b.  21  May,  1742 ;  he  had  a  younger  brother,  John,  b.  14  Aug. 
1743.  Perhaps  William  should  be  given  in  1750,  as  suggested  there,  and  John  be  here.  The 
name  looks  a  little  as  if  inserted  in  Lovell's  manuscript  subsequently  to  the  original  writing. 

8  b.  6  Sept.  1743.  David  and  John  Jeffries  were  brothers,  and  sons  of  David  Jeffries,  the 
Town  Treasurer. 

9  b.  16  Feb.  1745 ;  died  16  Sept.    Sabine,  i.  573 ;  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  Drake. 

10  Probably  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  28  July,  1743. 

11  Can  this  be  the  Daniel  on  Barrell's  List  ? 

12  New  Eng.  Hist.  Geneal.  Reg.  vi.  361. 

13  Perhaps  father  of  Joseph  Dennie,  editor  of  the  Portfolio.     See  Allen. 

14  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  9  Feb.  1743-4.  is  bapt.  King's  Ch.  19  Mar.  1739-40. 


74 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


1753. 

♦Bennett,  William  ?|i 
*t6Henshaw,  Joshua 

Harv.  1763,  A.M.  •1823 

*Lowdeu,  William 
♦Cordis,  Joseph 
*Jackson,  Joseph 
*Allen,  William 
♦Storey,  Elisha 
♦Skinner,  William 
♦Scott,  Daniel  ?t2 
♦|Scolluy,  John  3 

Haiv.  1764,  A.M. 

♦Gray,  Ellis 
♦Adams,  Samuel 
♦fDrowne,  Nathaniel  Payne 

Hai-v.  1764,  A.M.  *1771 

♦Hill,  Alexander  Sears  ?|* 

Harv.    1764,   A.M.,   aud   N.  J. 
1768.  *177l 

♦Laughton,  Joseph  ?*i808 

♦Hunt,  Samuel^ 

llarv.  1765,  A.M.,  Head  Master.  ♦ISie 


♦Gray,  Edward  ?J^ 
♦t6BL0WEu.s,  Sampson  Sal- 
ter" 

Ilarv.  1763,  A.M.,  Chief  Justice 
Supr.  Court  Nova  Scotia.  •1842 

♦Lewis,  Jonathan  Clarke?^ 
♦jApthorp,  Robert^ 
♦Coburn,  Seth 
♦Hodgson,  Thomas 
♦Jones,  Peter  Faneuil 
♦Speakman,  William 
♦fB  Hooper,  Joseph  i*^ 

Ilan-.  1763,  A.M. 

♦Johonnot,  GabrieP  ^ 

Mercbaut. 


1754. 

♦Turner,  William  ^^ 

?  Ilan-.  1767,  A.M.  1771. 
*f  Winter,  Francis 

Hai-v.  176.i,  A.M. 


•1812 


•1820 


•1808 
•1826 


1  1).  10  Sept.  1741 ;  or  Benjamin,  bapt.  New  North  Church,  19  Apr.  1741. 

2  Scot  («c)  h.  23  Aug.  1744  ;  or  Joseph,  b.  22  May,  1736,  on  Barrell's  List ;  or  Benjamin, 
b.  24  Jan.  1737.  *  h.  14  June,  1745;  died  before  1776. 

*  bapt.  New  North,  31  Aujr.  1746;  or  James,  b.  5  Oct.  1743;  or  Samuel,  bapt.  Kinf^'s 
Chapel,  4  Oct.  1746. 

6  E.  S.  Dixwcll  (Lat.  Sch.  1816),  his  prandsnn,  and  one  of  our  Head  Masters,  says:  "  I 
have  reason  to  think,  from  fimiily  tradition  derived  from  his  only  surviviii;:  diild  in  1857, 
that  Samuel  Hunt  was  tlic  pni)il  of  Master  Lovoll  in  the  Latin  .School,  and  that  he  lived 
with  his  iiuclc,  Dr.  Wyott  Doubt,  for  the  purpose.  This  is  an  interestinj,'  fact,  and  the 
nan)e  above  is  the  nearest  to  the  time  be  would  enter  the  School,  considerin;;  be  jjraduated 
in  1765.     llis  father  was  probably  also  a  pupil,  cnteriu;;  in  1723." 

0  b.  30  Dec.  1744;  or  Lewis,  b.  30  Oct.  1743;  or  Alexander,  b.  23  Fob.  1741;  or  Peter, 
bapt.  Old  South,  30  Mar.  1746;  or  James,  bapt.  Christ  Church,  7  May,  1741;  or  perhaps 
Samuel,  died  1776  (Sabiue,  i.  491) ;  or  Alexander,  bapt.  New  North,  17  Feb.  1744-5. 
T  Sabine,  i.  233.    Allen,  Drake,  Thos.  Hutchinson's  Life  and  Letters,  pp.  341,342. 
»  i»apt.  Old  South,  27  Jan.  1744-5,  brother  of  Ezckiel,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1750. 

9  bapt.  King's  Chai>el,  21  Mar.  1744-5. 

10  Sal)inc,  i.  543.  "  Now  Kn;;.  Hist.  (;cneal.  llojr.  vii.  142. 
1'^  The  reference  in  Perkins's  Life  of  Co]>lcy,  p.  112,  seems  to  lie  to  him. 


PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


*Amiel,  Johni 
*Waterhouse,  Richard 
*Minott 
*tHooper,  Robert 

Ilarv.  1765,  A.M. 

*t Taylor,  Joseph ^ 

Han-.  1765,  A.M. 

*tWentworth,  Henry 
*Monk,  Henry 
*Loveritt 

*Mainwaring,  Nathaniel 
*Green,  Benjamin?"^ 
*Grant,  Moses^ 

*t Hooper,  George^ 
*  Palmer,  Eliakim 
*Brimmer,  Andrew^ 

Merchant. 


*1784 


*1816 


*1807 
*1817 

*1833 


*tNoyes,  Belcher 

Hai-v.  1765,  A.M. 

*Foster,  Joseph? J '^ 
*Welch,  Francis 
*  Jones,  William^ 

?  Yale,  1762,  A.M. 

*Dalton,  Peter  Roe^ 
*Dennie,  Albert  ?tio 
*Witherhead,  Thomas 
*t5QuiNCEY,  JosiahU 

Harv.    1763,    A.M.,    ami    Yale 
1766. 

*Ballard,  Samuel 


*1791 


*1783 
*1811 


*1775 


The  following  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*Sparhawk,  Nathaniel  ^  ^ 

Harv.  1765,  A.M.  *18U 


1  See  Class  of  1757.  ^  Cunven,  p.  660 ;  Sabine,  ii.  346. 

3  "We  have  inserted  the  name  supposing  that  the  Benjamin  Greene  (sic)  of  Sabine,  i.  498, 
may  belon;;  here,  he  would  have  been  seven  years  old ;  but  perhaps  Ezra,  Harv.  1765,  died 
1847,  should  have  been  chosen.     See  p.  70,  note  17. 

■»  Deacon  of  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  "  An  ardent  revolutionaiy  patriot.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  patriotic  Corps  of  Cadets,  then  under  the  command  of  Col.  John  Hancock,  and 
was  one  of  the  two  who  reversed  their  muskets  and  broke  from  the  ranks  when  the 
obnoxious  Commissioners  of  Customs,  contraiy  to  what  had  been  previously  arranged, 
joined  in  the  procession  at  the  annual  election  in  1768  —  an  act  of  sudden  but  honest  indig- 
nation, but  so  unmilitary  in  character  that  it  cost  him  his  place  in  the  company.  He  was  one 
of  the  ever  memorable  party  who  destroyed  the  tea,  and  one  of  those  also  who  removed 
from  the  guard-house,  at  the  corner  of  West  Street,  two  cannon,  secreting  them  for  a  time 
beneath  the  desk  of  the  Master,  in  the  school-house  near  by.  In  various  ways,  by  patient 
sacrifices  and  eai-nest  etforts,  Deacon  Grant  devoted  himself  to  the  cause  of  liberty."  — 
Sermon  by  Rev.  S.  K.  Lothrop,  D.D.,  on  the  death  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Samuel 
Snelling,  and  daughter  of  Moses  Grant,  published  in  Christian  Begister,  1  Oct.  1859. 

5  Sabine,  i.  541.  6  b.  20  Feb.  1745 ;  died  17  Sept.  1833. 

'  b.  20  Mar.  1747 ;  or  Bossenger,  b.  3,  bapt.  Old  So.  5  June,  1743 ;  or  William,  bapt.  same 
church,  7  Sept.  1746.  8  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  79,  perhaps  refers  to  him. 

9  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  13  Nov.  1743.    Cashier  U.  S.  Bank;  see  Burial  Register  K.  C. 

10  In  Dr.  Homer's  manuscript ;  but  perhaps  John,  bapt.  Church  in  Bi-attle  Sq.  14  Oct. 
1744 ;  or  Jacob,  bapt.  same  church,  27  July,  1746. 

11  The  patriot  known  as  J.  Q.,  Jr.,  father  of  President  Quincy.  With  John  Adams,  he 
defended  Capt.  Preston  and  the  soldiers.  See  his  Life,  by  Pres.  Q.  wlio  does  not,  however, 
mention  his  connection  with  the  School ;  also  Allen  and  Drake. 

12  Allen's  Biogi-aphical  Diet,  article  on  Sir  William  Pcpperell,  of  whom  he  was  grandson. 
Sabine,  ii.  323.    Usher  Parsons's  Life  of  Sir  WiDiam  Peppenell,  p.  335. 


76 


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1756. 


*tDolbear,  Thomas 
*Gray,  William 
*tSavage,  Samuel^ 

Han-.  1766,  A.M.  1777,  M.D. 
1808.  •1831 

*01iver,  Hubbard  ?|2 
*tApthorp,  William 
*Lovell,  Nathaniel 
*tAustin,  Jonathan  Loring^ 

Harv.  1766,  A.M. 

*  Fitch,  Thomas 
*tClarke,  Isaac  Winslow^ 

Commissary  General  of  Lower 
Canada.  ' 

*Salisbury,  Stephen 

*Matchett 
*Dabney 
*Stone,  Robert 

*  Fletcher,  Henry 
*Ray,  Daniel 
*tDowse,  Joseph^ 

Harv.   1766,  probably  Surgeon 
iu  British  Navy. 


•1826 


1S2-2 


1829 


*Jackson,  Nathaniel  "^X^ 
*Whiting,  Thomas 
*  Whiting,  Stephen 
•Williams,  Robert 
♦Apthorp,  William  ? 
*Hewes,  Ebenezer?' 
*Waterhouse,  Nathaniel 
*Sewall,  Jonathan  Mitchel^ 

•1808 

*Sewall,  Stephen 
*Saltonstall,  Nathaniel  ^ 

Han-.  1766,  A.M. ;  Physician.   •ISlo 

*Sargent,  Epes 

liar,-.  1768.  •1822 

*Aplin 

*t5  Banister,  John^*' 

Harv.  1764,  A.M.  ^1807 


The  following  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*fSparhawk,  William  Pep- 
perell :  afterwards  Sir 
William  Pepperell^^ 

Baronet,  Harv.  176G,  A.M.         •1816 


1  Sec  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary. 

2  b.  28  Sept.  1745,  an  older  brother  of  Wm.  S.  of  1756;  but  i)erhaps  Andi-ew,  b.  15  Sept. 
1746 ;  Hai-v.  1765,  A.M.  and  New  Jersey  1772 ;  •1772. 

8  Allcu;  Drake;  also  Loring's  One  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  17 
*  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  44 ;  S&bine,  i.  317. 
'-  b.  3  Apr.  1747,  died  before  1827. 

"  b.  28  Aug.  1743;  h.id  brothci-s  Samuel  and  Daniel,  whom  we  have  taken  as  ]>erhaps 
ours  of  1712  and  1749;  or  William,  bapt.  Old  .south,  7  Sept.  1746,  l>n>th.M-  of  Edward  and 
Clement,  whom  we  have  supposed  ours  of  1744  aud  1752;  or  Beujauiin,  bapt.  Church  iu 
Brattle  Sq.  11  Mar.  1744. 

'  b.  26,  bapt.  Old  South,  30  Nov.  1746.  »  See  .\llcn. 

'■'  Allen ;  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.  second  series,  vol.  iv.,  p.  166. 

10  The  reference,  Sabine,  i.  205,  is  perhaps  to  him. 

11  Sabine,  ii.  176,  ft  aeq.  Article  on  Sir  AVilliaiu  Peppcrcll,  (the  first)  in  .Mien's  .Vmer. 
Biog.  Diet. ;  olso  Drake ;  alio  Pai-sous's  Life  of  .Sir  William  IVppenx-ll,  and  biographical 
notice,  p.  620,  (S.)  Curweu's  Journal. 


PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


77 


1756. 

*  Jackson,  Henry  ?|i 
*tScollaj,  James 
*Hay,  John 
*Oxnard,  William 
*f Smith,  Isaac'^ 


Hai-v.    1767,   A.M. 
Librariau  Harv. 


Tutor  and 


*1829 


*Warren 

*  Oliver,  William  Sandford^ 

Sheriff  of  County  of  St.  John.    *1813 

*  Waters,  Josiah 
*t6Gibbs,  Henry* 

Harv.  1766,  A.M.  *1794 

*Gore,  John 5  *1796 

*Pitts,  Samuel  *1805 

*Skinner,  Francis  ?J^ 
*Story,  William 
*Allen,  James?^' 
*tPerkins,  James 

*  Walker,  James 


*Jarvis,  Charles  ^ 

Harv.  1766,  A.M. 

*Dommitt 

*Allen,  Benjamin  ?:f' 

*Peirce,  Joseph 


4807 


The  following  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*tWinthrop,  Adam 

Harv.  1767,  A.M. 

*tHodgdon,  Thomas 
*tOxnard,  Edward  ^ 

Harv.  1767,  A.M. 


*1774 


*1803 


1757. 

*tGreene,  David^o 

Harv.    1768,    A.M.,    and  Yale 
1772;  Merchant.  *1812 

*Drowne,  Samuel  ?ii 

*Delance 

*Foster,  Thomas  Waite?^^ 

*Amiel,  Peter ?i3 


I  b.  19,  bapt.  Old  South,  25  Oct.  1747;  with  little  doubt.  He  had  brothers  Joseph, 
Edward  and  Clement,  who  would  agree  Avith  ours  of  1742,  44  and  52.  Can  he  be  Gen. 
Henry,  the  Colonel  of  the  Boston  Regiment,  who,  according  to  Drake,  was  born  in  Boston 
in  1748  and  died  4  .Jan.  1809  ?  Perhaps  William,  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  5  Feb.  1749 ; 
or  perhaps  William,  given  in  the  Class  above.  '-  Sabine,  ii.  311 ;  also  Allen. 

3  Sabine,  ii.  137.    On  Barrell's  List.  ■*  (S.)  Cui-wen's  Jour.,  fourth  edit.,  p.  550. 

5  See  note  on  Ezekiel  Goldthwait,  1745 ;  also  Whitmore's  Paine  and  Gore  Families. 

6  b.  I  Jan.  1746;  but  perhaps  one  of  his  brothers,  William,  b.  7  Feb.  1742,  or  John,  b. 
5  Dec.  1748. 

7  bapt.  Old  South,  22  July,  1744.  There  was  a  James  Allen  born  in  Boston  24  July,  1739 
(see  Allen's  Biog.  Diet.,  also  Drake) ;  but  as  he  would  have  been  seventeen  years  old  at 
this  time,  it  is  improbable  that  he  is  the  same  as  this;  or  one  may  be  Lewis,  bapt.  Christ 
Church,  29  Oct.  1747  ;  or  Nathaniel,  for  whom  see  under  the  Class  of  1750.  See  also  Classes 
of  1747  and  59.    Dr.  Homer  gives  this  name  as  Joseph. 

8  See  Bridgman's  Copp's  Hill  Epitaphs,  p.  38 ;  also  Drake  ;  "  The  bald  eagle  of  the  Boston 
seat;"  Allen.     Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  pp.  308,  9.  9  Sabine,  ii.  138. 

10  b.  20  June,  1749.  Originally  given  without  an  e,  but  spelled  in  the  biographical 
notices  of  (S.)  Cunven's  Journal,  fourth  edition,  p.  554,  with  one.  Sabine,  i.  498  ;  see  also 
note  on  Goldthwait,  1745. 

II  b.  4  Dec.  1749.  12  b.  22  Sept.  bapt.  Old  South,  9  Oct.  1748. 
13  b.  25  Oct.  1749.     Of  this  there  can  be  little  doubt,  as  he  had  an  older  brother  John,  who 

is  probably  ours  of  1754. 


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*t6 Coffin,  Nathaniel! 

Coll.  of  Customs  at  St.  Kitts.     *\83\ 

*Dennie,  James 
*t Allen,  Joseph  2 

Member  Contin.  Cong. ;  Hai-v. 
1774.  •1827 

*Crorabie,  William 
*Boyce,  John  ?^ 
*Foster,  Edward  ?J4  •I822 

*Campbell,  Andrew  ?s 
*t01iver,  Peter*^ 

Harv.    1769,     A.M.,    M.D.    of 
Al)cr(lccn.  '1795 

*Pollard,  Jonathan 

*Hughes,  Samuel^ 

*Peck,  Robert  Maynard?f^ 

*Savage,  William  •1827 

*Fowle 

*Turner,  William 'P^ 

r  Harv.  17G7,  A.M.  1771.  *1808 

*Osburn,  Samuel?^ 

1758.  — 


*t6Henshaw,  Andrew 

Harv.  1768,  A.M.  *1782 

*  Story,  Isaac^  ^ 

?  Minister  of  Marbleheatl ;  Coll. 
of  New  Jersey  1768.  "ISie 


*t6  Wentwortli,  Samuel 
*Butler,  Gillam 
•Halsey,  Thomas  Lloyd 
*Brinley,  Thomas^^ 

Lieut. -Col.  anil  Quartermaster- 
Gen,  of  Briti-h  Troops  iu  \V.  L  •1805 

*Hooper,  Thomas  !- 

*Gore,  Samuel  •i83i 

*Brown,  Aaron  ?|!  3 

*Gray,  Edward 

*tJones,  Daniel 

Probably  Hal•^■.  1769,  A.M.        •1779 

*tPitts,  Lendall 
*Barrett,  John 
*Simpson,  John^* 
*Coffin,  William  15 
*tCooper,  William 
*tCooper,  Jacob 
*Phillips,  William i« 

Licut.-Gov.  of  Mass.  •1827 

*  Tyler,  William 
*Melvil,  Thomas^' 

New  Jersey    1769,    A.M.    and 
Harv.  1773.  •1832 

*Hubbard,  Joseph 

*Lcwis,  William 

*t8  Morehead,  Alexander 


I  Sabine,  i.  326.  2  Drake.  A  nephew  of  Samuel  Adams.  Allen.  *  b.  4  June,  1749. 
*  Sabine,  i.  432;  or  John,  b.  10  May,  1750.  6  b.  22  June,  1749.  6  On  Barrell's  Li>t. 
7  b.  1  Oct.  1747;  recorded  on  Town  Records  Manyard  (sic);  see  Genealo<.Mcal  History 

of  Descendants  of  Joseph  Peck  by  Iia  B.  Peck.    But  perhaps  Nathaniel,  bapt.  First  Churcli, 
15  May,  1748;  or  his  brother  Benjamin,  bapt.  10  Dec.  1749. 

8  b.  27  Feb.  1745  (Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  112).     Sec  Classes  of  17.')4,  1761  and  63. 
>  On  Town  Records,  Osborn  {sic),  b.  14  Apr.  1748. 
10  See  Allen's  Biog.  Diet.;  also  Sprague's  Annals  of  Amcr.  Pulpit,  i.  242. 

II  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  19  Oct.  1750.  Sabine,  i.  256.  12  Sabine,  i.  541. 
18  bapt.  New  North,  3  Dec.  1749;  or  Gershom,  bapt.  Old  South,  0  Oct.  1751. 

1*  Sabine,  ii.  303,  prob.  refers  to  him.     15  Sabine,  i.  326.  His.  A.  and  H.  A.  Co.  2d  cd.  p.  336. 

IB  Of  too  weak  health  to  go  to  College,  li.  10  Apr.  1750;  died  May  26.  See  Allen  (who 
gives  date  of  death  1817)  and  Drake. 

17  Major ;  afterwards  spelled  his  name  Melville  ;  one  of  the  Hobtmi  Tea  Paity.  See  Allen  ; 
also  Hist.  Sketch  of  Massachusetts  Lodge. 


^\kJt 


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79 


*Thompson 
*Knox,  HenryI 

Brijr.-Gen.  Cont.  Army,  Sec.  of 
War.  *1806 

*Hallowell,  Ward ;  afterwards 
Ward  Nicholas  Boylston^ 

*1827 

*Pelhara,  Henry ^ 
*Gray,  Edward 
*Green,  John  ?J* 
*  Jackson,  William  ?|5 
*Bean,  Thomas  ?s 


*  William  Tudor' 

Hai-v.  1769,  A.M.,Colonel,  Judge 
Advocate  Gen.,  Sec.  of  State.     *1819 


1769. 

*Spooner 

*t Adams,  SamueP 

Harv.  1770,  A.M.  *1788 

*t6  Austin,  Jonathan  Wil- 
liams^ 

Harv.  1769,  A.M.  *1779 

*Palfrey 

*  Allen,  John  Baxter  ?$io 

*Thacher,  Peter'^'^ 

Harv.  1769,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Edin. 
1791,  ]\Iinister  of  Maiden  and 
Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  *1802 

*Hay 

*Hutchinson,  John?i2 

*Deblois,  George ?^2  *1819 


1  See  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary  ;  also  Drake. 

2  He  took  the  name  Boylston  from  his  maternal  grandfather  in  1770.  See  manuscript 
note  in  Thayer's  family  records.  See  C.  T.  Russell's  History  of  Princeton,  p.  127,  and 
Memoir  in  S.  Curwen's  Journal,  fourth  edit.  p.  503.  Sabine,  i.  247,  says  he  died  in  1828. 
Allen  is  in  error  in  calling  him  son  of  Nicholas  Boylston,  and  Drake  right  in  making  him 
son  of  Benjamin  Hallowell.  3  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  92.    On  BarreU's  List. 

4  b.  23  Jan.  1748 ;  or  Hammond,  bapt.  Christ  Church,  1  Jan.  1748-9 ;  or  David,  b.  20 
June,  1749;  or  Nathaniel,  bapt.  First  Church,  10  Feb.  1751,  who  had  a  brother  Natbaniel, 
who  may  be  ours  of  1740,  and  a  brother  Jeremy,  who  may  be  ours  of  1741  or  42. 

5  b.  5  Feb.  1748 ;  but  perhaps  Edward,  bapt.  First  Church,  3  Apr.  1748. 

6  b.  24  June,  1749. 

■?  From  the  Biography  of  Judge  Tudor,  prepared  by  liis  son  for  the  Collections  of  the 
Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  II.  viii.  285,  of  which  he  was  a  founder,  it  appears  that  he  was  of  this 
Class.  His  name  is  not  upon  Lovell's  Catalogue.  See  Drake ;  also  Loring's  Hundred 
Boston  Orators,  p.  135. 

8  Son  of  the  patriot.     See  article  in  Allen's  Biog.  Diet,  on  his  father. 

9  Drake's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  133. 

10  b.  8  Oct.  1751 ;  or  Caleb,  bapt.  Christ  Church,  8  May,  1749  (see  Classes  of  1747,  50  and 
56)  ;  or  Benjamin,  bapt.  Old  South,  2  July,  1749 ;  or  Joseph,  bapt.  New  North,  17  Sept. 
1749;  or  Jeremiah,  bapt.  First  Church,  1  Sept.  1750,  a  brother  of  William,  whom  we  sup- 
pose the  same  as  ours  of  1753. 

11  Emerson's  funeral  sermon.  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  Drake ;  also  Sprague's  Annals 
of  the  American  Pulpit,  i.  718 ;  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  125 ;  Collections  of 
Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  viii.  277.  12  b.  13  Nov.  1751.  is  b.  22  Oct.  1750. 


May,  1758.  Examination  by  Selectmen  and  others :  115  scholars  in  South  Grammar 
School,  36  in  North  Grammar  School, — all  in  very  good  order.  1.  F.  Shepard's  History 
of  the  Public  Schools  in  Boston  in  Dickinson's  Boston  Almanac  for  1849,  pp.  83  and  84. 


80 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


'1793 


*tJoy,  John^ 

*Hubbaid,  Simon  RayVJ^ 

•Croswell,  Andrew 

*  McClnre,  DavicP 

Yale  1769,  A.M.  and  Dart.  1773, 
S.T.D.  Diirt.  1803,  Minister  of 
New  Hampton,  N.H.  ami  East 
Windsor,  Conu.  •1820 

*Hunt,  Richard  Tothill?^* 

*Whitworth,  John?^ 

*Hall,  Thomas  Mitchell  ?« 

*Dolbeare,  John?" 

*Pollard,  Jonathan  ?8 

*Day9 

*Indicott 

*Salter,  Malachi?^^' 

*Martin,  James 

*Starkey 

*Starkey 

*Prince,  George  ?f  ^  ^ 


*Prince,  Job?J^2 
*f2Lee,  Joseph 


The  followintr  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*+SaRGENT,    WlNTHR0Pl3 

Ilai-v.  1771,  A.>L;  Governor  of 
Territorj"  of  Mississippi.  •1820 


1760. 

*Sheafife,  William  i^ 
*tBowDOiN,  James  16 

Ilarv.  1771,  A.M.,  Fellow  llarv. 
Minister  to  fcpuiu.  'ISll 

*tEd\vards,  Thomas 

Harv.  1771,  A.M.  •1906 

*  Jackson,  John?^^ 
*tMorton,  Perez^" 

Harv.  1771,  A.M.,  Attor'v  Gen. 

of  Mass.  ■  •1837 


1  Probahly  a  son  of  John,  on  Barrell's  List,  who  is  undoubtedly  the  same  rcfciTed  to  by 
Sabine,  i.  596.     See  also  Classes  of  1765  and  1768.     bapt.  1st  Ch.  29  Dec.  1751. 

2  b.  19  Sept.  1749.    There  was  a  William,  graduate  of  Columbia  1770. 

3  See  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  Drake. 

4  See  Hunt  Genealogy,  p.  348;  but  perhaps  AVilliani,  died  1804,  ibid.  287;  or  perhaps 
Shrimpton,  1>.  18  Jan.  17")0,  bapt.  First  Church,  20  Jan.  17ril  (undoubtedly  the  same  year, 
as  explained  above). 

5  b.  26  Nov.  1749,  an  older  brother  of  Miles,  ours  of  1761. 

6  1).  16  Oct.  1750.    See  note  on  same  name  in  1760.  '  b.  15  June,  1752. 

8  b.  19  July,  1749,  a  brotlier  of  Benjamin,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1763. 

9  Can  he  be  Benjamin,  Yale  1768,  A.M.,  died  1794  ? 

10  bapt.  Old  South,  11  Mar.  1749-50;  possildy,  though  hardly  probably,  William,  b.  8 
Feb.  1741. 

11  1).  23  July,  1743,  a  l)rother  of  Samuel,  whom  we  suppose  possibly  ours  of  174S;  but 
perhaps  William,  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  2.')  Jan.  1747-8. 

12  b.  28  Sept.  1751 ;  but  perhaps  Ilczckiah  Blanchard,  b.  15  Aug.  1749,  brother  of  Tliomas, 
whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1762  ;  or  William,  bupt.  King's  Chapel,  12  Mar.  1748-9. 

18  Sec  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  102;  also  Drake's  Biog.  Diet. 
H  See  Sabine,  ii,  281. 

1*  Bcnefuctor  of  Bowdoin  College,  Maine.     Sec  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  Drake. 
l«  I).  17,  bapt.  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.  18  Mar.  1753. 

"  The  Il.irvard  Quinquennial  omits  the  c.  Sec  Allen's  Biog.  Diet.;  Hist.  Sketch  of 
Massachusetts  Lodge,  p.  IIG;   I^oriug's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  129. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


81 


*1817 


*1800 


*Tilley,  John?i 

*Tilley 

*t4Sprague,  Lawrence  ^ 

Haiv.  1768,  A.M. 

*-f6Sprague,  Edivard'^ 

Haiv.  1770,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
Dublin,  N.H. 

*tSprague,  John* 

Haiv.  1772,  A.M. 

*Davis,  William  ?$5 
*Codner,  Abraham?^ 
*EcIes,  Benjamin? J" 
*Bromfield,  Henry ^ 

Merchant. 

*  Thayer^  John^ 
^Hutchinson,  William  San- 
fordio 

Harv.  1770,  A.M.  *1780 

*Hall,  William  ?$  11 
*tCheever,  William 

Harv.  1771,  A.M.  *1786 


*1837 


*Etheridge,  Nathaniel?i2 
*tJoy,  Michael 

Hai-v.  1771    and  Coll.  of  New 
Jersey  1771,  A.M.  Harv. 

*Austin,  Benjamini3 
*tVassall,  William  14 

Harv.  1771. 

*Sherburne,  Joseph 
*Dowsei  5 

*Clough,  William 

*t8  Williams,  Edward 

*Handfield,  Charles 

*Burr 

*Payson 

*McTaggart 

*Tracey,  Nathaniel  ^ 

Harv.  1769.  A.M.  and  Coll.  of 
New  Jersey  1773. 

*tLoring,  Joseph  Royal 


«1825 


«1820 


»1843 


*1796 


I  b.  30  Mar.  1748.  2  Died  before  1785. 

3  See  Allen's  Biograpliical  Dictionary. 

4  b.  2  June,  1752. 

5  b.  30  Nov.  17-49  ;  or  John,  b.  19  May,  1753  ;  or  Robert,  bapt.  Christ  Ch.  14  Oct.  1750. 

6  b.  IS  Jan.  1750. 

7^5  Nov.  1755,  a  brother  of  Peter,  whom  Ave  have  assumed  to  have  been  in  School  in 
1764 ;  or  another  Benjamin,  b.  25  May,  1752 ;  or  another  Benjamin,  b.  8  Nov.  1752. 

8  b.  24  Dec.  1741.  This  was  the  only  son  of  Henry  Bromfield,  late  of  Harvard,  Mass., 
and  grandson  of  Edward ;  mamed  in  London,  and  died  in  Cheltenham,  5  Feb.  1S37.  Teste, 
H.  B.  Pearson,  29  Mar.  1849. 

5  Perhaps  Rev.  John,  b.  13  Mar.  1745,  son  of  Cornelius ;  converted  to  the  Roman 
Catholic  faith  in  1783,  and  began  a  mission  here  in  Catholic  Church  in  School  Street,  10 
June,  1790.  Thayer's  Family  Record  ;  see  also  Coll.  Hist.  Soc.  iii.  264,  Mem.  Sam'l  Breck, 
p.  116.    If  not  he,  can  he  be  the  John  who  received  the  hon.  degree  of  A.B.  at  Yale  in  1779  ? 

10  b.  Aug.  1752.     Sabine,  ii.  385. 

II  b.  4  Mar.  1750 ;  or  he  may  be  ours  of  1759,  and  this  his  brother  Thomas,  b.  8  Apr.  1752. 
William  Hall  graduated  at  Harvard  1766,  but  it  is  hardly  possible  he  can  be  our  boy,  unless 
he  was  of  1759. 

1-  bapt.  First  Church,  24  Mar.  1751. 

13  A  political  writer.    See  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  Drake. 

14  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  7  Feb.  1753.     Sabine,  ii.  385. 

15  Probably  the  same  as  of  1755. 

1^  The  Harvard  Quinquennial  and  the  Catalogue  of  the  Coll.  of  New  Jersey,  omit  the  e. 


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The  follownjr  cntcrcil  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*tBeriianl,  Shiite 
•fSpiirhawk,  Samuel  Hirst^ 

Harv.  1771. 

1761. 

*Scollay,  Daniel  ?J'^ 
*tWhitwortli,  Miles3 

Hai-v.  1772. 

*Minott4 

*Hooper 

*Whitwell,  Benjamin  ?5 

*Carpenter 

*tSimpson,  Jonathan  *5 

Hai-v.  1772. 

*Turner,  Thomas  ?f' 


•1789 


•1778 


•1834 

•1773 


*Thompson 

*tCoFFiN,  Thomas  Astox^ 

Harv.  1772,  A.INI.  1791,  Baronct.*lS10 

*Prout 


•Moulton 
*Do\vnes 

*  Roads,  Henry  ^ 

*  Tyler 

*Hewes,  Robert ?io 
*Peirce,  Isaac  ?J^i 
*EusTis,  William '2 

Harv.  1772,  A.M.  1784,  LL.D. 
18'23.  Sect'y  of  War  to  Unite.l 
States,  Minis,  to  Holland,  Gov. 
of  Ma-isarhiisetts.  •1825 

*Minof* 

*Bailey,  Thomas ?i3 

*t5  Winthrop,  John ^  * 


Ilarv.  1770,  A.M.  1774. 


►1780 


The  foUowinsj  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*i Clarke,  JuJm^'^ 

Harv.  1774,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Edin. 
Minister  of  First  Church.  "1798 

*Perkins,  John 
'^Loring,  William 
*tHill,  Edward 


Harv.  1772. 


•1775 


1  See  Usher  Parson's  Life  of  Sir  William  Pcppcrrell,  p.  340;  also  Samuel  Cui-wen's 
Journal,  fourth  edition,  p.  Gi38;  also  Sabine,  ii.  323.     He  is  on  Barrell's  List. 

2  bapt.  Old  South,  27  Jan.  17")4  ;  or  John,  his  brother,  bapt.  same  chuixh,  11  June,  1749. 

3  Sabine,  ii.  427.       *  Can  this  be  John  Marstou  M.,  Harv.  1767,  h.  Jamaica  Island,  1747  ? 
5  bapt.  Old  South,  11  Aufr.  1751 ;  or  he  may  be  one  of  the  Samuels  piven  under  the  next 

Class.  0  Sabine,  ii.  303.    (S.)  Curwen's  Journal,  fourth  edit.  p.  G57.    See  Class  of  1763. 

"  b.  4  Dec.  17i)4,  a  brother  of  William,  whom  we  s\ippose  ours  of  1757;  Sabine,  ii.  427; 
see  also  Class  of  17C3  ;  but  perhaps  John,  bapt.  Christ  Church,  8  Dec.  17r)l. 

8  Sec  Perkins's  IJfc  of  Copley,  p.  46;  Sabine,  i.  327;  Samuel  Curwcu's  Journal,  fouith 
edition,  p.  .')13;  also  Di-akc's  IJiograpliical  Dictionary. 

9  bapt.  Kin;,''s  Chapel,  21  Dec.  1753.     Dr.  Homer  spells  llii>  lumio  Uliod.-s. 

10  bapt.  Kinfr's  Chapel,  3  July,  1750. 

11  b.  2.")  Dec.  17")3;  but  perhaps  his  brother  Jolin,  b.  2S  .Sept.  17')0. 

I'''  Sec  Drake's  Hiogi-upiiical  Dictionary;  also  Allen.  i»  b.  21  Aug.  17M. 

1*  He  was  a  brother  of  I>ieut.  Gov.  Thomas  L.     See  .Vllcu's  article  on  Waitstill  Winthjx)p. 

15  See  Drake;  also  Allen.  We  retain  this  name  as  printed  in  the  old  Catalofjue,  but  Dr. 
Clarke  was  l)oru  in  Portsmouth,  N.ll.,  iu  17.">'i,  and  would  have  been  but  si\  years  old  at 
this  time.  Tlie  C<>llcj;e  Class  of  1774  is  later  than  that  in  wliich  most  of  the  boys  of  this 
Class  f^raduatcil ;  but  witli  all  this,  it  is  not  im|Mjssible  that  he  is  our  Ijoy.  Thei-c  was  a 
John  Clarke,  Harv.  1772,  who  died  1778,  and  as  that  Class  is  the  one  in  which  most  of  this 
graduated,  it  may  be  tlmi  he  is  our  boy.     Sec  Cull.  Mass.  Hist.  Sec.  vi.  iii. 


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83 


*Sprague,  John 

Harv.  1772,  A.M. 

*tHomans,  John 

Haw.  1772,  Physician. 


1762. 

*Sheaffe,  Nathaniel  ^ 


*1800 
*1800 


*i77; 


*Rand,  John  ?2 

*f  Johonnot,  Francis^ 

Merchant  and  Navy  Agent.       *1815 

*fBlancharcl,  Caleb 

*Taylor4 

*tAppleton,  Nathaniel  Walker ^ 

Hai-v.  1773,  A.M.,  Physician.     *179o 
*'\Lovell,  Benjamin^ 

Hai-v.  1774.  *1828 

*Green,  Francis?" 

*PowELL,  William  Dttmmers 

Chief  Justice  Upper  Canada.     *183'i 


*Minot 

*  Whit  well,  SamueP 

College   of  New  Jersey  1774, 
Physician.  '  *1791 

*tDavis,  Edward 
*Davis,  Solomon  ?i^ 

*  fivers,  James,    afterwards 

James  TrecothicrIi 


Hary.  1773,  A.M..  Member  of 


the  British  Parliament. 

*t Williams,  Robert 

Harv.  1773. 

*King,  James  ?i  2 
*Vassall,  Henry?! 3 
*Carnes,  Thomas 
*t Prince,  Thomas  i* 

Harv.  1773,  A.M.  1778. 

*McNeali5 

*Wolcott 

*Ivers 

*Marshall,  Ebenezer  ?Ji « 


*1843 


*1834 


n790 


1  Sabine,  ii.  293.  2  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  10  Mar.  1756. 

3  New  Eng.  Hist.  Geneal.  Reg.  vii.  p.  143.    Burial  Register  Kiug's  ChapeL 

i  The  only  name  on  the  Town  Records  of  birth  bearing  any  similarity  to  this,  about  this 
time,  is  Gillam  Tailor  {sic),  b.  5,  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  10  Nov.  1754.  The  Gillam  Taylor, 
Sabine,  ii.  346,  can  hardly  be  our  boy,  as  at  this  time  he  would  have  been  but  five  years  old. 

5  See  Genealogy  of  Appleton  Family,  p.  22.  6  Sabine,  ii.  31.  •  b.  18  Jan.  1750. 

8  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  30  Nov.  1755.  Sabine,  ii.  200,  gives  his  name  William  Dummell, 
but  the  King's  Chapel  record,  which  gives  Dummer,  is  undoubtedly  coirect.  Perkins's  Life 
of  Copley,  p.  96,  says  Anna  Dummer  Powell,  the  sister  of  Gov.  Dummer,  was  wife  of  John 
Powell,  which,  if  she  were  not  mother  of  this  Wm.,  shows  a  family  connection,  between 
the  Powells  and  Dummers.  Drake  gives  his  name  as  Dinsmoor,  and  the  date  of  his  birth 
1756,  both  of  which  must  be  incorrect. 

3  Loring,  in  the  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  228,  states  positively  he  was  our  boy,  enter- 
ing this  year ;  so  we  leave  the  ?  off.  He  also  says  he  was  thirty -eight  years  old  at  his 
death,  which  makes  it  probable  he  was  son  of  "William  and  brother  of  Benjamin  above, 
Class  of  1761,  and  in  that  case  bapt.  Old  South,  25  Feb.  1753.  There  was  another  Samuel, 
son  of  Samuel,  b.  12,  bapt.  Old  South,  13  Jan.  1754,  whom,  for  the  reason  given,  we  do  not 
identify  with  him.  lo  b.  29  Sept.  1754.  n  See  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. 

1-^  bapt.  Old  South.  29  July,  1753.     ?  Andrew,  Coll.  of  New  Jer.  1773,  A.M.,  died  1815. 

13  bapt.  Kiug's  Chapel,  1  Apr.  1754.    See  Vassalls  of  New  England,  p.  21. 

I'l  b.  27  Sept.  1752.  He  had  a  brother  Hezekiah  Blanchard,  who  maj-  be  our  boy  of  1759, 
and  another  brother  James,  whom  we  suppose  to  be  our  boy  of  1765. 

15  See  McNeill,  Class  of  1765.        i'  b.  27  Mar.  1754 ;  or  Benjamin  Soper,  b.  21  Feb.  1754. 


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1763. 


*Mason,  Jonathan  1 

Coll.  of  New  Jersey  1774,  Rep. 
and  Sen.  in  Congress.  *1831 

*Carewe,  James 
♦Bernard,  Thomas? 2 

Harv.  1767,  A.M.,  and  Lambeth, 
LL.D.  Edinbursrh  1801,  Baronet 
1809.  Chancellor  of  the  Diocese 
of  Durham.  'IBIS 

*Went\vorth,  Henry 
*Thomas,  Nathaniel  Ray^ 
*j2Thatcher,  Thomas?^ 

Harv.  1775,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
Dcdham.  •1812 

•Simpson,  Jonathan^ 
*t6Flucker,  Thomas^ 

Harv.  1773,  Lieut,  in  British 
Army.  'USS 


1838 
1803 


•Oliver,  Brindley  Sylvester^ 

Harv.  1774,  Surg.  British  Army .•1828 

•Coffin,  John?  8 

Gcueral  in  British  Army.  ' 

•Deblois,  Gilbert^  < 

*Cragie,  Andrew 
•fPerkins,  George 
*Green,  William 
•Waldo,  Jonathan?:):  10 
*i Bradford,  John^^ 

Harv.  1774,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
Second  Church,  Roxbury. 

•Philips,  Turner?  12 
•fTileston,  Onesiphorus 

Harv.  1771,  A.M. 

•Borland,  Francis ?:fi^ 

Harv.  1774. 

•Vibert 


•1825 


•1809 


•1826 


1  See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  139;  also  Di-akc's  Biogi-aphical  Dictionary. 

2  See  Allen  on  his  father,  Gov.  Sir  Francis  ;  Sabine,  i.  225 ;  Burke's  Pcei-agc,  431  ed.  1S81. 
8  If,  as  the  Catalogue  of  1847  says,  he  was  A.B.  of  Hai-v.,  he  must  be  Nathaniel  of  1774, 

and  the  Ray  is  an  error.  The  same  name  on  Barrell's  List  may  be  his,  but  is  perhaps  more 
likely  that  of  his  father.    See  Sabine,  ii.  351. 

■•  In  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  this  was  given  as  Peter  Thatcher,  Harv.  1769,  minister  of  the 
Church  in  Brattle  Sq.,  but  Emerson's  Funeral  Sermon  says  distinctly  that  he  entered  in 
1759;  and  though  on  Lovcll's  Catalogue  the  name  Peter  is  here  written  out,  and  Loring 
(following  perhaps  our  Catalogue  of  1847),  says  he  entered  in  1763,  we  have  concluded 
that  it  is  best  to  place  him  in  1759  and  insert  here  the  name  of  his  brother  Thomas,  who 
was  of  an  age  to  make  it  probable  that  he  was  our  boy  of  this  Class. 

6  See  Class  of  17G1 ;  it  is  liard  to  say  whether  this  is  the  same  boy  who  re-entered,  or 
another  of  the  same  name,  or  whether  there  is  not  an  error  here  for  John.     Sabine,  ii.  303. 

8  Sabine,  i.  429.  '  The  Harvard  Quinquennial  and  Sabine,  ii.  137,  spell  Brinlcy. 

8  b.  1756.  Brother  of  Isaac,  of  our  Class  of  1766;  cousin  of  Thomas  A.  of  1761.  See 
Memoir  by  his  son,  Capt.  Henry  Edward  CotSn,  R.N. ;  also  Drake,  and  Sabiue,  i.  326. 
Sabine  was  wrong  in  his  age,  which  was  but  eighty-two. 

*  Erased  by  William  W.  Greenough  in  his  interleaved  Catalogue,  edition  of  1847,  on 
the  supposition  that  he  is  identical  with  our  Gilbert  Deblois  of  1773,  q.  v. ;  but  we  suppose 
bim  to  be  the  (J.  D.  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  29  Sept.  1755,  an<l  consecjuently  identical  only  in 
name.  He  is  probal)ly  a  son  of  the  Gilbert  referred  to  in  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  51. 
Died  12  Nov. 

10  b.  21  June,  1754;  but  perhaps  Joseph,  b.  26  Apr.  175S,  brother  of  Daniel,  whom  wo 
suppose  the  same  as  ours  of  1770.  n  See  Proc.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  1791-1835,  p.  3S2. 

1'^  Phillips  (sic)  on  Town  Records,  b.  12  Sept.  1755.     fJohn,  Coll.  of  New  Jersey  1774. 

1*  .Sabine,  i.  237;  or  perhaps  John  Lindal,  b.  18  .\ug.  1754.  This  name,  like  that  of 
Deblois  above,  is  erased  by  Mr,  Greenough  and  Prof.  II.  \V.  Ilaynes  from  their  Catalogues 
in  this  Class,  and  inserted  as  Samuel  in  the  Class  uf  1773.  Itoth  names  being  clearly  on 
Lovell's  list  here,  wc  think  it  best  to  retain  them  iu  the  absence  of  more  definite  information. 


PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


85 


*Potter,  John?i 

*tEustis,  Abraham 

*Blanchard,  Joshua 

*Pollard,  Benjamin? 2 

*Turner,  Samuel ?3 

*Doggett,  Samuel* 

*Wallcut5 

*tGreen 

*Richmond 

*Langley 

*Cudworth 

*Blodgett 

*Moor,  Morris 

*t  Moore,  Alfred  ^ 

Jud^e  of  Supreme  Court  of  N. 
Carolina.  *1805 

*Plaistead'^ 
*Plaistead,  Benjamin'^ 
*Bowler 


The  following  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*Mardenborough,  Giles 


1764. 

*Wheelwright,  John^  *i792 

*Scolla3%  William  9 

*Pollard,  Joshua?!  0 

*Pollard,  Peter?! 0 

*Ciagie,  John 

*Gordon,  George 

*fGordon,  Alexander 

*Whitworth,  Nathaniel!!  *i799 

*  Whit  worth 

*Ne^A'man,  Henry!  ^  «i8ii 

*tLaughton,  Henry 

*fSpooner^  John  Jones^^ 

Harv.   1775,  A.M.,    Rector    of 
Martin's  Brandon,  Virginia.       *1799 

*Mason,  Daniel 
*tSmith,  William 

Harv.  1775,  A.M.  *1816 

*Blanchard,  Samuel?!* 
*Billings!5 
*Stone,  William 
*Doggett,  Thomas  ?$!^ 


I  b.  29  Mar.  1755. 

-  b.  8  Feb.  1752,  a  brother  of  Jonathan,  whom  we  think  possibly  our  boy  of  1759.  This 
name  occurs  on  Barrell's  List,  but  may  belong  to  an  older  person. 

3  b.  15  July,  1756,  a  brother  of  William  and  Thomas,  whom  we  suppose  our  boys  of 
1757  and  1761.  ^  He  may  be  identical  with  Samuel  Doggettof  our  Class  of  1765. 

5  See  Class  of  1766,  note  on  Thomas  Walcutt. 

6  Drake's  Biog.  Diet,  says  he  was  born  in  North  Carolina  and  died  1810,  and  Avas  Judge 
of  Supreme  Court  of  United  States.  Allen  agrees  in  the  latter  statements,  which  makes  it 
possible  that  there  is  some  error  in  claiming  him  as  our  boy. 

"  Dr.  Homer  suggests  John  for  one  of  these,  and  Benjamin  for  the  other. 
s  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  9  Mar.  1757.  ^  See  Hist.  Sketch  of  Mass.  Lodge,  p.  117. 

10  Brothers,  and  brothers  of  Jonathan,  whom  we  suppose  to  be  of  1759,  and  Benjamin, 
whom  we  suppose  to  be  of  1763,  above.    Joshua,  b.  15  Jan.  1755;  Peter,  b.  1  Aug.  1756. 

II  Sabine,  ii.  427.  12  See  Mass.  Society  of  Cincinnati,  by  F.  S.  Drake,  p.  43. 
13  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1791-1835,  pp.  55  and  57. 

"  b.  29  Feb.  1756.    See  Class  of  1765. 

15  Can  he  be  Edward,  Harv.  1775,  A.M.  1778,  died  1806  ? 

16  bapt.  First  Church,  26  Dec.  1756;  pei-haps  however  a  repetition  of  Samuel  above,  q.  v. 
See  also  Class  of  1765. 


86 


I'UBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*NoRTH,  William  1 

Adj.  Gcii.  in  Contiii.  Army.       •1836 

*tFitcli,  William 
''^Ciitler.  Benjamin  Clarke 
*  Williams,  John  2 
*Parker,  William  ?p 
*Ede.s,  Peter?-* 
*Clarke,  Samuel^ 

M.ijor  in  Boston  Regiment.        *1780 

*Hudson,  Benjamin 
*t6  Maudsley,  Hubert 
*Loring,  John  Gyles ?J^ 
*Loring,  William?" 
*Bruce,  Daniel 
*tBruce,  Thomas 
*Apthorp,  Charles ?J8 


The  following  entered  this  Clas*  at 
a  latci  (late  thuu  those  above. 

*i Oliver,   Thomas  Fitch^ 

Iliiiv.  1775,  A.M.,  and  Brown 
17J>3.  •V!9J 


1765. 

*tLeverett,  Thomas 

Ilai-v.  1776,  A.M.  -ITSi 

*Sheaffe,  Thomas  Child  i« 
♦McNeill,  Archibald!  1 
*Glover,  Nathaniel 
*Sewall,  Samtel^^ 

Hun-.  1770,  A.M..  LL.D.  1808, 
Chief  .Tustice  Sunr.  Court  of 
Mass.,  Momh.  of  Congress.        "ISH 

♦Gibbs.  William 


I  See  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionaiy ;  also  Allen. 

-  There  is  a  hoy  of  this  name  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  at  the  North  Grammar  School  in 
1767,  and  as  it  appears  not  to  liave  been  uucommon  for  the  boys  of  this  School  to  be  trans- 
ferred to  that  and  vice  versa,  he  may  be  the  same  as  this. 

8  1).  29  Aug.  17o5;  or  possibly  Benjamin,  bapt.  Old  South,  3  Oct.  17r)6;  or  Robert,  bapt. 
Christ  Church,  27  May,  1750. 

<  There  is  very  little  doubt  that  this  is  the  Peter,  son  of  Benjamin  Edcs,  the  Revolution- 
ary pnntcr,  b.  17  Dec.  \~^^&,  who  was  a  political  prisoner  with  James  Lovell  in  1775.  A 
copy  of  Ids  Journal,  while  in  prison,  is  in  the  hands  of  Henry  H.  Edes,  of  Boston.  See 
Class  of  1769,  and  note  under  James  Lovell,  p.  19;  also  Drake's  Biog.  Diet. 

6  Born  in  Rawson's  Lane  (now  Bromfield  Street),  1754.  See  Record  of  some  of  the 
ilescendants  of  Thomas  Clarke,  by  Samuel  C.  Clarke  (of  our  Class  of  1816),  pp.  21  and  22. 

6  1).  25  Mar.  1753;  but  perhaps  William,  bapt.  Old  South,  16  Jan.  1758. 

■  b.  11  Apr.  1759. 

8  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  2  Apr.  1756,  son  of  Charles  Wartl  A. ;  or  John,  bapt.  at  same 
church,  18  May,  1757.  It  is  ]>ossil)]e  that  he  is  the  Charles  Apthorp  whose  pictui'c  is  de- 
>cribed  in  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  31. 

•  See  Sprague's  Annals,  v.  383.  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  the  name  of  Thomas  Oliver 
appears  at  the  North  Grammar  School  in  1767  to  1770,  and  for  the  rea>ions  given  under  John 
Williams  above,  it  seems  to  us  that  this  may  be  the  same  boy,  and  that  ho  went  to  college 
from  that  school  instead  of  from  ours. 

W  Died  before  1793;  Sabine,  ii.  293. 

II  Possibly  identical  willi  the  same  name  on  Barrell's  List,  though  we  think  that  more 
probal)ly  Ids  father  (>Siii)inc,  ii.  74),  and  that  this  is  tlie  son,  referred  to  there,  who  died  in 
1797.  The  name  McNenl,  Class  of  17<>2,  may  be  identical  with  this,  or  the  note  lu-ix*  given 
may  belong  under  tii;it,  but  we  have  preferred  to  iusert  it  hero,  as  the  Christian  name  hero 
given  conesponds  to  the  references. 

1^  See  Drake's  Biographical  Dictiomiry  ;  Allen ;  also  Kuapp's  Biog.  Sketches,  p.  219. 


PUBLIC   LATIN  SCHOOL. 


87 


*  Gushing,  Thomas 
*Winslow,  Samuel 

Harv.  1776,  A.M. 

*  Allen,  Samuel  ?$i 
*Johonnot,  Georg-e 


*1814 


Stuart  2 

*1839 

*tCoffin,  William  William 
*  Chapman,  Joseph  ^ 
*Joye,  Benjamin 
*Ap]Dleton,  John 
*Tyler,  Royal^ 

H;irv.  1776  and  Yale  A.M.,  and 
Vermont  1811,  Chief  Justice 
Supr.  Court  of  Vermont,  Prof, 
of  Law  in  Univ.  of  Vermont.    *1826 

*Scollay,  Benjamin 
*Davis,  William 


*1773 


*t Paddock,  John^ 

*Loring,  Joseph 
*GoRE,  Cheistophers 

Harv.  1776  A.M.,  LL.D.  1809, 
Fell.  Hai-v.  Coll.,  Pres't  Mass. 
Hist.  6oc.,  GoY.  of  Mass.,  U.S. 
Senator.  *1827 

*Torrey,  Samuel 
*Newman,  William 
*  Adams,  Benjamin  Fenno?|' 
*Prince,  James ^ 
*Doggett,  Samuel^ 

riarv.  1775.  *1817 

*Clarkeio 

*Blanchard,  Edward  ?tii  *!838 


I  bapt.  New  North,  22  May,  1757.  There  was  a  James  Allen  at  the  North  Grammar 
School  in  1767,  who  may  have  entered  here,  and  like  his  classmate  Gore  below,  gone  there 
later ;  and  it  is  perhaps  his  name  that  we  should  have  inserted. 

-  New  Eng.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.  vii.  144.  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  3  Nov.  1756.  The  middle 
name  is  spelled  on  the  Church  Records  Stewart.  Isaac  is  given  on  Lovell's  list,  but  evi- 
dently written  in  by  a  later  hand. 

3  The  same  name  appears  at  the  North  Grammar  School  from  1767  to  1771.  He  may,  like 
others  of  his  classmates,  have  gone  from  here  there. 

■*  See  Drake's  Biographical  Dictiouaiy  ;  also  Allen. 

5  Sabine,  ii.  140. 

6  See  Hist.  Sketch  of  Mass.  Lodge,  p.  121 ;  Collections  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  iii.  191 ;  Drake's 
Biog.  Diet.,  also  Allen.  He  was  at  the  North  Grammar  School  from  1770  to  1772,  and  went 
from  there  to  Harvard  College.     See  the  note  under  Peter  M.  Crequie,  Class  of  1767. 

"  b.  19  Nov.  1757;  but  perhaps  "William,  bapt.  Old  South,  21  Mar.  1756;  or  John  Par- 
miter  (sic),  bapt.  New  North,  10  Apr.  1757. 

8  b.  25  Feb.  1756.  He  had  a  brother  Thomas,  whom  we  suppose  the  same  as  ours  of 
1762 ;  and  another,  Hezekiah  B.  who  may  be  our  boy  of  1759. 

He  is  perhaps  identical  with  the  James  given  in  the  next  Class,  and  inserted  accidentally 
here  or  there ;  if  the  former,  the  name  here  may  be  Joseph,  b.  24  Aug.  1753,  a  brother 
of  John,  whom  we  suppose  possibly  one  of  ours  of  1759.  The  name  is  abbreviated  in 
Lovell's  Catalogue,  and  it  is  hard  to  tell  whether  intended  for  Jas.  or  Jos. 

9  See  notes  on  the  same  name  in  the  two  preceding  Classes.  This  boy  may  have  entered 
in  1763,  left  and  re-entered. 

13  "We  have  been  unable  to  find  on  the  Town  Records,  or  on  those  of  any  church,  or  in 
the  Clarke  volume  referred  to  above,  a  Christian  name  to  insert  here,  but  think  it  not  un- 
likely that  this  is  the  Samuel  of  the  last  Class,  repeated  by  some  accident. 

II  b.  26  Dec.  1760 ;  or  Samuel,  who  appears  at  the  North  Grammar  School  in  1767,  whom 
we  have  supposed  our  boy  of  1764.  But  there  is  a  Thomas  Blanchard  who  was  at  the  North 
Grammar  School  from  1768  to  1775,  who  may  have  been  here  first  and  gone  there,  as  we 
have  already  noted  of  other  bovs  in  this  Class. 


88 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOI 


1766. 


»1842 


*Jones,  Thomas  Kilby 

Auctioneer. 

*Johonnot,  Daniel^ 

Distiller. 

*tDAWES,  Thomas* 

Harv.  1777,  A.M.  1791,  Judge 
of  Mass.  Supr.  Court,  Jud^re  of 
Probate  Court,  Mcmb.  of  State 
CoDVCQtiou. 

*Freeman,  Constant^ 

Colonel  in  Uniteil  States  Army, 
Fourth  Auditor  U.  S.  Treasury.  •1824 


•1825 


*'\Freema7ij  James* 

Hai-v.  1777,  A.M.  aud  Brown 
1790.  S.T.D.  1811,  Mi^i^tcr  of 
Kiug's  Chapel.  *lS3b 

*Bethune,  Benjamin^ 

Captain  in  British  Army. 

*Robins,  Jonathan  Darby ^ 

•1848 

*tGreenleaf,  William" 

Harv.  1777,  Physician.  •1778 

*\ Homer ^  Jonathan^ 

Harv.  1777,  A.M.  and  Dart. 
1788,  and  Brown  1790,  S.T.D. , 
Brown  182G.  •1843 


1  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register,  vii.  144. 

2  See  Loriug's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  141 ;  William  Dawes  and  his  ride  with  Ptul 
Revere,  by  H.  W.  Holland,  pp.  67  and  68;  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  Supplement,  p.  2; 
Allen's  and  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionaries.     Hist.  Sketch  Mass.  Lodge,  p.  122. 

3  See  Memoir  by  Dr.  William  Lee  in  Magazine  for  American  llistorj-,  vol.  ii.  June,  1878, 
p.  349;  also  Memorials  of  Massachusetts  Cincinnati,  b}-  F.  .S.  Drake,  p.  21. 

*  See  Foote's  (II.  W.)  Hist,  of  King's  Chapel;  Coll.  of  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  third  series,  v., 
p.  225 ;  also  Allen's  and  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionaries. 

*  Perhaps  Benjamin  Franklin  B.  Lieut.  70th  Regt.     See  British  Army  List,  1781,  p.  144. 

*  The  last  sui-vivor  of  this  Class,  and,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  the  oldest  living  pupil  of 
the  School.    His  name  heads  the  signers  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Latin  .School  Association. 

The  story  which  has  passed  into  fiction,  and  been  represented  upon  the  canvas,  as  well 
as  in  the  procession  at  the  celebration  of  the  two  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the 
founding  of  Boston,  of  the  Boston  boys  going  in  a  body  to  the  Province  House  to  remon- 
strate with  Gen.  Gage  because  their  coast  was  injured,  originated  in  an  incident  which 
occurred  while  this  Class  was  in  the  School,  and  near  the  time  of  its  leaving.  The  boys 
were  a  committee  from  this  School,  of  which  Mr.  Robins,  who  nan-ated  the  stoiy  to  the 
Rev.  E.  E.  Hale  in  1846  or  1847,  was  one.  The  General  was  not  Gen.  Gage,  but  another 
General,  and  the  house  not  the  Province  House,  hut  a  house  in  School  Street.  The  hoys 
used  to  bring  their  sleds  to  school  and  put  them  in  the  yard,  and  as  soon  as  school  was 
done,  coast  from  Mr.  Shelburne's  house,  quite  down  the  hill  (i.e.  down  Beacon,  across 
Tremont  and  down  School  Street),  past  the  Scliool-house.  The  General's  servant  used 
to  spread  ashes  on  the  sidewalk  every  morning.  This  spoiled  the  coasting,  and  the  Fii-st 
Class  of  the  Latin  School  met  and  went  over  to  tell  the  General  about  it.  He  told  the  boys 
that  he  had  trouble  enough  with  Boston  men,  and  wouldn't  have  any  with  Boston  boys. 

A  note  of  Harrison  Gray  Otis  (of  our  Class  of  1773)  to  Mr.  Gould,  dated  Dec.  18,  1S44, 
says:  "The  house  next  adjoining  the  wall  of  the  Chapel  Cemetery,  east,  was  an  ancient 
stone  building  of  grotesque  architecture,  which,  wheu  I  went  to  school,  was  occupied  by 
the  British  or  (I  believe,)  German  Gen.  Haldiinan,^  who  commanded  under  Gage.  The 
same  house  was  afterwards,  and  prol)ul)ly  within  your  rememl)rance,  owned  and  inhabited 
by  John  Lowell,  Esq."  It  was  undoubtedly  in  this  house  that  tlie  interview  occurred.  Sec 
5th  Report  Boston  Record  Commissioners,  p.  7.        ''  Sec  Greenleaf  Genealogy,  p.  74,  note. 

8  He  heard  Dr.  (Gen.  Joseph)  Warren's  address,  4  Mar.  1775,  in  commemoration  of 
the  Massacre.    See  Allen's  Biognphical  Dictionaiy ;  also  Spraguc's  Annals,  ii.  173. 


*Mr.  Olii  if  wruiiE  in  HyliiK  German.  Fredrrii-k  Ilililinitii.  K  U.  (ITUTI  «■>  I.irulriiaiit-Culunrl  of  Ihr  lIHh 
RcKinxi't. "'  Kliic'i  lluyal  Klflr  Cur|>i,  lormcrly  the  Oid,  or  Hoval  Aiiuric«n  Hrt:imrii(  of  K<>o(  (of  which  rr;;iin«nt 
lluu.  Thoinai  0»Kc  wn  in  ITftS  Colonel-in-Chlef ),  tritxn  IT.'iO  Id  irT'J,  and  Coloiu'l-Cuniiiiaiidaiil  In  ITTi'i  hl>  name 
dliappearmK  from  tlir  lift  in  I7'.*l.  llii  rank  in  (hr  army  wai  Major,  and  aflerwanli  I.lrutrnnnt-Cianrral.  Srr  (he 
Chronicle  of  th«  Uvglmcnt  by  Ncibit  Willoughhy  Lawrvnce,  CapUiu  fluth  Koyal  liideni  altu  UrltitU  Army  Lirt  lor 
1781,  p.  131. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


89 


*  Wheelwright,  Charles  Ap- 
thorpi 

Merchant. 

*Davis,  William 

Merchant. 

*CoFPiN,  Isaac 2 

Baronet,  Admiral  in  the  British 
Navy,  M.P.  for  Uchester.  *1841 

*Deblois,  William  ^ 

Merchant  *1811 


*  Bernard,  Scroop ;     after- 
wards    ScROPE     Ber- 

NARD-MORLAND^ 

Ch.  Ch.  Oxford  1779,  M.A.  17 
Dec.  1781,  D.C.L.  20  Nov.  1788. 
Baronet;  M.P.  for  Aylesbury 
and  St.  Mawes;  and  Under- 
Secret 'y  of  State  for  the  Home 
Department.  *1830 

*Gordon,  James  ^ 


1  bapt.  liing's  Chapel,  28  Mar.  1759, 

2  Born  in  Boston  1759,  died  at  Cheltenham,  England,  July  23,  1839.  He  took  the  lead 
among  his  schoolmates  in  their  sports ;  was  often  captain  of  the  pj-ocession  on  Gunpowdei'-plot 
Day,  yet  became  suflSciently  familiar  with  the  Latin  classics  to  quote  them  readily  and  aptly 
in  Parliament,  when  such  pedantic  displays  were  still  the  fashion.  He  entered  the  British 
Navy  as  a  midshipman  before  the  Revolution,  and  gained  rapid  promotion,  and  had  reached 
the  grade  of  Admiral,  and  was  created  a  baronet  in  1804.  In  both  our  wars  with  England, 
he  was  spared  the  necessity  of  taking  part  against  his  former  countrymen.  After  the  peace 
of  1815,  having  acquired  a  handsome  fortune,  he  appropriated  a  part  of  it  in  establishing^  a 
naval  school  afloat  for  training  officers  for  our  commercial  marine.  He  founded  a  school 
for  the  descendants  of  his  g.  g.  g.  g.  father,  Tristram,  at  Nantucket,  one-fourth  pait  of 
which  island  at  one  time  belonged  to  Tristram  and  his  sons,  and  of  which  Tristram  was  the 
chief  magistrate.  He  imported  here  several  blood  horses  to  improve  the  breed  ;  and  brought 
over  in  creels  turbots  of  the  English  variety,  previously  unknown,  as  it  is  understood,  in 
our  waters.  Sir  Isaac  was  of  noble  proportions  and  of  prepossessing  countenance,  genial 
in  his  manners,  witty  and  gay.  He  was  much  liked  by  his  brother  officers,  and  well  known 
in  Boston,  which  he  frequently  visited. 

It  is  believed  that  all  of  the  name  in  the  Latin  School  before  the  Revolution  were  de- 
scendants of  William  Coffin,  great  grandson  of  Tristram,  of  Nantucket.  All  his  branch 
of  the  family  then  living  were,  with  little  exception,  refugee  loyalists,  of  whom  many  rose 
to  high  rank  in  the  British  service,  civil  or  militaiy.— A^o<e  from  Hon.  T.  C.  Amory.  See 
Drake's  Biog.  Diet. ;  Burke's  Peerage,  5di  edit.  (1S38),  p.  1117 ;  Heraldic  Jour.  Apr.  1867. 
See  Mem.  of  Gen.  John  Coffin  bj'  his  son,  p.  69.  Sir  Isaac  was  present  at  the  Visitation  of  1822. 

3  b,  7,  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  20  Oct.  1758, 

4  Spelled  Scroop  by  Lovell  and  Wallcut,  but  Scrope  on  the  list  of  Oxford  degrees,  and  by 
Burke.  He  was  third  son  of  Gov.  Sir  Francis,  and  the  fourth  baronet,  succeeding  his  two 
brothers— John,  who  died  1809,  and  Thomas,  who  died  1818,  whom  we  suppose  to  have 
beea  of  our  Class  of  1763.  He  married  Harriet,  only  child  of  WiUiam  Morland,  M.P.,  an 
eminent  surgeon  of  Lee,  County  Kent,  and  subsequently  assumed,  15  Feb.  1811,  by  royal 
license,  the  additional  surname  of  Morland,     See  Burke's  Peerage,  43d  edit.  1881, 

5  There  is  no  mistake  that  James  is  the  Christian  name  on  LoveU's  Catalogue  here,  but 
Dr.  Homer  has  given  him  in  the  next  Class,  and  substituted  here  the  name  of  Hugh  ISIackay 
G.,  who  was  given  in  that  Class  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847.  Mr.  Wallcut's  note,  presently 
to  be  mentioned,  says  nothing  of  James,  but  gives  Hugh  M.  As  the  Catalogue  of  1847  s.ay3 
Hugh  was  advanced  one  year,  his  position  on  Wallcut's  list  is  easily  explained,  but  the 
omission  of  James  is  not  accounted  for.  The  Catalogue  of  1847  says  James  was  A.B.,  but 
the  only  James  who  has  graduated  at  Hai-vard  was  in  the  Class  of  1779 ;  and  though  he 
might  have  been  our  boy,  the  editor  of  the  Quinquennial,  in  an  inquiry  for  information 
about  his  death,— which  is  supposed  to  have  been  before  1833, — states  that  the  place  of 
his  birth  is  unknown,  though  perhaps  Amherst  or  Dunstable,  from  which  we  infer  that 


90 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*Wallcut,  Thomas  1  ^isw 

*CoopER,  Samuels  .1309 

JikI'IC  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  of  Massachusetts. 


♦Gill,  John 
♦Bradford,  Samuel 

MtTchant,  Licut.-Coloncl,  U.  S. 
Marshal,  ShenlT. 


he  was  not  identical  with  our  James,  and  that  the  insertion  of  the  deg^rec  here  is  an  error. 
It  has  seemed  best  to  us  to  retain  James  here,  droppiuj;  the  deforce  attached  to  his  name, 
and  Hugh  M.  in  the  next  Class,  supposinjr  that  Lovcll  is  con-ect  in  his  arran;zement,  and 
that  our  committee  on  the  old  Catalo;:uc  was  led  by  the  similarity  of  names  to  conclude 
that  it  was  our  James  who  went  to  Harvard. 

1  This  name,  printed  Wolcott  in  the  Catalojruc  of  1847,  and  so  wiittcn  on  Lovell's,  is 
given  coiTCCtly  in  Dr.  Homer's  list.  It  is  possible  that  the  name  Wallcut,  in  the  Class  of 
1763,  is  intended  for  him,  he  having  perhaps  entered,  left  and  re-entered,  or  that  thei-e 
should  be  a  transposition  of  that  name  with  the  name  originally  given  here. 

Thomas  AVallcut  was  one  of  the  founders  and  the  first  Recording  Secretary  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Historical  Society,  is  frequently  mentioned  in  its  published  Proceedings,  and  a 
memoir  of  him  is  given  in  the  volume  for  1835-55,  p.  193.  Some  years  after  his  death,  his 
papers  were  presented  to  that  Society  (see  its  Proceedings  for  1879-80,  p.  100),  and  among 
them  was  found  a  list  of  this  Class  of  the  Latin  School,  which  was  published  in  the  same 
volume,  pp.  216  and  217.  This  list  corresponds  with  that  given  in  our  text,  except  in  the 
substitution  mentioned  above  of  Hugh  Mackay  Gordon  for  James  Gordon,  and  in  omitting 
the  name  of  Samuel  Newman  and  giving  the  names  of  John  Erving,  Shirley  Ening,  and 
Thomas  Temple  Fenton,  who  will  be  found  in  the  text  nnder  the  Class  of  1771,  in  which 
year  they  entered. 

Of  this  Class,  which  was  in  many  respects  the  most  noted  that  had  ever  entered  the 
School,  Dr.  Homer  says  :  "  It  furnished  a  Judge  of  Probate,  of  the  Supreme,  of  the  Superior, 
of  the  Municipal  Court;  an  Admiral,  a  Lieutenant  General,  two  English  Major  Genei-als, 
one  Knight  of  the  Bath,  two  Baronets,  two  Marshals  (civil),  one  Colonel  of  Artillery,  one 
Lieutenant  Colonel,  two  Doctors  of  Divinity,  two  Fellows  of  the  American  Academy,  three 
Fellows  of  the  Historical  Society,  two  State  representatives,  three  members  of  the  British 
Parliament." 

The  list  of  Mr.  \Vallcul's,  printed  as  above-mentioned,  gives  a  little  different  classification, 
and  mentions  the  names  under  each  head ;  so  we  add  it,  from  the  volume  referred  to : — 

"The  Class  of  17GG  has  furnished  jjrofcssional  and  mci'cantile  men,  viz:  one  judge  of 
Supreme  Judicial  Court,  one  judge  of  Municipal  Court,  one  judge  of  Probate  Coui-t — Dawes ; 
one  judge  of  Inferior  Court,  one  public  notaiy — Cooper;  one  British  admiral — Coffin ;  one 
British  general  (Indies) — Ochterlony  ;  one  British  colonel — Gordon  (II.  M.*) ;  two  Amer- 
ican colonels — Freeman  and  Bradford ;  thi'ce  baronets  or  knights  of  the  Bath — CoflSn, 
Bernard  ami  Ochterlony;  one  mcml>er  of  Parliament f — Bernard;  one  British  captain — 
Bethune;  two  clergymen — Freeman  and  Homer;  two  civil  marshals — Bradford  and  Prince; 
one  high  sheriff— Bradford  ;  two  representatives  in  State  Legislature — Jones  and  Prince; 
two  physicians — Erving  and  Grcenleaf ;  one  commissary  general  of  the  State,  one  coroner 
— Prince;  one  officer  in  the  civil  list  of  Great  Britain — Fenton  ;  one  antiquarian  and  scribe 
to  the  State  —  Wallcut;  one  war  agent  —  Eustis;  thirteen  nieixhants  —  Jones,  Johonnot, 
Robins,  M'lieehvright,  Davis,  Deblois,  Bradford,  McNeil,  Eustix,  Fletcher,  Laughton, 
Erving,  and  Prince ;  five  masters  of  arts— Dawes,  Erving,  Freeman,  Grcenleaf,*  and 
Homer;  two  fellows  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  —  Freeman  and 
Dawes;  three  fellows  of  the  Historical  Society— Freeman,  Homer,  Wallcut ;  two  poets — 
(one  doggerel)  Prince,  (one  sublime)  Dawes." 

In  1810,  forty-four  years  after  graduation,  when  the  list  was  made  out,  seven  of  the  Class 
were  dead  and  twenty-one  were  supposed  to  be  liviuj;.  3  See  Scwall's  Diary,  i.  xi. 


*  S<K>  Clati  of  1*87 ;  t\io  nipra.  ^  Thit  ilioiild  be  two;  Sir  iMtcCoffln  wi«  oIm  a  Mtmbrrof  ParlUtneot. 

$Tlu>  U  an  error,  at  (jrrviileaf  dlej  early,  auil  ouly  took  tlie  drum  of  A.U. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


91 


*Prince,  James  ^  *i82i 

Merchant,  U.  S.  Marshal,  Com- 
missary General  of  the  State. 

*OCHTERLONY,    DaVID^ 

K.C.B.,  Baronet  1816,  Major- 
Gen,  in  Army  of  British  East 
India  Co.  *1825 

*McNeil,  Roberts 

Merchant. 

*Fletcher,  Thomas 

Merchant. 

*Eustis,  Jacob 

Merchant,  War  Agent. 


The  following  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*Newman,  Samuel^ 

Captain  in  United  States  Army.  *1791 

*tLaughton,  John 


1767. 

*Apthorp,  Charles^ 
*Blodget,  Samuel 
*Blodget,  Caleb 


**Hulme,  Thomas 
*Frazier,  Marlboro' 

*  Paddock,  Adino^ 

*1817 

*fMmot,  George  Richards''' 

Harv.  1778,  A.M.  *1802 

*  Paine,  Samuel^ 
*Belknap,  Jeremiah 
*Pratt,  Benjamin^ 
*Leverett,  William 
*fAmory,  Rufus  Greene  i*^ 

Harv.  1778,  A.M.  *1833 

*Quincey,  Edmund  Hurst 

*  Crosby,  John 
*Philips,  Isaac  ?:|:i^ 
*Gould,  James ?i 2 
*tBass,  Samuel 

?Harv.   1782,   A.M.,  and    Dart. 
1790.  *1842 

*Ball 

*Church,  James  Millar 

*Rhodes,  William 

*  Taylor,  John 


1  See  note  on  Class  of  1765.     There  is  no  mistake  that  Lovell  gives  James  here. 

2  See  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionary;  Sabine,  ii.  121;  Burke's  Peerage,  43d  edit.  1881. 

3  Lovell  gives  this  name  as  Archibald,  but  Homer  and  Wallcut  say  Robert;  and  we 
incline  to  favor  them  as  the  committee  did  in  1847,  thinking  it  is  in  Lovell  an  accidental 
repetition  of  the  name  from  the  Class  before. 

4  See  Memorials  of  ^Massachusetts  Cincinnati,  p.  404;  Boston  Courier,  31  Aug.  1843. 

5  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  18  Feb.  1761 ;  but  perhaps  the  C.  A.  whom  we  have  inserted  con- 
jecturally  in  the  Class  of  1764,  is  the  one  who  belongs  here ;  in  which  case  that  blank  is 
unfilled.  ^  Sabine,  ii.  141. 

7  See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  146 ;  the  Polyanthos  for  March,  1806 ;  Drake's 
and  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionaries;  also  Collections  Massachusetts  Historical  Society, 
first  series,  viii.  89-100.  8  Perhaps  the  same  as  on  Barrell's  List. 

9  Afterwards  advanced  two  years. 

bapt.  King's  Chapel,  20  Jan.  1757-8 :  son  of  Benjamin,  Chief  Justice  of  New  York, 
noticed  in  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionary  and  Knapp's  Biographical  Sketches,  p.  163,  and 
grandson  of  Judge  Auchmuty.  lo  See  article  on  John  Amorj-,  Sabine,  i.  162. 

11  Phillips  {sic) ,  b.  16  Oct.  1761 :  a  brother  of  Turner,  whom  we  have  supposed  ours  of 
1763 ;  but  perhaps  John,  bapt.  New  North,  2  July,  1759 ;  or  William,  bapt.  Chui-ch  in  Brattle 
Sq.  23  Mar.  1760 ;  or  John,  bapt.  at  same  church,  26  July,  1761. 

12  b.  13  Mar.  1761. 


92 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*Crequie,  Peter  Markoe^ 
*GoRDON,  Hugh  Mackay^ 

Licut.-Gcu.  in  British  Army.     •1823 

*Otis,  Jaraes^ 

Of  the  Continental  Navj-.  •1777 

*Burch,  Joseph 
*Doncker,  John^ 


The  following  entered  this  Class  at 
a  later  date  than  those  above. 

*tHughes,  James 

Harv.  1730,  A.M. 


'1799 


1768. 

*Sohier,  Martin  Brimmer^ 

*Deblois,  Lewis'' 
*Coffiu,  William- 

Major  in  British  Army. 

*Coffin,  Thomas" 

Councillor  of  Lower  Canada.     "IMl 

*Russell,  Thomas^ 

*chiia 


1792 


•1836 


1  Peter  Crequie,  like  Christopher  Gore,  appcai-s  to  have  left  this  School  to  become  a  pupil 
of  Master  Hunt  at  the  North  Gramm.ar  School.  In  JIaster  Hunt's  manuscript  Catalojjue, 
to  which  reference  will  be  made  in  the  following  chapter,  occurs  this  amusing  memorandum  : 

"Boston,  May  27th,  1771. 

"  I,  Peter  Crcqui,  engage  that  Chris.  Gore  shall  punctually  observe  the  rules  of  tliis 
School  for  three  weeks  from  this  date ;  and  sho'd  he  break  them  or  any  of  them  within 
this  time,  I  promise  to  receive  peaceably  the  punishment  due  to  such  Offence  with  the  said 
Christopher.  "  Peter  Crequi." 

Two  other  memoranda  concern  boys  who  were  subsequently  teachers  of  our  School : 

"  I,  Jno.  Prout,  promise  the  same  for  Will  Bcntlcy. — J.  Provt." 

"  I,  Jona.  Snelling,  engage  for  Will  Prout. — Jona.  Snellino." 

Some  similar  memoranda  will  be  given  iu  the  Appendix. 

"  Aftei-wards  advanced  one  year. 
y  See  note  under  Class  of  1766  on  Thomas  Wallcut.    Hugh  McCoy  (sie)  Gordon,  son  of 
Alexander  and  Jane,  was  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  5  Sept.  1760, 

Hugh  Mackay  Gordon  entered  the  army  during  the  American  War,  and  was  for  many 
yeai-s  an  oflScer  of  the  16th  Regiment.  He  was  promoted  captain  in  that  regiment  iu  1788, 
major  in  the  army  in  1796,  lieutcuaut-colonel  in  1798,  and  obtained  a  majority  iu  his  regi- 
mi'ut  iu  1799.  He  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  major-general  in  1811,  and  was  nominated 
colonel  of  the  York  Chiisscurs  in  1811 ;  in  1816  he  was  removed  to  the  Sixteenth  (appointed 
colonel  8  Jan.).  In  1821  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant-general.  Ho  died  iu 
1823.  See  Historical  Record  of  16th  Regimcut  of  Foot  in  the  British  Anuy,  by  Richard 
Cannon,  p.  45. 

8  Son  of  the  patriot,  b.  July,  17')9.  See  New  Eng.  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register, 
vol.  ii.  July,  1848,  p.  29.") ;  also  Sparks's  American  Biography,  second  series,  vol.  ii.  p.  20. 

•*  The  same  name  appears  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  of  the  North  Grammar  School  \hU  year, 
but  not  again.     He  may  have  eutcred  there,  remained  a  short  time,  and  then  come  here. 

8  Died  July  12. 

e  b.  2^  Mny,  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  20  June,  1760,  or  Lewis,  b.  10  Apr.  1762,  d.  9  Oct.  1801. 

'  Sons  of  John,  who  is  perhaps  our  boy  of  1738,  and  his  wife,  Isabella  Child.  William, 
b.  18  Feb.  1761 ;  Thomas,  1).  .1  July,  1762.  See  Memoir  of  Geu.  John  Collin,  by  his  son, 
HeniT  Edward  Collin,  R.N.,  pp.  73  and  74. 

D  The  same  name  appears  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  at  the  North  (Grammar  School  ia  1767.  He 
may  have  entered  there  a:il  then  come  hore. 


PUBLIC   LATIX   SCHOOL. 


93 


*Otisi 
*Griffiths 
*Jor,  George  2 
*Blanchard,  William  ?4:3 
*Jarvis,  Thomas  ?$■* 
*Storer,  Charles 

Harv.  1779,  A.M. 

*Stimpson 
*Bourn,  Sylvanus 

Hai-v.  1779,  A.M. 

*  Brown,  Mather  Byles-"^ 

*Swift^ 


*1829 


*1817 


*Hutchinson,  Shrimpton?' 
*Calef,  Robert 

*Cobb,  Benjamin  »i802 

*Cobb,  Samuel 

Harv.  1779,  A.M.  1801.  *1830 

*Finlay^ 
*Croswell,  William 

Harv.  1780,  A.M.  1786.  Usher.  *1834 

*Amory,  Thomas^  •i823 

*Gay,  Martini  0 
*Pierpont,  Robert^i 

Harv.  1785.  *1788 


I  James  (of  1767)  had  no  brother,  and  his  father's  family  seems  to  have  been  the  only 
one  of  that  name  livino;  in  Boston,  until  a  later  period;  if  this  be  not  a  repetition  of  his 
name  by  mistake,  perhaps  it  is  intended  for  his  cousin  James,  son  of  Joseph  of  Barnstable, 
b.  20  Sept.  17.")5,  jrraduated  at  Harvard  1775,  and  died  at  sea  in  1790.  See  New  England 
Historical  and  Geneal.  Recrister,  vol.  ii.  July,  1848,  p.  296.  S.  A.  Otis,  of  our  Class  of  1790, 
was  a  Barnstable  boy,  which  confirms  the  idea.  From  the  Town  Records  it  would  appear 
that  Joseph,  Jr.,  probably  father  of  this  James,  came  to  Boston  to  live,  some  ten  years 
or  less  after  this. 

'-  Starred  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  which  led  to  a  note  from  Joshua  Loring  of  Newton, 
saying  that  he  was  not  then  dead,  but  living  in  London,  at  the  age  of  eighty-nine,  "very 
intelligent,  and  of  sound  mind."  He  was  a  brother  of  John  and  Benjamin  Joy  of  Boston, 
of  our  Classes  of  1759  and  1765. 

3  b.  29  Oct.  1763.  Although  rather  young  for  this  Class,  we  have  found  no  name  tliat 
seems  more  likely  to  belong  here.  John  Dixwell  Blauchard.  whom  from  the  date  of  his 
birth,  21  Jan.  1758,  we  had  selected  to  insert,  is  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  of  the  North  Grammar 
School  from  1767  to  1773,  and  so  could  not  have  been  a  pupil  of  this.     See  note  11,  p.  87. 

4  b.  16  Sept.  1759 ;  but  perhaps  John,  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  3  Sept.  1760 ;  or  Philip,  bapt. 
at  same  church,  6  June,  1756 ;  or  Enoch,  bapt.  at  same,  13  Dec.  1754. 

5  "  Artist  to  George  III." 

6  It  is  possible  that  this  is  Zephaniah,  Yale  1778,  LL.D.  1817.  Chief  Justice  Conn,  who 
was  born  at  Wareham,  Mass.,  Feb.  1759.     See  Drake's  and  Allen's  Biog.  Dictionaries. 

"  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  10  Sept.  1755. 

3  Joseph  Finley  (sic)  graduated  at  Coll.  of  New  Jersey  1775,  and  John  Evans  Finley  (sic) 
A.M.,  at  the  same  in  1776.     Can  this  be  cither  ? 

^  A  brother  of  Rufus  Greene  A.,  of  our  Class  of  1767,  and  undoubtedly  identical  with 
the  Thomas  who,  as  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  is  also  given  by  us  in  the  Class  of  1770. 

W  Put  here  on  the  authority  of  Freeman  (  ?James),  but  probably  should  be  Samuel  (see 
Class  of  1772),  who  was  born  in  Boston,  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1775,  and  settled  in  New 
Brunswick,  where  he  was  Chief  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  and  d.  21  Jan.  1847, 
in  his  93d  year.     See  Sabine,  i.  466 ;  also  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.  Jan.  1879,  p.  52. 

II  Robeit  Pierpont  is  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  of  the  North  Grammar  School.  He  entered 
14  Feb.  1774,  :v  10,  and  remained  through  the  school  year  1774-75.  In  1777  and  1778 
the  same  name  occurs  on  Hunt's  Cat.alogue  of  our  School.  If  this  be  the  same,  he  must 
have  entered  here  at  this  time  when  less  than  five  years  of  age.     This  he  ma}^  have 


94 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


•Pool,  Fitch 
*Prince,  Samuel /l^ 
*Odin,  Timothy  Cutler ?2 
♦Randall  3 
^Bartlett,  John 

JIai-v.  1781,  A.M.,  M.D.  1823.    "1844 

*Homer,  Benjamin^^* 


1769. 

*Hubbard,  Daniel 

Haiv.  1781.  M7S1 

♦Taylor,  Nathaniel 
*Coffin,  Jonathan  Perry^ 
*Coffin,  Williams 

Shciitf    or    Kingston,      Upper 
Canada. 

♦Perkins,  Thomas 

Ilaiv.  1779  '1786 


*Dehone,  Francis*^ 

*Hill,  John 

♦Gray,  Stephen  Hall 

♦Bradford,  William 

♦Jenkins,  Charles 

'^\S  Prince^  John' 

Haiv.  1776.  A.M.,  LL.  D. 
Blown,  179"i,  Minister  Fir^t 
Church,  Salem.  'IS-SG 

♦Welles,  Arnold 

Haiv.  1780,  A.M.  "1827 

♦Sewall,  Joseph^  •isoo 

♦foSpooner,  William^ 

Ilaiv.  1778,  A.M.,  M.D.  Edinl.. 
178."),  Member  Roval  Mcil.  feoc. 
Eilinbui-h.  "  •1836 

♦Gould,  Samuel 
♦Barrick,  James 
♦Turner,  Lewis 
♦Jackson,  William 

Haiv.  1783,  AM.  •183G 


done,  and  left  for  the  North  Grammar  School,  returned  to  he  under  his  old  master,  and 
tiien  left  a^rain  to  be  fitted  elsewhere  for  collcfje.  We  arc  inclined  to  think  the  hoy  of  the 
North  Grammar  School  identical  with  the  l)oy  of  1777,  and  the  Harvard  {graduate  of  US-i, 
but  somewhat  doui)tful  wliutber  lie  was  this  Robert;  but  as  the  previous  committee  may 
have  had  some  icasou  for  identifying  him  witii  the  yi-aduate,  we  do  not  lemovc  the  degree 
from  his  name. 

1  b  13  Dec.  1760;  but  pciliaps  Cliristopher,  b.  ;">  Oct.  17.")8,  who  had  a  brother  John,  who 
may  be  ours  of  1769;  or  David,  1)  18  Sept.  1757,  who  had  brothers  Thomas  ami  Jamc«^, 
whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1762  and  1765;  or  Calei),  b.  28,  l>apt.  26  (another  case  like  that 
referred  to  in  the  note  on  Fayerweathcr,  p  53)  June,  17.")7,  at  Old  .South  Chui-ch. 

-  See  New  Eng.  Hist.  (Jencal   Reg   vol.  \ii  ,  July,  18.")8,  i>.  223. 

3  A  Paul  Randall  entered  Columliia  CoUe^'c.  New  York,  in  1774,  but  owing  to  the  war, 
did  not  complete  the  course.     It  is  po-isible,  though  liaiiUy  piobable,  that  this  is  the  same. 

■•  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  2  Feb.  17G2  son  of  Natbamcl  and  Elizabeth;  undoubtedly  a 
younger  brother  of  Nathaniel,  Class  of  1757,  William.  Claxs  of  1758,  Gen.  John,  Class  of 
1763,  and  Sir  Isaac,  Cliiss  of  1766. 

•'•  b  29  Jan   1758.  son  of  William,  Jr  ,  brother  of  Sir  Thomas  Astoii      See  Sabine,  i.  327. 

«  John  Francis  Dehon  was  iiapt   King  s  Chapel.  23  Jan    1761,  and  is  probably  the  same 

"  b  11  July.  1751  Sec  Allen's  and  Drake's  Biogiaphical  Dictionaries;  also  Spraguc's 
Annals,  viii   128;  ulso  Collections  of  Mass.  Hist   .Soc.  thud  seiies,  vol.  v.  pp  271-282. 

»  A  biolbci  of  .Samuel  of  1765.  C.  J.,  son  of  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph,  son  of  the  first  Chief 
Justice.  For  many  of  the  Christian  names  in  the  Classes  about  lliis  time  in  the  Catalogue 
of  1847,  the  committee  was  indebted  to  him.  He  was  Ticasurei  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachiiselts  fioin  1827-32.     Sec  Sewall's  Diary,  i.  .xxxi. 

»  See  Pioc  of  Mass   Hist.  Soc   lS.35-55,  p.  C07 ;  also  Allen's  Biog   Diet. 

1^  Perhaps  Penjaiuiii  Parrott  Homer,  died  4  Apr.  ls;j8,  w  "6.  See  Bridgman's  King's 
Chapel  Epitaphs,  p.  175. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


95 


*jMcCarrol,  Theopbilus  ? 
*Robins,  Richard 
*Peirce,  Joseph 
*Holbrook,  Samuel 
*Holbrook,  Abiah?i 
*May,  Joseph 2 

*Fogo,  William  Brown  ^ 

*Sober 

*Lobdell,  James 


*1841 


1770. 

*Freeman,  Ezekiel 
*Hunt,  William  ?t4 
*Greenleaf,  Daniel 
*Amory,  Thomas^ 
*Wendell,  Edward 

Harv.  1781,  A.M. 

*SHEAFrE,  Roger  Hale^ 


*1825 


*18u3 


a  841 


Baionet, 
Aimv. 


General     im    British 


*1851 


1  b.  20  Jan.  1764.  He  had  a  brother  Samuel,  who  very  likely  is  the  Samuel  above.  They 
are  probably  sons  of  Abiah,  Master  of  the  South  Writin^j  School,  who  died  27  Jan.  1769, 
aged  50.    See  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary. 

2  Was  ten  years  old,  and  at  this  School  at  the  time  of  the  Boston  Massacre,  and  saw 
the  bodies  of  the  victims  interred  iu  the  Granary  Burying  Ground.  See  Bridgman's  Pil- 
grims of  Boston,  p.  174;  also  New  Eng.  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register,  vol.  xx^-ii. 
April,  1873,  p.  114;  also  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  84. 

3  Foggo  {sic  Town  Records),  b.  6  Feb.  1759. 

4  bapt.  Christ  Church,  14  June,  1761,  see  Hunt  Genealogy,  p.  349;  or  he  maybe  William, 
(b.  23  Jan.  1756),  a  brother  of  Shrimpton,  whom  we  suppose  ours  of  1759,  who  is  on  the 
records  of  the  First  Church  as  baptized  William  Cook,  25  Oct.  1761,  though  from  the  long 
and  unusual  intei'val  between  birth  and  baptism,  it  is  fair  to  infer  that  the  first  William  died, 
and  the  record  of  the  birth  of  William  C.  has  escaped  our  notice  :  he  would  have  been  about 
the  age  for  this  Class ;  or  perhaps  Thomas,  b.  14,  bapt.  New  North  Church,  IS  July,  1762, 
died  1808,  though  he  is  more  probably  one  of  those  of  the  Class  of  1772. 

5  Probably  identical  with  the  Thomas  of  1768 ;  and  if  so,  died  1823. 

6  Mr.  Jonathan  Mason,  of  this  city,  writes  in  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser  of  April  29, 
1880,  that  when  he  was  residing  in  1804  with  his  "  grandfather,  at  his  house  at  the  corner 
of  Court  and  Common,  now  Tremont,  Streets,  occupied  by  Messrs.  S.  S.  Pierce  &  Co.  as  a 
grocery,"  there  was  an  English  officer  who  Avas  a  frequent  and  favored  visitor  at  the  house. 
Concerning  him,  he  adds :  "  Opposite  to  the  King's  Chapel,  at  the  corner  of  School  and 
Common,  now  Tremont,  Streets,  I  recall  iu  that  year  an  old,  weather-beaten  dwelling, 
inhabited  bj'  an  elderly  lady  whom  we  boys  addressed  as  Sally  Sheaf.  In  the  same  house, 
it  was  said,  she  resided  during  the  Revolution,  and  with  her,  it  is  also  said,  Lord  Percy 
boarded  during  the  occupancy  of  the  town  by  his  regiment.  With  her  at  the  same  time 
was  a  young  dependent  relative  who  waited  upon  and  attended  to  his  errands,  and  became 
a  favorite  with  his  lordship, — so  much  so  as  to  induce  him  to  beg  his  relative  to  allow  him 
to  go  with  Lord  Percy  when  the  Evacuation  of  Boston  took  place,  with  the  promise  of  his 
education  and  future  advancement.  It  was  with  many  solicitations  of  the  boy  and  her  own 
friends,  she  finally  consented  with  great  reluctance.  The  officer  visitor  at  my  grandf;ither"s 
in  1S04  and  that  boy  were  one  and  the  same  person,  he  then,  in  1804,  commanding  the 
same  regiment  in  Canada  which  his  patron,  Lord  Percy,  commanded  in  the  Revolution, 
and  bivouacked  under  the  great  tree  on  the  Common  previous  to  marching  on  Lexington." 

The  officer  referred  to  was  General  Sir  Roger  Hale  Sheafi"e.  He  was  connected  with  the 
Coffin  family,  having  married  Margaret,  the  youngest  daughter  of  John  (who  may  have 
been  our  boy  of  1738),  and  sister  of  William  and  Thomas,  of  our  Class  of  1768.  See  Sabine, 
ii.  234 ;  Perkins's  Life  of  Copley,  p.  106 ;  also  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionarj*. 


96 


,  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


♦Bulfinch,  Charles! 

Hai-v.  1781,  A.M. 

*Sohier,  Edward* 

Harv.  1781,  ,\.M.,  Lawyer. 

*Gray,  William-^ 
*Dash\vood,  Samuel 
*Eustis,  Nathaniel^ 
*Bethune,  Nathaniel'* 

Hai-v.  1780,  A.M. 

*Paine,  John?J* 
*Greerileaf,  William?^ 

Han'.  1777. 

*Appleton,  Thomas^ 
*Gardener,  Andrew" 
*Cooper,  Richard 
*Taylor,  William 
*Hewes,  Samuel  H(ill?)^ 
*Mapson,  Arthur 


•1844 
•1793 


•1814 


•1778 
•1840 


"1845 


*Frobi.sher,  William 

*  Belcher.  Andrew^  ?»i84i 

*  Waldo,  Daniel!*^  •i845 

1771. 

*Frazier,  John 
*Leverett,  John 

?nai-v.   1776,    A.M.,    and    Yale 
1779.  •lS2a 

*Dashwood,  John^^ 
*Greenleaf,  John^*  «i^3 

*Cramer,  Peter 
*Deblois,  Francis^^  •nae 

*Davis,  Jonathan  •1834 

*Peck,  William  Dandridge^* 

Harv.  1782,  A.M.,  Mass.  Prof. 


Natural  Ilistorv  llarv. 


•1322 


1  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  24  Aug.  1763.  Architect  of  Bostou  State  House.  See  Drake's  and 
Allen's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  Proc.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  1701-183."),  p.  395,  note,  and  elsewhere. 

2  Died  Oct.  28.    On  Hunt's  Catalogue  (of  which  later)  in  1776,  aged  13. 

3  These  names  appear  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776.  We  suppose  them  to  refer  to  the 
same  boys,  that  they  vrere  at  the  School  until  it  was  closed  at  the  time  of  the  battles  of 
Lexington  and  Concord,  returned  and  were  re-entered  on  the  Catalogue  after  it  had  been 
re-opencd  under  Master  Hunt.  The  same  appears  to  have  been  the  case  with  sevci-al 
other  boys,  under  whose  names  we  shall  refer  to  this  note.  The  name  of  Nathaniel  Eustis 
appears  again  in  1773,  and  we  suppose  it  a  repetition  from  here. 

*  b.  18  Aug.  1763,  a  lirother  of  Samuel  of  1767,  and  Nathaniel  of  1773  in  the  Catalogue 
of  1847,  as  we  suppose  ;  but  perhaps  the  latter  name,  for  which  the  substitution  of  Joshua 
in  1773  seems  demanded  by  later  and  better  authority,  belongs  here.  *  b.  5  Feb.  1760. 

«  1).  in  Boston,  2  Apr.  1763;  died  at  Leghorn.  Son  of  Nathaniel,  and  half  brother  of 
Nathaniel  Walker  Appleton,  of  our  Class  of  17G2.  See  Genealogy  of  the  Appleton  Family, 
by  W.  S.  Appleton,  p.  14.  "  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  3  Mar.  17r)5. 

8  For  many  years  City  Superintendent  of  Burials.  See  Autocrat  of  the  Breakfast  Table, 
by  O.  W.  Holmes,  p.  279.  His  middle  name  is  probably  Hill,  for  we  suppose  him  son  of 
Samuel  Ilewes,  Jr.  (probal)Iy  our  boy  of  1737),  whose  intentions  of  marriage  with  Elizabeth 
Hill  were  recorded  7  Oct.  17.j3.  We  find  no  record  of  the  marriage  nor  of  Ids  birth,  but  it 
must  have  been  in  1761,  as  when  lie  died,  9  Apr.  IS-l.'),  lie  was  81  years  ohl. 

9  Probably  son  of  Jonathan  and  grandson  of  the  Governor;  b.  in  Halifax  22  July,  1763, 
ilied  at  Boulogne,  17  Nov.  1811.     See  N.  Eug.  Hist.Cien.  Ileg.  vol.  xxvii.  July,  1873,  p.  --'12. 

10  b.  20,  i)apt.  First  Church,  23  Jan.  1763 :  a  brother  of  Joseph,  who  is  j>crhaps  ours  of 
1763.     Sec  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionaiy. 

11  He  appears  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  «^,'ed  10;  sec  note  on  the  same  name,  in  the 
Class  of  1772 ;  also  note  3,  above.  l-  Probably  the  John  b.  4  Mar.  1760. 

1«  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  14  Apr.  1763;  i>rother  of  Gilbert  of  1763,  and  Lewis  of  1768. 
14  Sec  Drake's  and  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  Coll.  of  Moss.  Ilist.  Soc.  2d  series,  x.  161. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


97 


*  Waldo,  SamueP 
*Lovell,  James  S.^ 
*Lovell,  John  M. 

*  Welles,  John  3 

Harv.  1782,  A.M.  *1855 

*Franklin,  James  Boutineau^ 

*Crafts5 

*Coffin,  Ebenezer^ 

*Downes,  Samuel 

*Pierpont,  James  ?$" 

*Sumner,  Joseph  ?$' 

*  Jar  vis,  Philip 
*Lever,  Ebenezer 


*Fitch,  John 
*Quincey,  Samuel  ^ 

Hai-v.  1782,  A.M.  *1816 

*Vassall,  Spencer  Thomas^*^ 

Lieut.-Col.  in  British  Aiiny.      *1807 

*McLane,  Edward^  ^  *i826 

*Selkrig,  Robert 

*Webb,  Wmiami2 

*Scott,  George^  ^ 

*Gill,  Michael  14 

*Barrick,  Thomas 

*Newton 

*Head 


1  Is  probably  the  same  as  Samuel  given  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  in  the  Class  of  1773, 
who  appears  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776.  Undoubtedly  son  of  Samuel  (Sabine,  ii.  392), 
and  brother  of  John  Ei-ving  Waldo.  He  probably  was  in  the  School  at  its  close,  and  re- 
entered when  it  was  re-opened.    See  note  on  Nathaniel  Eustis,  Class  of  1770. 

2  This  must  be  James  Lovell,  b.  1758,  Harv.  1776 ;  adjutant  in  Jackson's  Regiment,  died 
in  St.  Matthew's  parish.  South  Carolina,  10  July,  1850,  aged  92.  Lived  to  be  the  oldest 
graduate  of  Harvard ;  see  Memorials  of  Massachusetts  Cincinnati,  by  F.  S.  Drake,  p.  38. 
He  however  may  be  the  James  who  graduated  at  Hai-vard  in  1787. 

3  See  "  Welles  Family,"  p.  122 ;  also  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society ;  but  we  can  find  no  notice  of  his  death,  or  memoir 
of  him  in  the  published  Proceedings  or  Collections. 

*  Probably  son  of  Michael  Franklyn  and  Susannah  Boutineau,  whose  intentions  of  mar- 
riage were  recorded  4  Jan.  1762. 

5  This  may  be  the  William  who  appears  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776 ;  but  he  was  at  the 
North  Grammar  School  from  1771-1776,  and  in  that  case  must  have  merely  entered  here, 
left  and  re-entered,  after  a  term  there. 

6  b.  6  May,  1763 :  brother  of  Sir  Thomas  A.,  of  1761,  and  William,  of  1769 ;  Sabine,  i. 
327.  The  committee  on  the  Catalogue  of  1847  identified  him  with  Ebenezer  Coffin,  Hai-v. 
1789,  who  died  in  1816.  It  is  not  impossible  that  this  was  correct,  but  in  that  case  he  would 
have  been  twenty-six  at  graduation ;  and  as  Sabine  says  nothing  of  his  being  a  graduate, 
we  are  inclined  to  doubt  the  identification. 

''  bapt.  Old  South,  28  Mar.  1762;  or  perhaps  identical  with  Robert  (Harv.  1785),  whose 
name  is  found  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  the  Class  of  1777,  and  about  whom  we  have  given  a 
note  under  that  name  in  the  Class  of  1768,  q.  v. 

s  b.  14,  bapt.  New  North,  29  Apr.  1734 ;  or  James,  bapt.  Ch.  in  Brattle  Sq.  6  Mar.  1763. 

9  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1773.  He  probably  re-entered.  See  "  Brief  Account  of  the 
Quiucy  Family,"  by  W.  II.  Whitmorc.    The  Harvard  Quinquennial  omits  the  e. 

1'^  See  Sabine,  ii.  383  ;  also  "  Vassalls  of  New  England,"  p.  23;  also  Bridgman's  Epitaphs 
in  lung's  Chapel  Burying  Ground,  p.  230. 

11  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  aged  14.    Probably  re-entered.    See  note  3,  p.  96. 

1-  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  aged  13.     Probably  re-entered.     See  note  3,  p.  96. 

13  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  aged  12.    Probably  re-entered.     See  note  3,  p.  96. 

14  Can  he  be  son  of  the  Lieut.  Gov.  ?    Perhaps  the  same  as  in  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1780. 


98 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


*Erving,  John^ 
*Erving,  Shirley^ 

Hai-v.  1810,  A.M.,  Physician.     'ISIS 

•Thompson,  Richard  Grid- 

*Fenton,  Thomas  Temple* 
*Epes,  William 

1772. 

*Gallison,  Henry 

Han-.  1778.  «1825 

*Hatch,  Charles  Paxton 
*Greenleaf,  Thomas^ 

Hai-v.  1784.  •1854 

*Amory,  Jonathan 

Ilai-v.  1787,  A.M.  *1828 


•17W 


»1838 


1S43 

1847 


*Amory,  William 

Ilai-v.  17,S4,  A.M. 

*StX)rer,  George^ 

Hai-v.  1783.  A.M. 

*Davis,  Isaac" 
*Greenleaf,  James 

*Deblois,  Stephen^ 
•Hubbard,  Thomas  Green ?J^ 
*Lovell,  Joseph^  ^ 
•Wheelwright,  Samuel?^^^ 
*Giay,  Edward ^2 

Han-.  1782,  A.M.  'ISIO 

*Green,  Edward 

*Soley,  John  ^3  ,1851 

*Sohier,  John  Baker  1* 

Clerk.  -ISOI 


1  See  note  under  Class  of  1706  on  Thomas  Wallcut.  lie  was  undoubtedly  a  brother  of 
Dr.  Shirley  Ening,  also  of  this  Class,  but  wc  have  not  ascei-tained  the  date  of  his  death. 

2  See  Allen's  Biof^rraphical  Dictionarj- ;  note  under  Class  of  1776  on  Thomas  Wallcut ;  also 
Sabine,  i.  406,  on  John  Erving,  Jr.,  his  father. 

8  b.  12  July,  1762;  but  perhaps  William,  b.  24  July,  1760. 
*  See  note  under  Class  of  1776  on  Thomas  Wallcut. 

^  Is  found  on  Hunt's  Catalojrue  in  1770.     Probably  was  in  the  School  when  it  closed, 
and  returned  under  Hunt.    See  note  3,  p.  96. 
6  See  notes  on  Nathaniel  Eustis,  Class  of  1770,  and  on  Thomas  Grecnleaf,  above. 
"  Sec  note  on  the  same  name  under  Class  of  1773. 

8  b.  1764  :  son  of  Gilbert.  His  baptism  is  not  recorded  on  Kinjr's  Chapel  Records,  whci'C 
we  find  those  of  his  brothers  and  sisters.  A  Stephen,  bapt.  Kin<:'s  Chapel,  1.')  July,  17."7, 
also  son  of  Gilbert,  died  in  June,  1758,  is  the  only  one  of  the  name  we  find  there. 

9  b.  13  Feb.  1764.  He  had  a  brother  Daniel,  wlio  is  probably  our  boy  of  1762.  But 
perhaps  this  is  Francis,  bapt.  Chi'ist  Church,  3  Apr.  17G3. 

10  Probably  a  son  of  Master  James,  and  if  so,  died  very  early,  as  Master  James  had  a 
son  of  the  same  name,  b.  1788.  lie  appears  on  Hunt's  Catalo^ruc  in  1770,  and  so  was  most 
likely  in  the  School  when  it  closed,  returning  at  the  re-opening,  like  Eustis,  of  1770,  and 
Grcenleaf,  above. 

"  b.  3  Sept.  1761 ;  but  perhaps  Nathaniel,  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  9  June,  1762;  or  Joseph, 
bapt.  same  church,  8  Dec.  1763;  or  Benjamin,  baj)!.  Fii-st  Church,  11  Nov.  1764. 

12  Is  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  aged  11.  Prolnibly  in  the  School  when  it  closed  in 
1775,  and  re-entered  when  it  re-opened,  like  Eustis,  of  1770,  Grecnleaf,  and  the  others 
mentioned  above  and  below.     See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  229. 

1'  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  aged  11.     Sec  notes  3,  p.  96,  and  r>,  above. 

1*  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  aged  11,  died  2  Oct.    See  notes  3,  p.  96,  and  S,  above. 


1772.    July  1st.     VihitafiDii  Diiy.     The  Schools  contained  823  scholars  in  all. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


99 


*Dashwood,  John^ 

Han'..  1783,  A.M.  *1792 

*Doubleclay,  John^ 

*Gay3 

*Balch,  Nathaniel 

*Waldo,  John  Erving* 

*Peck,  Moses^ 

^Morton,  Joseph 

*McLane,  John^  *1823 

*Hunt,  Thomas  ?t" 

*Hunt,  Alexander?^ 


*1807 


*Wooton,  William 

*Balch,  William 

*Vassall,  Thomas  Oliver?^ 

*Spear,  David  ?tio 

*Green,  Benjamin  ?:j:^^ 

*Leverett,  Thomas  ?  ^  ^ 

*Davis,  Thomas ?i  2 

*Temple,  Grenville?^'^        *i829 

*Gray,  William  i^ 

*Vassall,  Leonard?! 6  ^^ggQ 


I  See  note  on  Thomas  Greenleaf,  above ;  also  note  on  John  Dashwood,  in  the  Class  of 
1771,  with  whom  we  suppose  him  identical.  In  this  case  we  have  preserved  the  order 
of  the  old  Catalogue,  printing  him  in  that  Class  without,  and  in  this  with  his  degree,  as  it 
is  not  impossible  there  may  have  been  two  of  the  name  in  successive  Classes,  as  the  name 
appears  in  each  Class  on  Lovell's  list. 

-  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1778.     See  notes  3,  p.  96,  and  5,  p.  98. 

3  See  Note  on  Martin  Gay,  Class  of  1768,  who  perhaps  belongs  here,  and  the  place  given 
him  in  that  Class  should  then  be  taken  l)y  Samuel,  as  suggested  there.     See  Sabine,  i.  466. 

■»  In  the  Catalogue  of  1847  the  name  Erving  is  given  as  a  surname,  but  it  occurs  in  no 
manuscript.  Joshua  Green  gives  John  Erving  Waldo  in  the  next  Class ;  there  seems  some 
probability  that  another  Waldo  belongs  there,  and  that  Green  is  mistaken  in  the  year.  It 
appears  at  least  likely  that  the  two  names  belong  together  here,  and  we  have  accordingly 
joined  them,  and  given  the  other  name  under  the  next  Class,  q.  v.  No  "  Erving  "  appears 
against  the  name  on  Lovell's  Catalogue.  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776  is  a  John  Waldo, 
aged  11,  who  may  be  this  one ;  unless,  as  suggested  under  the  next  Class,  he  is  the  John 
Jones  Waldo,  who  was  given  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847  in  the  Class  of  1776-83.  See  Sabine's 
article  on  his  father,  ii.  392. 

5  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  aged  10.    See  notes  3,  p.  96,  and  5,  p.  98. 

6  John  McLean  who  endowed  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  and  whose  name  is 
borne  by  the  Asylum  for  the  Insane  at  Somerville.  See  Sabine,  i.  163 ;  also  Bowditch's 
History  of  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital. 

'  bapt.  First  Church,  18  Sept.  1763  :  a  brother  of  Shrimpton,  who  is  perhaps  our  boy  of 
1759;  or  Thomas,  referred  to  in  the  note  on  William  Hunt,  under  the  Class  of  1770. 

8  b.,  and  bapt.  Christ  Church,  26  Aug.  1764  :  a  brother  of  William,  whom  we  have  taken 
as  one  of  the  possibilities  in  1770.  (See  Hunt  Genealogj',  p.  350.)  But  one  of  these  boys 
may  be  another  brother,  Pattid  (,sic),  bapt.  as  above,  25  Maj-,  1766. 

9  See  Sabine's  article  on  John  Vassall,  ii.  383 ;  also  "  Vassalls  of  New  England,"  pp.  20 
and  23,  reprinted  from  New  England  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.  vol.  xvii.  for  1863. 

13  b.  18  Sept.  1764 ;  but  perhaps  Joseph,  bapt.  New  North,  26  Jan.  1766. 

II  b.  20  July,  1784 ;  but  perhaps  John,  b.  25  Aug.  1761 ;  or  Thomas,  bapt.  Christ  Church, 
17  Nov.  1767.  12  b.  10  July,  1765.  is  b.  8  Aug.  1764. 

i-i  b.  16  Oct.  1768.  See  Account  of  the  Temple  Family,  by  W.  H.  Whitmore,  Boston, 
1856,  pp.  7  and  8.      15  Probably  identical  with  the  same  name  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776. 

15  b.  28  Mar.  1764.  See  Sabine's  article  on  John  Vassall,  ii.  383 ;  also  "  Vassalls  of  New 
England,"  pp.  12  and  21. 


100 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


1773.^ 

*Lovell,  John* 


•Hubbard,  John^ 

Harv.  1785. 

•Taylor,  Samuel 


■1836 


Gone  to 
Chelsea. 


2  Jno.  Hubbard. 

3  Saml  Taylor. 
1  H.  G.  Otis. 

5  Tho.  Curtis. 


Advanced ) 

to  ye  2d    I  4  Wm.  Pierpont 
form.     ) 

6  J.  Green. 
13  G.  Dcblois. 


Nejih  to : 
Josh* 


Left 
School. 


1  Of  this  Class  we  have  two  lists  by  Joshua  Green, — one  of  August,  1773,  given 
in  a  letter  from  B.  H.  Dixon,  dated  24  Dec.  1847,  and  thus  described: — 
Memoranda  from  an  interleaved  almanac  for  tbc  year  1773,  in  haudwritin<;  of  J.  Green. 
July  26th.     I  enter'd  at  Latin  School  and  bejran  in  yc  accidence. 

On  blank  leaf  opposite  the  month  of  August:— 

7  Ebr.  Bass. 

10  Saml  Lamb. 

11  Wm.  Dorr. 

14  Na :  Frazier. 
1")  Josh.  Payne. 

12  Isa.  Davis. 
20  Jno.  Waldo. 

15  Jack  Gardner. 

16  Beuj.  Bi-acket. 


Son  of  I 
Saml.»  ) 


17  Do  Homans. 


9  Chas. 


Penny. 

1 
8  Foster  Penny. 
19  Isi-ael  Loring. 

21  James  Low. 

22  Jona  Swif^. 
Jno  Knight." 
Ephr  May.* 


Sept.  6.    "We  ^egan  Nomenclator. 
20th.    Began  in  Corderius. 


*  Erased  in  the  original. 

In  this  list  Thomas  Curtis,  Joshua  Payne  and  Charles  Penny  are  added  to 
those  given  in  the  text  of  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  and  we  have  placed  them  above 
on  this  authority,  with  the  exception  of  Curtis,  whom  we  have  given  in  1776,  in 
which  year  he  appears  on  Hunt's  Catalogue,  aged  11,  having  entered  either  then 
or  in  1774,  as  explained  in  the  note  under  that  Class. 

John  Lovell,  Foster  Swift,  Charles  Basnet  (though  given  on  his  second  list), 
Roland  Gilson,  and  James  Forrest,  who  appear  on  Lovell's  list,  are  omitted.  For 
Nathaniel,  Joslnia  Paine  is  given,  which  we  have  substituted,  and  for  John 
Deblois,  Gilbert,  which  name  is  repeated  on  his  second  list.     See  note  1,  p.  101. 

The  second  list  is  from  an  almanac  of  1775,  and  is  in  two  handwritings: — 

THIRD  CLASS  AT  SOUTH  GRAMMAR  SCHOOL,  BOSTON,  APRIL,  1775,  i-«; 


H.  G.  Otis. 
Daniel  Boyer. 
Jno.  Hubbard. 
Saml.  Taylor. 
J.  Green. 
Ebenczer  Bass. 
Nathan  Fiazier. 


Foster  Penny. 
Sam'l  Lamb. 
Isa.  Diivis. 
Chas.  Basnet. 
Wm.  Dorr. 
Saml.  Borland. 
Benju.  Iluiuuns. 


Jno.  Ei-ving  Waldo. 
Beuja.  Bracket. 
Jobha.  Paine. 
Jona.  Swift. 
Jams  Lowe. 
Jack  Gardner. 
Gilb.  Deblois. 


Jaii'y  18th,  Being  ye  Queen's  Birthday  Latin  School  did  not  keep— Writing  School  broke  up. 

Note.— "Jack  Gardner"  was  John  Sylvester  John  Gardiner,  !>.  in  So.  Wales  at  Haverf«>rd 
"West,  17C6,  sent  by  his  Father,  (see  Class  of  J744,)  to  Boston  to  bo  educated.  At  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  Revolution  he  returned  to  his  Father  in  tho  West  Indies,  anil  w.-i-s  sent,  at  the 
a^e  of  11,  to  England,  where  he  p.'issed  nix  years  under  tho  instruction  of  Dr.  Parr.  Ho 
was  ordained  at  N.  Y.  in  1787  by  Bisho|)  I'rovoost,  and  became  lieclor  of  Trinity  Church, 
Boston,  in  1805.  He  died  2y  July,  1830,  at  Harrowgate,  England.  See  Allen's  Biographical 
Dictionary ;  Duyckiuck's  Cycl.  Amer.  Lit.  i.  p.  580  ;   uud  Sprague's  Annals,  vol.  v.  p.  363. 

2  Perhaps  John  M.  of  the  Class  of  1771.  His  name  is  omitted  on  both  of  Joshua  Graen's 
lists.     He  is  given  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  aged  12  years  and  6  months. 

'  The  same  name  appears  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1780,  with  no  age  attached.  He  prob- 
ably left,  rc-cntcrcd,  and  went  from  here  to  college. 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


101 


*Deblois,  Gilbert^  »1785 

*Otis,  Harbison  Gray  2 

Harv.  1783.  A.M..  LL.D.  1814, 
Fellow  Hai-v.,  Judfje  of  Mass. 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Mayor 
of  Boston,  U.  S.  Senator  and 
Rep.  in  Congress.  *1848 

*Eustis,  Nathaniel? 3 
*Swift,  Foster* 
*  Swift,  Jonathan 


i  Harv.  1784,  Minister  of  Charles- 
town.  •1788 

*Pierpont,  William 

*  Waldo,  John?6 

*  Gardiner,  John  Sylvester 

Johti^ 

a.m.  Harv.  1803,  S.T.D.  Univ. 

Pa.  1813,  Rector  of  Trin.  Ch.     *1S30 


1  The  Catalogue  of  1847  gave  this  name  John  Deblois,  which  is  as  it  was  written  on 
Lovell's  list,  but  we  have  inserted  Gilbert  on  the  authority  of  Joshua  Green's  memoranda. 
Mr.  Greenough  in  his  interleaved  Catalogue  has  erased  Gilbert  Deblois  from  the  Class  of 
1763  and  inserted  his  name  here  instead  of  that  of  John.  But,  as  we  have  intimated  under 
that  Class,  there  were  two  Gilberts,  one  the  son  of  Gilbert,  and  brother  of  our  Stephen  of 
1772,  who  was  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  29  Sept.  1755,  who,  though  rather  young,  is  probably 
the  boy  belonging  there ;  the  other,  son  of  Lewis,  bapt.  at  the  same  church,  1  Feb.  1764, 
who  was  born  20  Dec.  1763,  and  died  in  Providence,  R.I.  in  June,  1785,  and  undoubtedly 
the  one  who  belongs  here,  if  Joshua  Green  is  correct.  A  letter  which  the  Committee  has 
received  from  Stephen  G.  Deblois,  Esq.  of  our  Class  of  1826,  maintains  however  that  the 
name  John,  as  given  here  by  Lovell,  and  in  the  old  Catalogue,  is  correct,  and  that  the 
reference  is  to  John,  son  of  Gilbert  (another  brother  of  Stephen  just  referred  to),  who 
was  born  in  1767,  and  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  26  Dec.  1767,  and  died  in  London,  8  Mar.  1784. 

2  See  his  letters  in  Hist.  Sketch. ;  Memorial  Biographies  published  by  New  England 
Historic-Genealogical  Society,  1881 ;  also  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  193. 

3  We  have  retained  this  name,  which  was  on  the  old  Catalogue,  because  it  is  found  on 
Lovell's  list,  and  was  also  given  by  H.  G.  Otis,  although  it  is  omitted  on  Joshua  Green's 
lists.  We  presuine  it  only  a  repetition  of  Nathaniel,  who  is  given  under  the  Class  of  1770, 
q.  v.,  and  reappears,  as  we  suppose,  in  Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue,  under  the  Class  of  1776. 

^  This  name  is  not  on  Green's  list :  he  may  have  remained  but  a  short  time,  or  have  been 
transferred  to  a  higher  Class. 

5  See  AUen's  Biographical  Dictionaiy,  article  on  Joshua  Paine,  of  Sturbridge,  who  was 
perhaps  his  father.  We  have  inserted  this  name  on  the  authority  of  Green's  memoranda, 
and  of  Mr.  Grcenough's  and  Prof.  Haynes's  interleaved  Catalogues,  placing  Nathaniel, 
who  was  here  before,  as  one  of  the  conjectures  in  the  note  under  the  name  of  Paine,  given 
in  the  Class  of  1770. 

6  Samuel  was  the  name  inserted  here  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847 ;  a  manuscript  note  in  Rev. 
Dr.  E.  E.  Hale's  interleaved  Catalogue,  says  on  the  authority  of  H.  G.  Otis.  See  the  Class 
of  1771.  Joshua  Green's  first  list  says  John.  His  second  list,  and  Prof.  Haynes's  and  Mr. 
Grcenough's  Catalogues,  probably  following  it,  read  John  Erving  W. ;  but  presuming  that 
John  Erving  belongs  in  the  Class  of  1772,  as  we  have  there  stated,  we  think  that  the  boy 
who  belongs  here  may  be  Joseph,  b.  18  June,  1764,  a  brother  of  John  Jones,  who  was  given 
in  the  old  Catalogue  in  the  Class  of  1776-83,  and  appears  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  the  Class 
of  1776  as  John  Waldo,  aged  11 ;  unless  the  true  case  is  that  John  Jones  entered  this  year, 
and  remained  till  the  closing  of  the  School,  returning  when  it  was  re-opened.  Under  these 
cu'cumstancos,  it  seems  best  to  us  to  insert  the  name  John  with  a  ?  as  it  occurs  in  so  many 
authorities,  and  in  the  lack  of  further  information,  to  suppose  him  identical  with  John  Jones. 

■^  Appears  as  Jack  on  both  of  J.  Green's  lists ;  see  the  note  under  the  second.  The  name 
is  given  Gardner  by  Lovell.  The  old  Catalogue  gives  no  Christian  name.  He  does  not 
reappear  in  Hunt's  Catalogue.    See  Drake's  and  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionaries. 


102 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*Davis,  Isaac  ?^ 
*Bracket,  Benjamin  ?2 
*Bass,  Ebenezer?3 
*Lamb,  Samuel 
*DoiT,  William  ?4 
*PIomans,  Benjamin ^ 
*Frazier,  Nathan  ^ 

Ilarv.  1784,  A.M.,  Aid-de-Camp 

to  Geu.  Eliot.  *1802 

*Green,  Joshua' 

Haiv.  1784,  A.M.  "1847 

**Loi'ing,  Israel?^  *1774 


•1844 


•Penny,  Foster 
*Penny,  Charles^ 
*Basnet,  Charles 
*Lowe,  James 
*May,  Ephraim?^® 
*Knight,  John?!'^ 
*Eliot,  Simon  11 

Jtlaj.-Gcn.  in  Mass.  Militia.        •1832 

*Gilson,  Roland 
*Forrest,  James 


I  Perhaps  identical  with  the  same  name  in  the  Class  of  1772.  No  Christian  name  is  given 
by  Lovell,  and  Isaac  is  inserted  on  the  authority  of  J.  Green's  lists. 

-  Appears  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1777,  a^ed  11. 
3  Appears  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  aged  12. 

•»  Appears  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  177G.  The  Christian  names  of  Ilomans,  Brackett  and 
Bass  are  from  J.  Green's  list ;  in  reference  to  all  these,  sec  notes  3,  p.  9G,  and  ^,  p.  98. 

5  J.  Green  marks  against  him  in  the  list  of  1773,  "left  School,"  and  does  not  give  him 
in  his  list  of  1775 ;  but  in  Hunt's  Catalogue  the  same  name  appears  iu  1777,  aged  12,  so  that 
he  probably  re-entered. 

6  He  is  found  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  aged  10.    See  notes  3,  p.  96,  and  .">,  p.  98. 

'  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  his  name  appears  in  1778,  again  in  1779,  aged  15,  and  then  disap- 
pears. As  he  is  not  found  in  the  j-ears  between  tliis  and  those,  it  is  probable  that  he  left  the 
School  when  it  was  closed,  and  remained  away  a  couple  of  years  or  so,  returning  to  finish 
here  his  preparation  for  college.     See  note  1,  p.  100 ;  also  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary. 

8  A  note  from  his  brother  Joshua,  of  Newton,  is  the  authority  for  the  date  of  his  death. 
Joshua  also  says  he  himself  was  with  II.  G.  Otis.    He  was  younger,  and  is  found  on  Hunt's 
Catalogue  in  1776.    An  Israel,  aged  9,  appears  on  Hunt's  Catalogue,  entering  in  1777,  who 
must  however,  if  this  date  is  correct,  be  another  boy. 
9  Inserted  on  the  authority  of  Joshua  Green's  list. 

10  Both  these  names  are  erased  on  J.  Green's  first  list,  but  arc  inserted  l)ecausc  the 
surnames,  though  not  the  Christian  names,  are  on  Lovell's. 

II  b.  22  Feb.  1762,  died  2  Jan.  He  appears  in  1776  on  Hunt's  Catalogue,  aged  15,  and 
probably,  like  the  others  above,  was  in  the  School  when  it  closed,  and  returned  when  it  was 
re-opened.  He  was,  according  to  the  same  authority,  at  the  Nortjj  Grammar  School  from 
17G9-73,  before  coming  here.     Sec  notes  3,  p.  96,  and  5  p.  98. 


IIul)i)ard,  Taylor,  Dcblois,  Otis,  Eustis,  Jona.  Swift,  Paine,  Waldo,  Gartlncr,  Davis, 
E;ackctt,  Bass,  Laml>,  Dorr,  Homans,  Frazicr,  Green,  Foster  Penny,  Basnet,  Lowe,  Eliot, 
were  in  the  School  when  it  closed  in  1775,  and  Eustis,  Waldo,  Fra/ier,  Bass,  Eliot,  Dorr, 
appear  to  have  returned  to  the  School  at  its  ro-oponing  iu  1776,  Brackett  and  Homans  iu 
1777,  Green  iu  1778,  and  Hubbard  (perhaps)  iai  1760. 


CHAPTER     III, 

1774-1781. 


Me.  Hunt's  Catalogue,  described  in  the  next  chapter,  has  supplied 
many  deficiencies  in  the  Classes  from  1774  to  1805,  originally  printed 
from  the  reminiscences  of  gentlemen  then  living.  But  it  begins  Avith 
1776,  while  Mr.  Lovell's  ended  with  1773.  Accordingly,  Ave  have  no 
record  of  the  Classes  of  1774  and  1775.  For  the  reason  given  below, 
there  was  probably  no  Class  that  could  properly  be  designated  as 
that  of  the  latter  year,  but  we  have  attempted  to  make  up  that  of 
1774  conjecturally  by  adding  to  the  names  on  the  old  Catalogue  the 
names  of  those  who,  according  to  Joshua  Green's  second  list,  entered 
the  Class  of  1773  later  than  the  rest,  and  two  names  furnished  to  the 
Committee  by  Mrs.  S.  F.  McCleary,  Sen.,  after  the  old  Catalogue 
Avas  issued,  and  omitting  John  Cooper,  Thomas  Crafts,  and  Henry 
Roby,  Avho,  though  members  of  this  Class,  did  not  probably  enter  it 
until  after  this  yeai',  as  we  find  them  on  Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue  of 
the  North  Grammar  School  up  to  the  time  Avhen  that  ceased  to  be. 


1774. 

*Blaiichard,  Edward  ^^ggg 

*Fleet,  Jolmi 

Farv.  1785,  A.M.,  M.B.  1788, 
M.D.  1795.  *1813 


*Gray,  John 2 
*Borland,  Samuel ^ 
*  Savage,  Johni 
*Boyer,  Daniel* 

Jeweller. 


Thomas  Curtis,  who  is  given  in  1770,  and  is  mentioned  in  note  1,  p.  100,  may 
perhaps  belong  in  this  Class. 


1  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  aged  10,  and  probably  at  School  when  it  closed,  returning 
when  it  re-opencd.  2  On  Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1776,  aged  9.     Sec  note  1,  above. 

3  This  name  appears  on  J.  Green's  second  list  as  in  the  Class  of  1773  in  1775,  but  docs 
not  reappear  in  Hunt's  Catalogue.    His  connection  with  the  School  was  probably  short. 

4  On  Joshua  Green's  second  list  in  April,  1775,  as  of  the  Class  which  entered  in  1773. 
Against  his  name  on  the  Catalogue  of  the  North  Grammar  School,  where  he  was  in  177-1-5, 
is  April  4,  which  is  perhaps  the  date  of  his  leaving,  and  the  age  7}i.  He  is  on  Hunt's  Cata- 
logue in  1776,  aged  9.    After  1777  he  disappears. 

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104  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*Bell,  Wimam?^!  |   *  Walter  Lynde  2  •!»** 

1  Probably  son  of  James,  b.  17  May,  1766;  or  Robert,  his  brotlicr,  b.  14  Aug.  17G7: 
known  as  "  Sui^jar  Baker;"  Mrs.  McUlcary,  U't:lf ;  perliaps  Shubacl,  died  28  May,  1819, 
ajred  53  ;  see  Biographical  Sketches  in  By-Laws  of  St.  Andrew's  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  1866, 
pp.  103  and  4 ;  or  Edward,  born  in  Boston,  3  Feb.  1766,  died  1809,  referred  to  ibid,  p.  125. 

2  b.  13  Nov.  1767,  died  19  Aug.  Left  when  the  war  began.  Mrs.  McCleary,  his 
daughter,  teste. 


From  April  19th,  1775,  when  the  School  was  closed  by  Mr.  Lovell, 
as  described  in  the  note  of  Hon,  Harrison  Gray  Otis,  Avhich  we  give 
in  the  Historical  Sketch,  to  Nov.  9th,  1776,  when  it  was  re-opened  by 
the  vote  of  the  Town,  there  was  no  school.  The  Class  of  177G,  as 
given  in  the  next  chaftter,  no  doubt  contains  the  names  of  many 
boys  who  entered  in  1774  and  1775  before  April,  and,  like  many  ]>re- 
viously  noticed,  were  in  School  when  it  closed,  and  returned  when 
it  was  re-opened. 


CHAPTER     IV. 
1776-1805. 


o>*:o 


The  Preface  to  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  (p.  iv.  of  the  present 
edition),  reads  as  follows:  — 

"Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue  of  the  Boys  who  entered  the  School 
during  his  time,  between  1776  and  1805,  is  unfortunately  lost.  His 
manuscript  returns  to  the  School  Committee  of  the  boys  in  the 
School  in  1789,  1790,  1794,  are  extant,  and  are  here  published.  Our 
only  other  sources  for  lists  of  his  pupils  are  one  or  two  of  Mr. 
Carter's  returns  of  the  "Latin  boys"  who  went  to  his  writing 
school,  and  the  recollections  of  different  gentlemen  now  or  recently 
living,  who  were  under  his  care.  To  these  recollections,  as  will  be 
seen,  we  are  largely  indebted.  But  it  has  proved  impossible  to 
reconcile  them  perfectly  with  each  other,  or  to  compile  from  them 
lists  approaching  the  completeness  of  contemporary  catalogues.  It 
is  particularly  difficult  to  give  the  precise  dates  to  names  thus  col- 
lected." 

As  a  note  to  Chapter  III,  in  the  same  Catalogue,  we  read  :  "  The 
materials  of  this  chapter,  with  the  exceptions  which  have  been  named, 
are  the  reminiscences  recently  collected  of  gentlemen  now  living." 

It  is  a  great  gratification  to  the  Committee  to  be  able  now, 
entirely  to  supply,  from  the  very  best  authority,  the  deficiencies  thus 
lamented.  No  longer  can  it  be  said  that  Master  Hunt's  Catalogue 
is  lost. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Latin  School  Association  in  1875, 
Mr.  E.  S.  Dixwell,  a  former  Head  Master  of  the  School,  the  grand- 
son of  Master  Hunt,  presented  to  the  Association  a  manuscript 
volume  which  he  stated  was  a  copy  of  Master  Hunt's  Catalogue  from 
1776  to  1805 ;  and  the  following  letter  from  him  explains  the  circum- 
stances under  which  it  came  to  light : — 

Cambeidge,  June  14,  ISSl. 
Dear  Sir  :  ^  111  1875  an  old  trunk  was  found  in  my  brother's  house,  which 
had  been  stored  away  in  attics  over  fifty  years  and  forgotten.    The  contents 
were  unknown  to  any  of  our  family.     Certain  reasons  prompted  an  exploration 

This  chapter  is  made  up  from  Master  Hunt's  Catalogue  of  the  South  Grammar  School, 
now  for  the  first  time  printed. 

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106  PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


of  its  contpnts,  and  it  was  broken  open.  It  was  found  to  contain  papers  left  by 
my  grandfather,  Samuel  Hunt,  when  he  removed  to  Kentucky  in  1816.  Among 
them  were  two  manuscript  books,  of  size  and  shape  convenient  for  the  pocket; 
and  they  proved  to  be  the  very  ones  which  tradition  had  reported  as  kept  in  his 
day  by  Master  Hunt,  and  whicli  we  had  so  much  desired  to  discover  at  the  time 
we  made  the  first  attempt  to  form  a  Catalonue  of  tlie  Latin  School. 

Soon  after  that  discovery  I  made  a  transcript  of  the  lists  therein  contained, 
and  presented  it  to  the  Latin  School  Association.  I  retain  the  originals  myself, 
for  reasons  which  are  special  and  pert^onal.      »»»»••• 

Truly  yours, 
Rev.  Henry  F.  Jenks.  E.  S.  DIX\VT:LL. 

Here  was  the  niis.sing  link.  From  that  Catalogue  we  have  pre- 
pared the  present  chapter.  A  few  names  on  the  old  Catalogue 
we  do  not  find.  They  were  probably  inserted  from  the  memory 
of  gentlemen  who  thought  they  went  to  school  here  with  the  boys 
named,  and  who  really  may  have  gone  elsewhere  with  them,  and 
confused  the  places ;  a  trick  which  we  know  is  not  unfrcc|uently 
played  by  the  memory  upon  those  who  trust  to  it  without  the 
additional  aid  of  written  records.  Some  of  these  names  we  are 
sorry  to  lose  from  our  rolls,  and  on  the  possibility  that  they  may 
have  been  at  the  School  for  a  short  time,  not  long  enough  to 
have  been  registered  on  the  Catalogue,  we  have  adopted  concern- 
ing them,  the  practice  already  made  familiar  in  the  first  cha))ter,  of 
placing  them  "  below  the  line,"  and  awaiting  further  proof  before  we 
absolutely  dismiss  them. 

Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue  is  complete  with  the  exception  of  the  Class 
of  1781,  and  that  hiatus  we  have  supplied  in  a  manner  which  will 
be  explained  under  the  Class  itself.  He  gives  each  year  a  list  of  all 
the  boys  in  the  School,  from  which  it  is  easy  to  see  who  finished 
the  course,  and  Avho  only  remained  a  jiart  of  the  time.  He  has 
arranged  the  boys  a])parenLly  in  classes,  but  the  order  of  names  is 
not  alphabetical,  and  as  there  seemed  no  special  reason  for  re- 
taining his  oi-der,  in  view  of  the  greater  convenience  of  the  alpha- 
betical arrangement,  the  Committee  has  hatl  no  hesitation  in  decid- 
ing to  change  it  in  conformity  thereto. 

The  ages  of  the  boys  are  generally  given  against  their  names,  in 
the  year  when  they  first  appear  at  the  school,  and  as  this  is  a  great 
help  in  identifying  them,  giving  certainty,  where  in  the  conjectural 
restorations  of  LovelTs  Catalogue  there  has  been  only  jtrobability  as 
a  guide,  they  have  been  retained.  The  residences  of  some  arc  also 
given,  and  these  too,  as  a  matter  of  historical  interest,  have  been 
preserved. 

With  some  of  the  names  in  the  Class  of  177()  no  age  is  given. 
Some  of  the  boys  thus  unmarked  are  either  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  of 
the  North  School,  or  Lovell's  Catalogue  of  ours,  and  were  evidently 
transferred  with  the  former  froju  that  School,  or  having  been  ])ui)ils 
of  the  latter  at  the  closing  of  this,  returned  after  it  was  re-o))ened. 
It  seems,  therefore,  reasonable  to  infi-r  that  with  the  others,  the 
absence  of  the  age  is  an  indication  tliat  they  were  t>ld  ])Upils  who 
came  l>ack  as  soun  as  they  could  after  the  School  was  re-opencd ; 
and  that  some  Avhose  names  are  found  neither  on  Hunt's  list  there, 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.  107 


nor  Lovell's  here,  may  have  been  jDupils  of  our  school  entering  in 
1774,  a  year  for  which  we  have  no  record.  In  later  classes  there  are 
also  found  the  names  of  boys  who  were  at  the  North  School  before 
Mr.  Hunt  was  transferred.  It  is  not  improbable  that  their  families 
may  have  removed  from  town  about  the  outbreak  of  hostilities,  re- 
mained away  until  after  the  evacuation,  or  even  longer,  and  then  on 
their  return  the  boys  were  sent  to  their  old  Master  in  his  new  school, 
either  because  their  residences  had  been  changed,  thus  obliging  them 
to  attend  the  South  instead  of  the  North  School,  or  from  a  desire 
on  the  part  of  their  parents  to  retain  them  under  his  instruction. 
In  some  of  the  later  years  too,  occur  the  names  of  old  pupils,  who 
2)erhaps  remained  still  longer  out  of  town,  or  were  temporarily  under 
other  teachers,  and  were  finally  sent  here  to  receive  the  finishing 
touches  before  applying  for  admission  to  college.  The  course  seems 
to  have  been  seven  years,  though  some  boys  remained  longer  and 
some  comj)leted  it  in  less  time. 


In  addition  to  the  boys  mentioned  on  p.  o5,  as  transferred  to  the  South 
Grammar  School  with  Master  Hunt,  v/e  find  on  his  Catalogue  these  who  ap- 
pear on  the  Catalogue  of  the  North  Grammar  School  in  the  years  named : — 

Caleb  Brooks  Hall,  of  1777,  in  1774  and  '75,  aged  8  in  the  former  year. 

William  Goodwin,  of  1777,  from  17G0  to  '75. 

John  S.  Lillie,  of  1777,  from  1772  to  '75. 

John  Cooper,  of  1776,  from  '70  to  '75;  in  '73  his  age  is  given  as  7;  he  probably 
should  have  been  on  the  list  of  those  transferred,  as  in  '76  he  appears  with  age 
marked  10. 

Peter  Beyer,  of  1776,  from  1772  to  '74. 

Thomas  Crafts,  of  1776,  from  1774  to  '76,  aged  7  in  1774. 

Joseph  Loring,  of  1776,  from  1773  to  '75. 


Benjamin  Homans,  of  1777,  we  have  taken  to  be  the  same  as  the  Benjamin 
Homans  of  1773,  on  Lovell's  list;  Kobert  Pierpont,  of  1777,  as  the  Robert  Pier- 
pont  of  1768;  John  Doubleday  (aged  15),  of  1778,  as  the  John  Doubleday  of  1772; 
Joshua  Green,  of  1779,  as  the  Joshua  Green  of  1773;  Michael  Gill,  of  1780,  as 
possibly  the  Michael  Gill  of  1771;  and  John  Hubbard,  of  1780,  as  the  John 
Hubbard  of  1773. 


The  manuscri^Dt  of  Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue  begins  thus : — 

April  19*.^  1775  A  Detachment  of  the  British  Troops  marched 
from  Boston  in  Order  to  destroy  some  Military  Stores,  lodged  at 
Concord,  which  immediately  alarmed  the  Country  &  caused  them 
to  collect  the  Militia  together  to  prevent  the  Troops  from  effecting 
their  Purpose,  or  to  defend  themselves  (as  they  knew  not  what  might 
be  their  Designs)  from  any  Danger  they  might  be  exposed  to —  In 
their  way  to  Concord  they  met  with  a  Number  of  the  Inhabitants 
of  Lexington  in  Arms.  The  Consequence  of  which  was  that  the 
British  Troops  fired  upon  &  killed  Eight  of  the  Militia,  Which  was 
ye  Comencement  of  a  most  unhappy  unnatural  &  cruel  Civil  War  — 
Which  drove  me  from  my  School  at  the  North  Part  of  the  Town, 
which  I  left  the  6^^  August  &  resided  at  Little  Cambridge  till  the 
next  June  1776,  when  I  was  appointed  by  the  Selectmen  of  Boston, 
Master  of  the  South  Grammar  School. 


108 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


The  Catalogues  -which  follow  are  those  of  the  Pupils  of  the  South 
Grammak  S(  hool  afterwards  called  the  Public  Latix  School. 


1776. 

*Thomas  Coffin  Amory,i  ?e  9 

Merchant.  *1812 

*Benjamin  Andrews 
*Joseph  Barrell,  se  11 

Hai-v.  1783,  A.M.  •1801 

*Thomas  Bartlett,  pb  8 

*Peter  Boyer,^  ae  12 

*  James  Bryant,  ae  13 

*Tliomas  Capen 

*Thomas  Chase,  ae  9 

*Francis  (Holmes)  Coffin, ^  ae  8 

Admiral  in  Royal  Navy.  •1832 

*William  Colman* 

*John  Cooper,^  ae  10  «i845 


*John  Crafts^ 
*Thomas  Crafts,"  ae  9 

llarv.  1785,  A.M. 

*Wiliiam  Crafts* 
*Thomas  Curtis, ^  ae  11 
*Edward  Davis,  ae  8 
*Jolin  Davis,  i<>  se  9 
*Ephraim  Eliot  ^^ 

Harv.  17S0,  A.M. ;  Druggist. 

*George  Fairservice,  ae  13i 

Harv.  1783.  *1787 

*Thomas  Fleet -^  mngj 

*John  Godboldi3 
*  Joseph  Hall  14 

Han-.    17S1,    A.M.,    Judge    of 
Probate,  .'Suffolk  County. 

*Thomas  Hancock,  ^  '^  w  8 


•1785 

•1793 
•1820 
•1823 


•1827 


►1848 


1  Entered  Mar.  1777.    See  Sabine,  i.  162.  2  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1772-75. 

3  Brother  of  William  and  Thomas,  of  our  Class  of  1768.  See  Memoir  of  Gen.  John 
Coffin,  by  his  son,  Capt.  Henry  Coffin,  p.  76.  *  Entered  ( ?)  2")  Mar.  1777,  aged  11. 

5  At  No.  Gram.  Sen.  in  1770-73,  aged  7,  74-75.  «  Entered  1  Jan.  1777,  aged  9. 

"  b.  9  Apr.  1767 ;  graduated  from  college  at  fifteen  years.  Bridgman's  Inscriptions  King's 
Chapfl  Burying  Ground,  pp.  101  and  272,  gives  his  age  at  death  as  31.  At  North  Grammar 
School  from  1773  to  76 ;  aged  7,  21  June,  1775.    See  Loring's  Iluud.  Boston  Orators,  p.  231. 

8  At  North  Grammar  School  from  1771  to  75-6 ;  aged  8,  Oct.  1771.  See  note  under  Class 
of  1771.    Cousin  of  John  and  brother  of  Thomas  above,  and  Ebcuezer,  of  1777. 

•'  Very  likely  entered  in  1774.  Sec  note  1,  p.  100;  also  Whitman's  History  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company,  second  edition,  p.  349.  lo  Entered  25  Mar.  1777. 

li  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1763-74.  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society,  1791-1835,  note  on  p.  502.  >■'  Entered  Mar.  1777,  aged  8. 

18  At  North  Grammar  School  iu  1774,  aged  14,  July,  1774. 

n  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1769-75.  Entered  19  Feb.  1777.  He  was  bom  in  Port- 
laud  Street,  on  the  26th  of  April,  1761.  Being  therefore  some  fourteen  or  fifteen  years  of 
age  at  the  time  of  our  llevolutionary  struggle,  he  was  capable  of  uudcrstauihiig  something 
of  the  stining  scenes  and  events  that  were  then  transpiring  around  him.  He  had  no  active 
participation  in  them,  however,  save  in  one  instance.  On  the  night  of  the  march  of  the 
British  troops  upon  Lexington  and  Concord,  he  was  despatched  on  horseliack  about  ten 
o'clock  in  the  evening  by  his  father,  to  Roxbury  and  Wafertown,  to  convoy  to  Gen.  Warren 
and  other  patriots  intelligence  of  the  expected  e\i)edition.  His  father  liad  learned  nt  that 
early  hour  tlie  purpose  for  which  the  troops  were  mustering,  through  a  domestic  iu  his 
family  wlio  was  intimate  wilh  one  of  the  uurses  employed  iu  the  Soldiers'  Hospital,  which 
was  near  his  residence  in  Portland  Street.  The  scenes  amid  which  Ids  early  years  were 
passed,,  were  not  without  their  influcuce.  The  spirit  and  principles  of  this  heroic  ago  of 
our  national  existence  were  stamped  upon  the  chai-acter  of  Judge  Hall,  and  were  the  con- 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


109 


*Abel  Karris'^ 
*John  Haskins,  ae  14 

Harv.  1781,  A.M.  *1840 

*Isaac  Barre  Hitchborn,^  ee  10 
*John  Hitchborn,^  sq  11 
*Robert  Hitchborn,  se  10 
*John  Hoskins,  se  8 

*  William  Hoskins,'^  ae  10 
*Samiiel  Cooper  Johonnot^ 

Harv.  1783,  A.M.  *1806 

*  James  Lloyd,  ^  ee  7 

Harv.  1787,  A.M..  LL.D.  Hai-v. 
1826,  U.  S.  Senator. 

*  Joseph  Lloyd'' 

*  Walter  Logan  ^ 

*  Joseph  Loring,9  ae  9 

Harv.  1786. 

*  Joshua  Loring,  te  8^^ 


*1831 


1^1857 


*Thomas  Lovell,  se  9 

*  John  Lowell,  i  ^  ae  7 

Hai-v.  1786,  A.M.,  FeUow  Harv. 
LL.D.  1814.  *1840 

*John  Lowell 

*John  Mascarene,  ae  10 

*Samuel  Minott,  ae  9 

*George  Moore ^^ 

*Nehemiah  Norcross^^         *1804 

*John  Payson,  ae  8 

*Thomas  Payson,  ae  12 

Harv.  1784,  A.M.  *1844 

*  William  Phillips,  1 4  gg  9 
*Danforth  Phipps,i^  ae  15 

Harv.  1781.  *1783 

*James  Price,  ae  11 

*Samuel  Prince,  ae  10  *i820 


trolling  guides  of  his  conduct  through  life.  He  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  Latin 
School  in  this  city,  and  graduated  at  Cambridge  in  the  year  1781,  taking  a  respectable  rank 
in  a  Class  of  which  the  late  Samuel  Dexter,  Judge  Davis  and  Judge  Paine,  of  Vermont, 
were  members.  See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  307 ;  also  Whitman's  History 
Ancient  and  Honorable  Artiller}'  Company,  second  edition,  p.  346. 

I  Entered  1  Jan.  1777,  aged  13'A.  2  At  North  Gram.  Sch.  in  1774,  75.    See  p.  35. 
3  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1772-75.     See  p.  35. 

■^  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  23  July,  1766.    At  North  Grammar  School  in  1773,  aged  8. 

5  Was  very  likely  of  our  Class  of  1774. 

«  Entered  Mar.  1777.  Spelled  Loyde.  Sec  Sabine,  ii.  23  (on  his  father)  ;  Allen's  and 
Drake's  Biographical  Dictionaries;  also  Bridgman's  Epitaphs  King's  Chapel  Burying 
Groimd,  p.  287.  ^  Spelled  Loyde.  8  Entered  4  Feb.  1777,  aged  II. 

9  Entered  North  Grammar  School  in  1773,  was  there  in  1774,  and  was  7  years  old 
Aug.  1774.  10  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1775. 

II  With  his  namesake  below  he  entered  25  Mar.  1777.  As  there  are  other  instances  of 
Mr.  Hunt's  repeating  a  name,  these  two  names,  which  are  very  near  each  other  in  his 
original  Catalogue,  may  stand  for  the  same  individual;  but.  as  we  find  on  his  manuscript 
in  1777  the  same  repetition,  it  is  probable  that  there  were  two  John  Lowells. 

See  Allen's  Biographical  Dictiouaiy ;  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  281 ,  also 
Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1835-'55,  p.  160.  In  this  memoir  it  is 
stated  that  he  was  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips  Andover  Academy.  This  does  not  pre- 
clude his  having  been  for  a  time  hei'e.  He  was  born  at  Newburyport,  in  1769,  which  would 
make  his  age  agree  with  that  given  by  Mr.  Hunt ;  so  that  it  seems  to  us  not  improbable 
that  we  are  correct  in  the  identification,  and  our  conclusion  is  confirmed  by  the  Historical 
Sketch  of  Massachusetts  Lodge  (q.  v.),  p.  124  i-^  Entered  1  Jan.  1777,  aged  15. 

13  Entered  4  Feb.  1777,  aged  12.    Buried  in  the  Cemetery  on  Boston  Common. 

n  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  4  Feb.  1770.    At  North  Grammar  School  in  1774-'75.     See  p.  35. 

15  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1774-75.    See  Bi'idgman's  Pilgrims  of  Boston,  p.  176. 


110 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


•184 


•1844 


♦Henry  Roby,i  ic  10 

Bank  Cashier. 

*Ebenezer  Seaver,  a?  13 

Ilai-v.  17S4,  A.M.,  M.C. 

*Zacliariali  Seaver,  ai  9 
*  Andrew  Sigourney,^  a3  10 

!Menhant.  Treasurei-  of  Town 

of  Boston.  *1820 

*Jo}in  Simpkin-s^ 

Haiv.  178G,  A.M.,  Minister  of 
Brewster.  •1843 


♦Nathaniel  Soley,  se  8 
*Sarauel  Soley,  ie  10 
*^Iorgan  Stillman,'*  te  11 
*Jeremiali  Stimp^nn,  aj  12 
*  Jonathan  Stodder,^  le  10 
*Fortescue  Vernon,*^  te  14 

lUw.  1780. 

*John  Jones  Waldo,"  to  10 

Ilarv.  1787. 


•1790 


•1803 


The  following  boys  appear  on  Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue  of  this  Class,  in  addition 
to  those  above,  whom,  for  reasons  already  given,  we  suppose  identical  with  those 
of  the  same  name  who  are  found  in  previous  years  on  Mr.  Lovell's  list,  and  have 
accordingly  omitted  from  the  te.\t.  The  year  given  against  the  name  is  that 
of  the  Class  in  which  we  suppose  it  to  belong: — 

Nathaniel  Bethune,  1770;  Edward  Sohier,  1770;  Charles  Bulfinch,  1770;  Edward 
Wendell,  1770;  JohnLovoU,  1770:  Xathanid  Eustis,  1770  [and  1773];  John  Dash- 
wood,  1771  [and  1772] ;  Samuel  Quincey,  1771 ;  "William  Webb,  1771 ;  George  Scott, 
1771 ;  Edward  McLane,  1771 ;  George  Storer,  1772 ;  Thomas  Greenleaf,  1772;  Ilar- 
rison  Gray  Otis,  1773;  John  Soley,  1772;  John  Sohier,  1772;  Samuel  Waldo,  1771 
lor  1773];  Edward  Gray,  aged  11,  1772:  William  Gray,  1772;  Moses  Peck,  aged 
10,  1772;  John  Waldo,  aged  11,  1772  [or  1773];  John  Savage,  aged  10,  1774;  John 
Fleet,  aged  10,  1774;  Thomas  Crafts,  aged  0,  1774;  Benjamin  Brackett,  aged  11, 
1773;  John  Gray,  aged  9,  1774;  William  Crafts,  ?  1771 ;  Nathan  Frazier,  aged  10, 
1773;  Ebenezer  Bass,  aged  12,  1773;  Simon  Eliot,  aged  l-^i,  1773;  Joseph  Lovell, 
1772;  William  Dorr,  1773. 

The  following  in  this  Class  have  no  ages  attached,  on  Hmit's  Catalogue.  Those 
'marked  N,  appear  as  his  former  pupils  at  the  North  Grammar  School;  those 
marked  L,  are  on  Lovell's  list,  and  have  already  been  noted  by  us  as  their  names 
occurred.  It  is  probable  that  he  only  put  down  the  ages  of  new  boys,  at  the 
time  they  entered,  and  it  seems  a  fair  inference  that  the  other  boys  than  those 
thus  marked,  were  pupils  of  the  School,  entering  in  the  years  for  which  we  have 
no  record  (1774,  and  1775  previous  to  April  19),  and  that  he  found  them  members 
at  the  time  he  assumed  charge. 

E.  Eliot,  N;  N,  Bethune,  L;  N.  Eustis,  L;  J.  Godbold.  N;  Wm.  D.  I'eck,  L; 
Sam'l  Quincey,  L;  Samuel  Cooper  Johounot;  Wm.  Gray,  N,  L;  Thomas  Capon: 
John  Sympkins;  Benj.  Andrews,  N;  Wm.  Crafts,  N;  Joseph  Lovell,  L;  John 
Lowell;  Wm.  Dorr,  L;  Joseph  Loyde;  Joseph  Ilall,  N. 


1  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1772-73,  ajjcd  7,  1774-75.    See  Appendix. 

2  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1773,  a;;cd  7,  1774-7").    Sec  Whitman's  Hist.  Anc.  and 
lion.  Art.  Co.  2d  ed.  p.  371 ;  also  By-Laws  St.  Andrew's  lloyal  Arch  Chapter,  p.  105. 

8  Spelled  Syrapkins  in  Hunt's  manuscript.    See  Allen's  Bio^jraphical  Dictionary. 
*  At  North  (irammar  School  in  1774  as  Ik'ujaniin  Morj^an,  ami  in  177.'')  as  Moriran. 
'  Appears  on  the  Cataloj^uo  of  the  North  Grammar  School  in  1771-70,  ami  as  Jonathan 
Stoddard,  a^cd  7,  April,  1773;  in  1772- '74. 
e  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1768- '75<  ">  Sec  note  G,  p.  101. 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL, 


111 


1777. 


*William  Amoryi 

(Mar.  9, 1778)  Hai-v.  1784,  A.M.  »1792 

*Joseph  (?  Gardner)  Andrews^ 

Harv.  1785. 

*Samuel  Andrews,  ^  se  7 

Harv.  1786.  *1S41 

*  Samuel  Bangs 
*Gerrish  Barrett,  se  7 
*George  Bartlett,  sq  10 
*George  Bethune 

Master  Mariner.  *1859 

*Ellis  Gray  Blake,  *  ?e  9 


*  John  Wharton  Blanchard,  se  7| 

Clerk  U.  S.  Bank.  *1812 

*John  Hancock  Bowes,  a?  8 
*John  Bryant,  re  11 
*Benjamin  Coats,  te  10 
*John  Conant,  a)  9 
*Ebenezer  Crafts,  te  9  *]8os 

*  William  Davis,  ib  9 
*Daniel  Goodwin^ 

*  William  Goodwin^ 
*Caleb  Brooks  Hall,^  se  11 
*Joshua  Hall,  fe  8 
*Richard  Quince  Hoskins,^ 

£6  7 


In  the  Catalogue  of  1847  there  is  a  list  headed  1774-89,  of  boys  supposed  to 
have  entered  during  those  years  to  whom  the  committee  was  unable  to  assign  the 
particular  year  of  entrance.  Of  these,  all  who  appear  on  Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue 
have  now  been  given  in  the  year  to  which  they  respectively  belong;  the  four  fol- 
lowing, however,  are  not  on  his  list,  and  we  must  think  their  insertion  an  error. 


*Isaac  Boyle 


Harv.  1813,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Trin. 
and  Columb.  N.Y.  1838. 


1838, 


•1850 


180T 


Son  of  Col.  Boyle.  Very  likely  he  lias 
been  confounded  with  John  Boyle  (perhaps 
an  older  brother),  who  is  fciven  by  Mr.  Hunt 
in  1782.  Isaac  was  born  iu  1783,  but  as  he 
did  not  graduate  fi-om  college  until  he  was 
thirty  years  old,  it  seems  very  improbable 
that  "he  entered  this  School  before  he  was 
six. 

The  following  who  do  not  appear  on  Hunt's  Catalogue  are  given  in  the  Cata- 
logue of  1847:— 


*Samuel  A.  Shed 
*George  Templeman 

Son  of  John. 

*George  Whipple 

He  is  given  on  the  old  Catalogue  as  X.^l., 
but  his  name  is  not  found  in  the  Catalogues 
of  Harvard,  Yale,  New  Jersey,  Columbia, 
Brown,  Bowdoiu,  or  Dartmouyi  Colleges,  so 
that  it  is  probably  incorrect.  His  name  may 
have  been  George  A.  31.  Whipple. 


1776-83  *John  Murray  Forbes 

Harv.  1787,  A.M.  *1831 

1777-84  *Charles  Miller 

Probably  a  mistake   for   James  Miller, 
given  by  Mr.  Hunt  in  1782. 


*Bossenger  Foster 

Hra-v.  1787,  A.M.  *1816 

His  nephew,  S.  F.  Haven,  says  the  name 
is  Bassenger.  This  and  the  preceding  name 
ai>pear  to'have  been  inserted  on  the  author- 
ity of  Dr.  Gray,  of  our  Class  of  1781. 


1  See  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register,  vol.  v.  p.  10. 

2  b.  7  Feb.  1762 ;  died  before  1827.  ^  Entered  Nov.  4. 
■*  The  middle  name  is  first  given  in  1778. 

5  At  North  Grammar  Sch.  in  1773-4-.'5.     In  1774  aged  7,  July  4. 

6  At  North  Grammar  School  from  1769  to  1775.    Entered  here  1778. 

■  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1774  and  '7o,  and  was  8  in  the  former  year. 

8  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  16  Apr.  1770.     See  F.  S.  Drake's  Memorials  Mass.  Cincin.  p.  36. 


112 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*Thomas  Poynton  Ives,8e8»i835 
*John  Sweetser  Lillie^         •i842 
*Israel  Loring,  ae  9 
*  Joshua  Loring,  2    ^e  8 
*William  Mucka}',  x  10 

Hai-v.  1785,  A.M.  •1832 

*Ephraim  Morton,  a3  9 

Hai-v.  1787.  •1793 

^'Daniel  Oliver^ 

Dart.  1785,  A.M.,  Minister  at 
Beverly.  •1840 

*Jolin  Palfrey*  «i843 

Planter. 

*\Villiam  Palfrey  5 

Custom  House  Officer.  *1820 

*Benjamin  Parker,  ?e  13 

June  11,(1778)  Harv.  1784,  A.M.       *1807 

*Edward  Parker^ 
*IsAAc  Parker,"  se  9 

Harv.  1786,  A.M.,  LL.D.  1814, 
Royall  Prof.  Law  Harv.,  Chief 
Justice  Mass.  Supreme  Judicial 
Court.  *1830 

*John  Parker,  re  7 
*Samiiel  Procter, ^  se  9 

April,  (1778?) 

*William  Procter,  ve  10 


*Joseph  Prout,  ae  13 
*Isaac  Rand,  ae  8 

Han-.  1787,  A.M.,  Physician. 

*Janies  Rand,  ae  7 
*James  Smithwick,  ae  8 

April,  (1778?)  Ailm. 

*  Samuel  Sumner^^  ae  11 

Dart.    1786,    A.M.,  and  Harv 

1792. 

*William  Trefrey,  ae  9 
*Elisha  Tyler 
*ThomasWallev,io  re  9 


►1819 


•1837 


•1848 


The  following  names  also  appear  in 
this  Class,  on  Hunt's  Catalogue,  wliich 
we  suppose  to  be  identical  witli  those 
in  the  Classes  attached  to  them:  Den- 
jamln  Honians,  aged  12,  1773;  Robert 
Pierpont,  1768;  John  Gray,  1774  (See 
note  11,  p.  93). 

1778. 

*  Jonathan  Amory,i^  re  8 

Harv.  1787,  A.M.  •1828 

*John  Trecothick  Apthorp,^^ 
re  7 

Treas.  of  Com.  of  Mass.  •1849 


I  At  North  Grammar  School  from  1772-75.  In  Aug.  1773,  was  7  years  old.  In  1774, 
liis  surname  is  spelled  Lillie,  at  other  times  Lilly.  In  1775,  no  middle  name  is  given :  at 
other  times  it  is  spelled  Switcher.    See  Whitman's  Hist.  A.  anil  H.  A.  Co.  2d  edit.  p.  357. 

-  There  are  two  Joshua  T^orin^s  p:iven  as  at  the  School  in  this  year;  probably  this  is  not 
the  same  as  the  one  in  the  preceding  Class  who  was  at  the  North  Grammar  School  in  1775. 

3  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1773-4-5.  See  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary;  also 
Spraguc's  Annals,  ii.  43. 

•*  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  26  Oct.  1768.  Sec  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary,  article  on  his 
father,  William  Palfrey. 

5  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  1  Jan.  1765.     See  Historical  Sketch  Massachusetts  Lodge,  p.  126. 

"  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1773-4.     Entered  Apr.  1774,  a-^cd  7,  and  in  1775. 

"  See  F.  S.  Drakij's  ^lemorials  of  Massachusetts  Cincinnati,  p.  45;  also  Drake's  and 
Allen's  Biographical  Dictionaries. 

9  The  same  name  appears  in  the  Class  of  1767  in  the  Catalojjne  of  the  North  (Jranimar 
School ;  but  the  age  here  given  shows  it  must  have  belonged  to  unothor  boy. 
9  At  North  Grammar  School  in  1773,  aged  8  1774-'75. 

1"  Entered  15  June,  1778,   See  article  on  Samuel  II.  Wallcy  in  Allen's  IMographical  Diet, 

II  Sec  New  England  Historical  and  Gencalogica!  Register,  vol.  x.  p.  64. 
12  The  middle  ii;ime  is  first  given  in  1783.     Died  8  Apr.  aged  80. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


113 


*  Jonathan  Belcher 
*Joseph  Fitch 
*Lewis  Gnij,  se  9 
*John  Hinckley,  ee  10 
*Joseph  Hinckley,  se  12 
*Benjamin  Leverett,  ee  10 
*John  Foster  Loring,  se  7 
•■Jonathan  Dimond  Morton, ^ 

aelO 
*Daniel  Russell,  se  9 
*John  Salter,  se  8 

?  Yale  178S,  A.M. 

*  William  Sheafie,^  se  8 
*Daniel  Sigourney,  se  9 
*Samuel  Stimpson 
*George  Minott  Taylor,  se  T 
*Timothy  White,  se  9 

*  Jonathan  Williams,  ^  se  9| 

A.M.  Harv.  1787.  *1815 


*1831 


*1818 


The  following  entered  during  this 
School  year,  but  not  until  1779,  and  at 
the  dates  given  after  their  names. 

*Samuel  (?  Piatt)  Broome,  se  9 

April  19,  1779. 

Yale  1786,  N.J.,  A.M.  Yale.       *1781 

*Thomas  Clarke,  se  9 

April  26,  1779. 

*William  Cox,  £e  11 

April  26,  1779. 


*Jonathan  Houghton,  se  9 

April  19,  1779.  *1782 

*Andrew  Morton,  se  9 

May  17,  1779. 
?  Brown  1795.  *1805 

*Thomas  Kimbal  Thomas,  se  7 

May  17,  1779. 


The  name  of  John  Doubleday  is 
also  given  as  entering  this  Class  20 
June,  1779,  aged  15 ;  but  we  omit  him 
as  probably  identical  with  the  John 
Doubleday  of  1772.  Mr.  Thomas  Far- 
rington,  of  our  Class  of  1788,  says  a 
grocer  of  that  name  kept  in  AVashiug- 
ton  Street,  near  the  Old  South. 


1779. 

*John  Atkinson  Abrahams,^ 

se  7 
*Johii  Amory,^  se  7  *i834 

*George  Blanchard,^  se  8 

Admitted  in  Sept.  *1820 

*  Joseph  Bumstead'^ 

Bookseller.  *1838 

*Dudley  Cotton,  se  8 
*Samuel  Danforth^  *i784 

*Caleb  Fellows,  as  8 

*  Jonathan  Fellows,  se  9 
*Ebenezer  Gay,^  se  8 

Harv.  1789,  A.M.  *1842 


1  In  this  Class  he  is  given  as  Dimond  Morton,  but  in  1779  the  Jonathan  is  prefixed. 

-  See  Sabine,  ii.  281. 

3  Appears  in  1779  and  80  as  John  Williams.     See  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary. 
^  Spelled  both  with  and  without  the  final  s,  in  different  years, 
s  See  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register,  vol.  x.  p.  64. 
*  Brother  of  Edward  of  1774  (who  is  perhaps  the  conjectural  Edward  of  1765)  ;  and  also 
of  John  W.  of  1777,  and  Joseph  T.  and  William  of  1782. 

-  Died  Feb.  14.  s  Given  in  1780,  aged  7 ;  died  29  Feb.  aged  12. 
P  Bro.  of  Samuel,  prob.  of  1768,  and  Martin,  prob.  of  1772.    New  England  Historical 

Genealogical  Register,  Jan.  1879,  p.  52. 


114 


PUBLTC   luATlN   SCHOOL. 


*Benjamin  Goldthwait,  as  9 
**Ezekiel  Goldthwait,i  a  12 

•1780 

*Henry  Loring,  cc  Q\ 
*Thomas  Loring,  ae  8 
*William  Morton,  re  8 
*Jo]in  Osborn,2  ie  10 
*Samuel  Alleyne  Otis,^  vq  9 

July  4.  Ailni.  ♦ISU 

*  Jacob  Parker,  te  6^ 
*Thomas  Quincy,  ce  12 
*Daniel  Scott,  a3  9 

*Peter  Johonnett  Seaver,*  le  8 
*Henry  Simpson,  re  10 
*Isaac  P.  Simpson, s  x  8 
*John  Somes,  ai  10 

*  Joshua  Stimpson,  ie  12 

Sept.  22.  Adm. 

*Thomas  W  Thompson,  6  yg  14 

Ilai-v.  1786,  A.M.,  Dart.  1802, 


M.C.  and  U.S.  Scuator. 


*1821 


*Edward  Dumaresq  Turner,  le  9 
•William  Turner,  le  10 
*Samuel  Welles,'  ae  8 

HaiT.  1790.  'ITdO 

*  Robert  Wier,  a?  12 

llarv.  17S,S,  A.M.  -ISOi 


Tlif  name  of  Joshua  Green  is  also 
given  in  this  }'ear,  aged  15;  but  we  omit 
him.  as  being  probably  the  same  as  the 
Joshua  Green  of  1773  (q.  v.) 


1780. 

*Francis  Amory'^  •is4j 

*  William  Rice  Apthorp,^  se  8 
*^Iartin  Bicker,  as  7 
*John  Clarke,  tc  9 
*Charles  Clement,  10  te  13 

Architect ;  Tims.  Jlass.   Char. 
Mcch.  Assoc. ;  Mcrcliaut.  ♦ISOS 


1779-'SG  *Jolm  Callender       m833 

See  Lorin^'s  Hundred  iiopton  Orators,  j). 
258,  where  it  is  said  he  entered  in  1779. 

*Joseph  Dennie 

Harv.  1790.  •1812 

Editor  of  "Tlie    Portfolio,"    author   of 
"  The  Lay  Preacher."    He  was  born  in  Bos- 


ton, 10  August,  17C8,  hut  there  anpears  no 
rea.snii  for  retuiniu;:  liis  nauio,  wliicli  must 
have  been  inserted  through  tome  such  error 
as  is  referred  to  on  ]i.  103.  See  Proo.  Mas*. 
Hist.  Snc.  xvii.  11.  .^62;  also  an  account  of 
hiui  in  a  nauiiihlct  j>rivatelv  printed  hv 
■\Villiam  W.  Clapp,  1S»();  also"  Duvckinck's 
Cycl.  of  Amer.  Lit.  i.  5S3. 

Both  these  names  are  on  the  anthorit>'  of 
Dr.  Thomas  Gray,  of  our  Class  of  1781. 


1  b.  28  Mar.  1767.  His  death  was  caused  by  an  accident  one  Satiu'd.iy  nftcmoon,  on  or 
near  the  Common,  at  a  place  called  the  Laboratory,  where  squibs  were  sold  to  the  boys. 
He  procured  some  and  put  them  in  his  pocket,  where  they  exploded  and  burned  him  so 
badly,  that  be  died  after  several  weeks  of  intense  sutTeriDg. 

2  See  note  on  same  name  in  the  Class  of  1780. 

8  Son  of  the  Clerk  of  the  United  States  Senate,  of  the  same  name,  of  our  Class  of  1743. 
See  article  on  his  father  in  Allen's  Bio;;fraphical  Dictionary. 

*  The  middle  name  is  first  given  in  1784.    It  is  ordinarily  spelled  Johonnot. 

6  The  initial  of  the  middle  name  is  first  f^'ivcu  in  17S2,  but  it  is  nowhere  written  out. 

*  The  middle  name,  which  appears  to  have  been  only  a  letter,  is  not  given  by  Mr-  Hunt. 
1  Lost  at  soa.    See  Histoiy  of  the  Welles  family,  p,  122. 

*  Sec  New  £nt:land  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register,  vol.  x.  p.  60 
"  The  middle  name  is  interlined  indistinctly  in  17)>0. 

10  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  12  June,  17C7. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


115 


*John  Williams,  5  se  7 

Harv.  1792,  A.M. 


*1845 


The  names  of  Michael  Gill  and  John 
Hubbard,  are  also  given  in  this  Class, 
but  we  omit  them  as  being  probably  the 
same  as  the  Michael  Gill  of  1771,  and 
the  John  Hubbard  of  1773. 


1781. 

The  list  of  entries  in  1781  is  -wantin?  in 
Hunt's  Catalogue.  This  list  gives  the  names 
of  those  in  the  School  in  1782,  who  do  not 
appear  in  former  years,  and  are  not  marked 
as  having  entered  that  year. 

*N"athaniel  Barrett 


*Thomas  Clement,  ^  »  10 

Merchant.  *1822 

*  Edward  Davis,  ae  8 
*Joseph  Dorr 
*Samuel  Diinnell,  ae  9 
*John  Gardner,  ?e  9 

*John  Hancock, 2  a?  6^-        *i8n9 
"*Edward  Hayman,  03  9 
*Gaspar  Hayman,  se  12 

*  Richard  Henley 
■*James  Henley 

•"John  Clarke  Howard, ^  se  8 

Harv.  1790,  A.M.  *1810 

*  William  Howard,  se  9 

*  Gilbert  Harrison  Hubbard 

Harv.  1790,  A.M.  *1803 

*  Richard  Jennys,  as  8 
*John  S.  Osborn,4  ^  9 
*John  Waters  *1845 
*Josiah  Waters 

Harv.  1790,  A.M.  *1818 

*  James  White 
*Benjamin  Whitwell,  se  8 

Harv.  1790,  A.M.  *1825 


1  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  25  July,  1770 ;  died  31  May.  The  name  is  spelled  Clemens  in  the 
King's  Chapel  Eegister,  as  it  is  sometimes  by  Mr.  Hunt.  Mr.  Farrington,  of  our  Class  of 
1788,  says  he  lived  at  the  corner  of  Milk  and  Congress  Streets. 

2  Died  2  Jan.  aged  nearly  85.  Nephew  of  Gov.  Hancock,  and  for  many  years  occupant 
of  the  Hancock  Mansion  in  Beacon  Street. 

3  Son  of  Ecv.  Simeon,  and  In-other  of  Algernon  Sidney,  of  our  Class  of  1784.  He  disap- 
pears after  this  year,  and  re-appears  in  1784  when  the  middle  name  is  first  given.  See 
Eecord  of  some  of  the  descendants  of  Thomas  Clarke  of  Plymouth,  by  Samuel  C.  Clarke. 

■^  The  middle  name  S.  appears  in  1782.  There  are  two  John  Osborns  given  this  year,  so 
that  though  one  name  mar/  be  a  repetition  of  the  other,  it  is  hardly  possible  that  this  is 
identical  with  tlie  Jolin  of  1779. 

5  See  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary.    The  name  of  John  Williams  occurs  twice  this 
year.    In  the  first  instance  we  suppose  the  boy  identical  with  the  Jonathan  of  the  year 
before ;  in  the  second,  a  new  boy  entering  this  year,  to  be  the  one  here  given. 
6  See  Burial  Registers  of  King's  Chapel. 
"  See  Drake's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  "  Recollections  of  Samuel  Breck,"  pp.  42  and  43. 

8  A  founder  and  deacon  of  Park  Sti-eet  Church. 

9  See  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary ;  also  Burial  Registers  of  King's  Chapel. 
1'^  See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  321. 


*Henry  Bass^ 

Merchant. 

*1842 

*John  Boit5 

Master  Mariner. 

*1828 

*Samuel  Breck ^ 

*1862 

*Josiah  Bumstead^ 

Dealer  in  Paper-hangings 

*1859 

*  Joseph  Coolidge^ 

*1840 

*Nathaniel  Cud  worth 

*Thomas  Danforthio 

Harv.   1792,   A.M.   1799, 

Phy- 

sician. 

*1817 

116 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


•1819 


*James  Gardner 

Hai-v.  1788,  A.M.,  M.B.  1792, 

M.D.  1811.  -isai 

*Joshua  Gardner 

*  Thomas  G-ray^ 

Han-.  1790,  .V.M.,  S.T.D.  1826, 
Minister  at  Jamaica  Plain.  •1847 

*Henry  Hammond 
*Robert  Haskins 
*Thomas  Haskins*^ 
*Edward  Jackson ^ 

Ilarv.  1794,  A.M. 

*Michael  Lowell 
*James  Miller 
*Joseph  Miller 

*  Orris  Paine 
*Robert  Paine 

Hai-v.  1789,  A.M. 

*Thomas  Paine* ;  afterwards 
Robert  Treat  Paine 

Harv.  1792,  A.M.  •1811 

*Bartholomew  Rand  *i798 

*Williara  Sutton  Skinner 
*Joliii  B.  Southack 


♦1798 


The  name  of  Jonathan  Williams  oc- 
curs in  this  Class,  but  we  omit  him  as 
probably  the  same  boy  as  the  John 
Williams  in  the  Class  before.  lie 
may  however  be  the  Jonathan  of  1778, 
who  appears  as  John  in  1779  and  178U, 


now  re-appearins  as  Jonathan.  Mr. 
Hunt  seems  to  have  a  great  deal  of 
trouble  with  the  names  John  and 
Jonathan,  and  to  have  used  them 
somewhat  indiscriminately. 


1782. 

*William  Amory^  •1812 

*John  Andren's*^ 

?  Harv.  1786,  S.T.D.  1824.  '1845 

*Robert  (?Landals)  Annan, 
jb17 

?  Brown  1786. 

*William  Annan,  ?e  16 

r  Brown  1786. 

*George  Apthorp^ 
*Jobn  Avery 

Han-.  1793,  A.M.  '1801 

*Abraliam  Bartlett^  •1847 

May  5. 

*Samuel  Proctor  Bay  ley  ^ 

Han-.  1791,  A.M.  •1802 

*  Joseph  Tyler  Blanchardi^ 

Master  Mariner.  •181.) 

*William  Blanchardi*' 

Merchant  and  Master  Mai-incr.  ^1844 

*  Benjamin  Blythe 
*Francis  Blythe 
*William  Boies 


1  See  .Vllcii's  Biographical  Dictionary ;  also  Appendix. 

2  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  11  Jan.  1775. 

3  Son  of  Major  Jackson.  Lived  in  Dock  Square.  Thomas  Fan-ington,  of  our  Class  of 
1788,  teste. 

•i  Author  of  the  song,  "Adams  and  Liberty."     His  name  was  changed  oa  the  pica  he 
liad  no  "Christian  name."      Sec  Duyckinck's  Cycl.  of  Amer.  Lit.  i.  659;    Allen's  and 
Drake's  Biographical  Dictionaries;  also  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  284. 
6  Sec  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register,  vol.  x.  p.  64. 

6  See  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary ;  also  Recollections  of  Samuel  Breck. 

7  Re-entered  1784.  «  b.  6  Aug.  1772;  died  17  Oct. 
"  Appcai-9  in  1783  with  middle  name  P.,  in  17S4,  Pr.,  and  us  here  given  in  178."). 

10  Brothers,  and  brothers  of  Edward  of  1771,  Jolm  W.  of  1776,  (icorv'c  of  1779,  and  per- 
haps of  Charles  (J.  of  1786.  Thomas  Farringtou  says  Jolm  T.  lived  in  Milk  or  Atkinson 
Streets,    lie  succeeded  his  brother  George  in  business  as  a  broker. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


117 


*Jolin  Barrett  Boweni 
*Jolin  Boyle  2 

*Edward  Bromfield^  *i8oi 

**Thomas  Bumstead 

1783.  *1786 

*John  Clement* 
*Edward  Gushing 
*James  Dakin 
*Robert  Emery 
*William  Foster^ 

March  IL  *1862 

*Jolin  Goulde 
*Henry  Hubbard 

?  Yale  1792.  *1794 

*Abratiam  Hunt 


*Elisha  Hunt 
*Benjamin  Ingersoll 
*  James  Ingersoll'^ 
*Robert  Jackson ^ 
*Leonard  Jarvis^ 

Sept.  9.    Harv.  1797. 

*Tliomas  Lampson^^^ 
*Jolin  Walley  Langdonii 
*Edward  Loring 

May. 

*Henry  Loring 
*Israel  Loring 
*William  Mackay 

(See  Addenda) 

*WilHam  McNeill,  se  9 


?«1851 
*1800 

*1855 


1  Probably  brother  of  Rt.  Rev.  Nathaniel  Bowen,  of  our  Class  of  1786. 

2  Spelled  mth  an  s  in  1783  and  4. 

8  Son  of  our  John  of  1751 ;  grandson  of  Edward  (the  merchant) ;  bi'other  of  John  (in 
Boston  in  1849).    H.  B.  Pearson,  teste,  29  Mar.  1849. 

*  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  27  May,  1774,  and  the  name  spelled  Clemens ;  died  before  1816. 
Brother  of  Charles  and  Thomas,  of  our  Class  of  1780. 

5  b.  25  Feb.    See  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register  for  1862,  p.  17. 

6  In  1782  spelled  Gold,  in  1783,  Gould. 
"  See  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionaiy. 

8  Disappears  after  this  year,  but  we  suppose  him  to  have  re-entered  in  1784.  He  was  a 
brother  of  Heniy,  Charles,  and  James,  of  that  year. 

9  bapt.  King's  Chapel,  30  Sept.  1774.  See  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary.  "  Died  at 
his  residence  in  West  Claremont,  N.H.,  Feb.  9,  1848,  in  the  seventy-fourth  year  of  his  age. 
He  was  born  in  Boston  in  1774,  and  educated  at  the  Latin  School  in  this  city.  Soon  after 
his  graduation  from  that  institution,  he  studied  medicine  under  his  uncle.  Dr.  Charles 
Jarvis,  an  eminent  physician  of  Boston ;  and  on  being  admitted  to  practice  he  removed, 
in  1797,  to  Claremont,  to  an  estate  purchased  by  his  father  of  Hon.  Sanford  Kingsbuiy. 
There  he  devoted  himself  to  medicine  and  to  agriculture ;  and  till  his  retirement  from 
practice  about  1820,  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  and  successful  practitioners  in  Cheshire 
County.  He  was  descended  from  a  respectable  famil}'  in  Massachusetts.  His  great  grand- 
father, Nathaniel  Jarvis,  born  in  1668,  emigrated  from  Wales  to  Boston,  and  mari-ied 
Elizabeth  Peabody,  of  Maine.  He  died  in  Boston  in  1738,  leaving  three  sons,  Leonard, 
John  and  Nathaniel.  John  moved  to  Connecticut,  leaving  numerous  descendants  in  that 
State,  among  whom  were  a  former  bishop  of  that  diocese,  his  son,  Rev.  Dr.  Jai-vis  of  Mid- 
dletown,  and  Dr.  George  O.  Jarvis,  a  distinguished  physician  of  Portland,  in  that  State. 
Among  the  descendants  of  Nathaniel  is  Leonard  Jai-vis,  Esq.,  a  merchant  of  Baltimore, 
Avell  known  in  that  city  for  his  wealth  and  liberalitj'.  The  other  son,  Leonard,  born  in 
Boston  in  1715,  mai-ried  Sarah  Church,  grand-daughter  of  Col.  Church,  distinguished  in 
the  Indian  wars,  especially  for  the  victory  over  King  Philip,  at  Mount  Hope." 

10  Spelled  Lambson,  but  in  1783  Lampson. 

11  He  may  have  entered  in  1781.    The  middle  name  is  first  given  in  1784. 


118 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*Benjamin  (?  Maverick)  Mum- 
ford 

Yale  1790,  A.M.  1798.  'mS 

*Charles  Paine  ^ 

Ilaiv.  1793.  *1810 

*Snow  Paine 

**Samuel  Burt  Parkman^  »i7s5 

"Edward  Rand 

*Gideon  Snow 

*  William  Sullivan^ 

Ilarv.  1792,  A.M.,  LL.D.  1826.  •1839 

*Benjamin  Sumner,*  ee  7    •1353 
*Josias  Sumner, 5  se  8  »isio 

*Richard  Devens  Tucker 
*John  Turner  (?) 

r  Brown,  1788.  *1839 

*Charles  Walle}- 
*William  Wliitwell 

*  William  Williams^ 

?  Harv.  1798,  A.M.  *1862 

*  Charles  Williams  Windship" 

Harv.   1793,  A.M.  1797,  M.D. 
Glas.  *18J2 


The  namo  of  Jonathan  Morton  is 
given  in  this  Class,  as  entering  Aug. 
26,  but  we  omit  him,  supposing  liini  to 
be  the  same  as  Dimond  and  Jonatlian 
Dimond  Morton  of  1777  and  1778.  Im- 
mediately after  his  name  come  those 
of  Andrew  and  William  Morton,  whom 
■we  suppose  the  same  as  tliose  of  177U. 


All  are  probably  brothers.  We  also 
omit  the  name  of  Gerrish  Barrett,  sup- 
posing it  the  same  as  in  1777. 


1783. 

*George  Washington  Apple- 
ton,^  26  7 
Harv.  1794.  ♦1808 

*Charles  Ward  Apthorp,  se  8 
*Daniel  Bell,  se  7 
*William  Breck 
*Nathaniel  Bumstead,  ce  9 
*Samuel  Bumstead,  te  7 

Harv.  179r>,  A.M.  •1805 

*Jaraes  Carter,  se  9 
*John  Carter,  03  8 

*  Joseph  Chase,  ^  te  7 
*John  Dafforne,  te  10 

Adni.  April  26. 

*William  Spencer  Davis,!''  rg  7 
*Samuel  Eliot,!!  te  12  •is— 
*Gustavus  Fellows,  te  9 

Adm.  April  26,  1784. 

*George  Henderson 
*Ilobert  Hinckley 

*  Thomas  Woodl)  ridge  Hooper  ^  '^ 

Ilarv.  1789,  A.M.  Dart.  1792.    •1816 


I  Sec  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  310. 

■-  The  middle  name  is  first  given  in  1785.    His  death  may  not  have  ocenrred  until  178G. 

8  See  Allen's  and  Drake's  Biog.  Diets.;  Proc.  Mass.  Hist.  See.  183.>-o.'),  p.  1,")0;  Loring's 
Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  314;  also  Whitman's  Hist.  A.  and  II.  Art.  Co.  2d  cilit.  p.  397. 

4  Died  20  iMar.     W.  S,  .\pplcton,  teste.  *  Died  26  May.    W.  S.  Applcton,  teste. 

6  Can  he  be  William  Trumbull  Williams,  Yale  179.'),  died  1839  ? 

'  Spelled  also  Winchip,  Windchip,  Winship,  Windship.  Sec  Allen's  Biographical 
Diclionaiy.   Under  1785,  the  date  July,  1785,  is  given  against  him.    He  probably  rc-cutcrcd. 

*  Died  at  sea.  A  brotlier  of  Nathaniel,  of  our  Class  of  1762.  Sec  Genealogy  of  the 
Appleton  family,  by  Williiim  S.  Appleton.  >>  Spelled  also  Chncc. 

10  Son  of  Senator  Amasa  Davis,  and  brother  of  Iliehard  M.  of  our  Class  of  1791. 

II  (irandson  of  Dr.  .Vndrcw  Eliot.     Went  to  Washington  about  ISCX). 
1'^  The  niitldlc  name  is  given  W.  in  this  year,  Woodhridgc  in  tlic  next. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


119 


*Samuel  Hunt,^  ce  6|  ;  after- 
wards John  Dixwell 

Adm.  March  16,  1784. 

Harv.  1796,  A.M.,  M.B.  1800, 

M.D.  1811.  *1834 

*Giles  Loring 
*Job  Mackay 
*Nathaniel  Martin,  ^  £e  7 
*John  Rand,  se  8 

*  Joshua  Revere^  *1801 
*John  Sprague,  se  9 

*John  (Langdon)  Sullivan,^ 
se  6 

A.M.  IlaiT.   1807,  M.D.  Yale 
1837.  *1865 

*William  Whittington,  ae  8 
*DaYid  Wier 
*Jacob  Williams,  se  7 

*  Jonathan  Williams^ 


1784. 

*George  Apthorp,  £e  10 

Nov.  23,  1784. 

*  James  Bangs,  se  8 
*Jonathan  Bowman^ 

Mav,  1785. 

Harv.  1790,  A.M.  *1808 

*  William  Bowman 
*Samuel  Cookson,  ae  11| 
*Samiiel  Coverley,  se  7 

*  Theodore  Be  eon,"'  se  1\ 

Harv.  1795,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Coll. 
of  N.J.  1809,  Bishop  of  South 
Carolina.  *1817 

*John  Ward  Fenno,  se  6| 
*Ellis  Gray,  se  7|- 


1783  *  Joseph  McKean 

Harv.  1794,  A.M.,  Bovlston  Prof. 

Rhet.  Harv.,  LL.D.  Coll.  of  New 

Jerse}'   1814,  S.T.D.    Alleg.    1817; 

Minister  of  Milton.  *1818 

A  manusoript  note  in  Rev.  E.  E.  Hale's 
interleaved  Catalogue,  claims  Dr.  McKean 
as  a  member  of  this  Class,  on  the  authority 
of  Alden'3  Biography.  This  biography  we 
cannot  find.  Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue  does  not 
give  his  name;  the  memoir  of  him  by  Dr. 
Levi  Hedge,  (?/Iass.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll'ns,  second 
series,  vol.  viii,  \>.  I.'i7,)  and  the  notice  of  him 
in  Sprague's  Annals,  viii,  414,  mention  that 


he  was  a  pupil  "  at  a  public  school  in  Bos- 
ton," previous  to  1787,  but  do  not  specify 
this,  and  there  seems  no  authority  for  put- 
ting him  here.  A  note  from  Mrs.  Charles 
ITolsom  (his  daughter)  says  :  "  Dr.  McKean 
was  fitted  at  the  Latin  School."  He  could 
have  been  here,  if  at  all,  only  a  very  short 
time.  He  was  prepared  for  College  at  An- 
dover,  and  entered  in  1790,  at  the  age  of 
little  more  than  fourteen  years. 

Mrs.  Folsom  adds  that  when  he  had 
reached  a  very  advanced  age,  Mr.  Hunt 
was  a  frequent  visitor  at  her  father's  house. 

See  Proceedings  Mass.  Historical  Society, 
1791-1835,  p.  273,  note. 


1  See  article  on  John  Dixwell,  the  regicide,  in  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary ;  also  By- 
Laws  of  St.  Andrew's  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  p.  109. 

-  Under  the  year  1785,  the  date  20  Feb.  1786,  appears  against  his  name,  at  which  time  he 
probably  left.  3  See  Historical  Sketch  of  Massachusetts  Lodge. 

4  The  middle  name  is  given  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847.  In  1789  his  residence  is  given 
as  New  Boston.  See  Whitman's  History  of  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company, 
2d  edit.  p.  383  ;  Drake's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  Proc.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  1791-1835,  p.  277,  note. 

5  This  may  be  identical  with  Jonathan  AVilliams,  given  under  1781,  whom  we  there  sup- 
posed to  have  been  confused  with  John  of  the  year  before,  or  like  that,  may  be  another 
repetition  of  John  of  1780.  This  confusion  is  explained  perhaps  by  the  custom  of  calling 
boys  named  Jonathan  by  the  shorter  name  of  Jon,  or  the  pet  name  of  Jonny.  See  notes 
under  Classes  of  1780  and  1781, 

6  Recorded  as  John,  admitted  2  May,  1785,  but  in  1785  given  as  Jonathan,  another  in- 
stance, as  we  suppose,  like  tliat  referred  to  under  Williams,  in  the  preceding  Class. 

7  b.  8  Dec.  1776.  Entered  college  before  he  was  fifteen.  In  1789  his  residence  is  given 
as  State  Street. 

Bishop  Dehon,  at  the  Boston  Grammar  School,  was  under  the  care  of  Mr.  Hunt,  who 
expressed  an  exalted  opinion  of  his  talents  and  scholarship ;  and  was  always  speaking  his 
praise.    One  of  his  schoolfellows  remembei-s  that  during  the  seven  years  he  remained  at 


120 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*George  Washington  Harris,^ 

ffi  9 
*Herman  Harris 
*Robert  Harris 
*Charles  Hazen,  se  13| 

Oct.  11  (1784.)  •1849 

*  Algernon  Sidney  Howard,  ^ 

se  9  *1796 

*  Charles  Jackson  ^ 

Harv.  1793,  A.M.,  LL.D.  1821, 
Fell,  llan.,  Judye  of  Supreme 
Judicial  Court  of  Mass.  *1855 

*Heiiry  Jackson  «i806 

*  James  Jackson* 

Harv.  1796,  A.M.,  M.B.  1802, 
M.D.  1809,  LL.D.  1854,  Hersey 
Professor  in  Harv.  Univ.,  Pres. 
of  American  Academy  of  Aits 
and  Sciences.  *1867 

*  William  Hill  Jenkins,  ^  03  7 

*  James  Tyng  Loring,^  se  6| 
**Nathaniel  Noyes,  se  7      «i786 


*Francis  Johonnot  Oliver,'  se  6Ji 

Har\-.  1795,  A.M.,  and  Yale  UgQ.'lSSS" 

*  George  Washington  Otis,  se  6^ 
*Josepli  Palmer^ 

Au;ru-.t  9. 
?M.r).  Y.ile  1S16.  '1825 

*John  Rowe  Parker,  ^  se  7  •is45 
•Joseph  Revere,  ae  7 
*Charles  Harrison  Sprague,^^ 
te  8 

*  Thomas  Cushing  Thaeher^^ 

Oct.  1784,  ae  13.    Adm.  Feb.  9, 
17S5.    Ilan-.  1790,  A.  M.,  Minis- 


ter of  Lynn. 

*  Samuel  Turner,  ae  7 
*Peter  Vose,  se  8 

*  William  White 

?  A.M.  Brown,  1808. 

*Isaac  Winslow^2 

Sept.  13.    Merchant. 

*Thomas  Winslow,!^ 


se  9 


•1W9 


•1851 

•1856 
•1808 


this  school,  he  was  invariably  at  the  head  of  his  class,  and  that  when  he  left  the  school,  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  years,  he  received  the  first  honor,  bein^  appointed  to  deliver  the  Eng- 
lish oration.  The  teacher  used  often  to  remark  that  while  some  of  his  pupils  seemed  born 
for  obscurity,  Theodore  was  born  for  eminence  and  distinction.  "I  always,"  said  he, 
"marked  him  for  a  great  man,  and  thought  he  would  arrive  at  what  he  did." 

This  seems  to  be  from  notes  from  one  of  the  family.  Essay  on  Dehon's  Life,  by  D. 
Gadsden,  p.  4.  See  Drake's  and  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionaries ;  Life  by  C.  E.  Gadsden ; 
also  Dalcho's  History  of  the  Chui-ch  in  South  Carolina,  p.  223. 

1  In  this  year  printed  without  the  George,  which  appears  the  next  year. 

2  In  1786  (June  22)  appears  as  Sydney  Algernon  Howard,  and  so  continues  in  1787, 
1788  and  1789,  after  which  he  seems  to  have  left  School. 

8  See  Proceedings  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1835-55,  p.  608,  note ;  Allen's  Bio- 
graphical Dictionary ;  also  Appendix. 

*  See  Di-akc's  Biographical  Dictionai-y ;  also  Appendix. 

Charles,  Ileniy,  and  James  Jackson,  brothers,  were  admitted  June  7;  and  Robert 
Jackson  was  also  admitted  at  the  same  time.  He  was  another  brother,  and  we  suppose 
identical  with  the  Robert  of  1782,  who  appears  to  have  been  out  of  the  School  in  1783, 
and  so  we  do  not  repeat  his  name.  '  The  middle  name  is  first  given  in  1785. 

6  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Beacon  Street. 

^  The  middle  name  is  spelled  by  Mr.  Hunt,  Johonnct;  we  follow  the  us\ial  spelling,  and 
that  of  the  Harvard  Quinquennial.     In  1789  his  residence  is  givin  as  Marlborough  Street. 

8  Perhaps  another  Joseph,  who  received  the  same  degree  at  Yale  in  1820,  and  died  in  1S39. 

»  Son  of  Rt.  Rev.  Sanmel  Parker;  brother  of  Sanmel  D.  of  our  Class  of  178S.  In  1789 
his  residence  is  given  as  Pond  Lane.  1"  Given  without  the  middle  name  in  1785. 

11  Died  24  Sept.    Sec  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary. 

12  Sons  of  Isaac  of  our  Class  of  1751.  Taken  in  Lord  Howe's  fleet  to  Halifax,  1776. 
Isaac  died  26  July,  es  82 ;  Thomas  3  July.    Sec  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary. 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


121 


1785. 


*  Joseph  Trumbell  Barrett,  ^ 

£6  7 
*Ezekiel  Goldthwaite  Bridg- 
liam^ 

May  8,  1786. 

*Stephen  Bruce  ^  *1806 

*Charles  Gushing,  ^  se  10 

Harv.  1796,  A.M.  *1849 

*  Thomas  Costin  Lowden^ 
*Saniuel  May^ 

Merchant.  *1870 

*Henry  Paine''' 
*John  Procter  8 
*Henry  Lloyde  Smith 

July  25. 

*John  Stickney 

*George  Washington  Stillmau 

*John  Stillman 

Feb.  1786. 

*  Joseph  Warren  Thacher^ 

«1809 


*Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher,!*^ 

86  9 

Harv.    1796,    A.M.,    Judge   of 
Municipal  Court,  Boston.  *1843 

*Charles  Walker 

?  Harv.  1789,  A.M.  *i834 

*John  Parker  Whitwell      *i86o 


The  name  of  John  Apthorp  also  ap- 
pears in  this  Class  in  Mr.  Hunt's  Cata- 
logue; but  as  on  the  return  for  1789 
his  age  is  given  as  12^,  which  would 
be  the  same  as  that  of  John  T.  Ap- 
thorp of  1778,  if  the  age  there  given 
be  correct,  we  suppose  the  two  iden- 
tical, and  have  omitted  him;  but  we 
may  have  been  in  error  in  so  doing, 
as  on  the  Burial  Registers  of  Bang's 
Chapel  we  find  a  record  under  date  of 
10  Nov.  1797,  of  the  burial  of  John 
Apthorp,  merchant,  aged  22  years. 


1786. 

*Nathaniel  Coffin  Amory,^! 
3d  8 ;  afterwards  Nathaniel 
Amory 

A.M.  Harv.  1806,  Navy  Agent 

at  Pensacola.  *1842 


May  23,  1785.     Both  Latin  Schools  have  64  pupils. 
July  6,  1785.     Present  at  the  Visitation,  100. 


See  Town  Records. 


1  Son  of  Judge  Samuel;  brother  of  our  Samuel  of  1791.    In  1789  his  residence  is  given 
as  State  Street,  and  in  the  return  for  the  same  year  his  age  is  given  as  IVA. 

2  The  middle  name  is  first  given  in  1786. 

3  See  Historical  Sketch  of  Massachusetts  Lodge. 

*  Son  of  Clerk  of  United  States  Court.    In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  New  Boston ; 
on  the  return  of  1789,  his  age  is  given  as  14. 
5  The  middle  name  is  first  given  in  1786. 
0  b.  4  Dec.  1776 ;  died  23  Feb.     See  Boston  Daily  Advertiser,  2  Mar.  1870. 

7  Son  of  Judge  P.    In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Milk  Street,  and  on  the  return  for 
the  same  year  his  age  is  given  as  12.     See  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.  vol.  be.  p.  78. 

8  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Marshall's  Lane,  and  on  the  return  for  the  same  year 
his  age  is  given  as  13  in  November. 

9  b.  4  July,  1775 ;  died  19  Mar.    See  Heraldic  Register,  vol.  iv.  p.  78. 

10  In  1789  the  middle  name  O.  is  first  given,  and  his  residence  as  Court  Street.    See 
Loring's  Hundi-ed  Boston  Orators,  p.  323 ;  also  Allen's  and  Drake's  Biographical  Diets. 

11  b.  22  Nov.  1777 ;  died  24  June.    Lived  for  a  long  time  at  Watertown,  on  what  is  known 
as  the  Gushing  Estate ;  afterwards  at  Newport,  R.I. 


122 


PUBLIC    LATIN  SCHOOL. 


*  William  Baker  Bass,i  se  9 

U.  S.  Consul  in  France. 

*Charles  Chauncey  Blanchard^ 
se  7 

Hai-v.  17%,  A.  M.  "1811 

*KATH.iyiEL    BOWEK,^  £B  8 

A.M.  nai-v.  1803.  S.T.D.  Penn. 
1813,  and  Coll.  of  So.  Carolina 
1813,  Bishop  of  So.  Carolina.      "ISSQ 

*Robert  Brindley 
*Elijah  Doubleday,  se  7f 

*  Thomas  Gray,*  re  7 

Physician. 

^■Nathaniel  Greenougli,^  re  9 
*John  Barrett  Hammett,^  re  8 

*1864 

*William  Kneeland,"  re  8 

*  Joseph  Loring,^  re  9 

Col.  40th  Inf.  U.S.A. 


♦Frederic  May,«  se  12.} 

Admitted  Au-f.  14. 
Ilai-v.   1702,   M.B.   1795,  M.D. 
1811,  Prof.  Obstetrics  Columb. 
Coil.  Wash.  •1847 

*Josepli  Otis,  re  9| 

Admitted  9  Apr.  1787. 

*Hamden  Palmer, ^'^ 

*Samuel  Ruggles,ii  re  7| 

*Jobn  Scott,  re  8| 

*William  Shattuck,i2  -e  7| 

*William  Lambert  Thayer,  re  8 

*Samuel  Hall  Walley,i3  ^  8 

♦istjO 

*John  Collins  Warren,  i*  re  8 

School  Street. 

Harv.  1797,  A.M.,  M.D.  1819, 
and  St.  Andrew,  Ilersey  Prof. 
Anat.  and  Surjc-  Ilarv.,  Prcs. 
Mass.  Med.  Soc.  "ISSe 

*Francis  Welch,  ^^  re  10      •isez 
♦William  Wetmore,^^  re  9 

Ilaiv.  1707,  A.M.  •1807 


1  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Hansford's  Lane. 

2  He  appears  to  have  dropped  the  middle  name,  which  Mr.  Hunt  spells  Chancey,  in  1789 ; 
in  that  year  his  residence  is  given  as  Green's  Lane. 

3  See  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionary ;  also  Dalcho's  History  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  South  Carolina,  p.  211. 

4  He  is  given  on  the  Catalogue  of  1847  as  M.D.  but  wc  have  been  unable  to  find  his  name 
on  the  Triennial  Catalogues  of  the  New  England  Colleges,  and  cannot  identify  him. 

8  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  North  Square. 

«  The  last  name  is  subsequently  spelled  Hamraatt.    In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as 
Southack  Court.     Died  9  June.     See  By-Laws  St.  Andrew's  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  p.  160. 
7  In  1789  lived  in  Cornhill.        8  See  Ilamersly 's  Army  Keg.  of  U.S.  for  100  years,  p.  121. 

9  Son  of  Col.  John  May ;  b.  16  Nov.  1773 ;  nephew  of  Samuel  May,  of  our  Class  of  1786. 
See  Allen's  and  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionaries. 

10  In  the  Catalogue  of  1847  he  is  given  as  Ilarnden  Palmer.  An  initial  J.  for  the  first 
name  is  written  in  Mr.  DixwcU's  copy  in  this  and  one  or  two  subsequent  years.  He  was 
umloubtcdly  John  Hampden  Palmer  b.  22  Feb.  1780,  4th  child  of  Master  Hunt's  sister 
Elizabeth  and  Joseph  P.  Palmer,  Ilarv.  1771.  "  Residence  in  1789  given  Newbury  St. 

1-  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  New  Boston.  18  See  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. 

H  See  F.  S.  Drake's  Mem.  of  the  Mass.  Cincin. ;  I^ives  of  Eminent  Amcrii-au  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  edited  by  Samuel  D.  Cross,  p.  792;  also  Allen's  and  Drake's  Biog.  Diets, 
and  Memor.  Biog.  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Soc.  iii.  p.  28. 

The  Franklin  Medals  were  first  awarded  in  1793;  and  he,  with  John  Joy  of  17HS,  and 
Daniel  Bates  of  1792,  received  them. 

15  Although  this  name  is  spelled  Welsh  by  Mr.  Hunt,  we  have  taken  the  spoiling  of  Mr. 
Welch  himself  from  his  signature  in  the  Register  of  the  Liitin  Scbodl  Assiiciation.  Died 
27  Apr.  aged  90  years  8  months.  l'  Subscqueutly  this  uauio  is  s|>ollcU  Whotmoro. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


123 


*Jotham  Williams,  1  te  8 
*John  Winslow,^  ae  7 

?  Brown  1795,  A.M. 


*1822 


The  name  of  Jacob  Parker  is  given 
in  this  Class  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847, 
but  we  omit  it,  supposing  him  identical 
with  the  Jacob  Parker  who  appears  in 
Hunt's  Catalogue  in  1779. 

In  this  Class  is  also  given,  as  enter- 
ing 22  June,  1787,  Sydney  Algernon 
Howard,  which  name  is  repeated  in 
1787-8-9,  when  he  appears  to  have  left 
school.  We  suppose  him  identical  with 
the  Algernon  Sydney  Howard  of  1784; 
that  he  left  and  re-entered.  He  was 
a  brother  of  John  Clarke  Howard  of 
1780,  and  son  of  Rev.  Simeon,  and  the 
former  is  the  correct  collocation  of  his 


1787. 

*John  Belknap,  ae  10 1 
*Charles  Williams  Bell, 3  ss  7 


*Charles  Bridgham,  se  7|- 
*Hickling  Cox,-^  ae  9^ 
*Lemuel  Cox,^  se  13 

*  William  Dehon,^  se  8         *i833 
*Newman  Greenough,^  se  11 

*1824 

*Benjamin  Hammatt,"  se  7 

*  Charles  Otis,  se  8  *i837 
*John  Pipon,^  se  23^ 

Harv.  1792,  A.M.,  and  Brown 
1806,  Minister  of  Taunton.         *1821 

*Paschal  Paoli  Pope,^  se  8 

Adm.  29  Apr.  1788.  *1867 

*Robert  Rand,io  se  8 


»1837 


*Ricliard  Salter,  se  7 
*Thomas  Somes,  n  (se  10) 
*John  Sprague^^ 
*Charles  Sprague,!^  (se  10) 


1786  *J.  Malone 

This  name  we  suppose  identical  with  John 
Meloney  of  1793,  q.  v. 

*  William  Selby  *i798 

*WiUiam  Shed 


1787  *Josiah  Salisbury 

Harv.  1798,  A.  M.  *1826 

Hon.  S.  Salisbury  is  the  authority  for  the 
original  insertion  of  this  name,  which  does 
not  appear  on  any  Catalogue. 


1  In  this  year  given  William,  subsequently,  and  also  in  Catalogue  of  1847,  as  above. 

2  Brother  of  Isaac,  of  our  Class  of  1784.  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Sudbuiy  Street. 

3  The  middle  name  is  first  given  in  1791.    In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Sudbury  St. 

4  ?  Sons  of  Lemuel.    See  Drake's  Biog.  Diet. ;  Sabine's  American  Loyalists ;  also  Brad- 
ford's New  England  Biographies. 

5  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  State  Street. 

6  Died  at  Boxbury  2  Aug. 

7  Son  of  Benjamin ;  brother  of  John  Barrett  Hammatt,  of  our  Class  of  1786,  and  Henry 
Hill  Hammatt,  of  1789.    In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Southack's  Court. 

8  Spelled  Pippoon  by  Mr.  Hunt.    Admitted  to  Harvard  College,  July,  1788.    See  AUen's 
Biographical  Dictionary. 

9  The  middle  name  is  first  given  in  1791.   In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Newbury  St. 

10  b.  22  May,  1779 ;  died  3  June. 

11  Son  of  John ;  brother  of  Nehemiah,  of  our  Class  of  1791.   In  1789  his  residence  is  given 
as  Purchase  Street ;  and  on  the  return  for  the  same  year  his  age  is  given  as  12^i. 

12  According  to  Thomas  Farrington,  sons  of  Dr.  Sprague,  of  Federal  Street,  who  was 
son  of  Dr.  Sprague  of  Dedham.    On  the  return  for  1789  the  age  of  Charles  is  given  as  12. 


124 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*Williani  Stackpole,^  le  7 

Ilarv.  179S,  A.M.  •1822 


The  list  of  this  year  is  headed  by  the 
name  of  John  Waters,  and  the  same 
naiuf  ends  it.  We  suppose  the  repe- 
tition accidental,  and  that  both  names 
are  intended  for  the  John  Waters  who 
entered  in  1780,  and  is  found  in  each 
year  up  to  the  present. 


1788. 

*Heniy  Andrews,  ^  ae  9 

Left  Apr.  1794.  *185- 

*John  Bumstead,3  ;\?  10 
*Dudley  Colraan,^  (se  10) 
**Nathaniel  Colman,'^  (ce  8) 

♦1791 

*Benjamin  Coolidge,  86  8 
*Thoraas  Farrington,^  ib  7 

Left  Feb.  1794. 

Apothecary.  *1866 

*  Joseph  Gair,^  se  7* 


•1798 


•John  Joy,'  £e  10 

Nov. 
nar\-.  1797. 

*Edwaid  Palmer,  sb  9 
*Samuel  Dunn  Parker,^  se  7 

Harv.  1799,  Di*t.  Att.  .Suffolk.  'WS 

♦Richard  Sullivan, »  m  10 

May  8. 

Harv.  1798,  A.M.  *1861 

*Samiiel  Townsend,^*  se  8 
*Joseph  Warren,  a?  8 


The  name  of  John  Sullivan,  aged  12, 
is  given  in  this  Class,  but  we  omit  it, 
supposing  it  to  be  the  same  as  the 
John  Sullivan  of  1783,  whom  we  iden- 
tify with  John  Langdon  Sullivan,  of 
the  Catalogue  of  1847,  who  was  il.D. 
of  Yale  1837. 


1789. 

*George  "Washington  Bass,  ve  10 

Left  June,  1794. 
Hansford's  Lane. 

*Horatio  Gates  Bass,  ae  10 

Ransford's  Lane. 
Deputy  Marshal. 


1788  *Richard  Cooper 


♦Nathaniel  Tilden  •1812 

See  note  on  James  Tilden,  Class  of  1789. 


1  Son  of  William.    In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Milk  Street. 

'-  Son  of  John.    In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Court  Street. 

3  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Common  Street. 

*  Brothers  of  Rev.  Henry,  of  our  Class  of  1795.  On  the  return  for  1789  the  age  of 
Dudley  is  given  as  11,  and  of  Nathaniel  as  9,  and  with  the  latter  the  residence  State  Street. 

8  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Friend  Street ;  in  179'2-3  as  Federal  Street ;  died  31 
Aug.  aged  85  years.     Sec  Appendix.  "  Son  of  llev.  Dr.  Thomas  Gair. 

I  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Water  Street,  ami  in  1792  as  lleacon  Street.  Sec  note 
under  John  Collins  Wanen,  p.  122.  lie  was  one  of  the  tliiee  (with  .lohn  C.  Warren,  Class 
of  1780,  and  Daniel  Bates,  Class  of  1792,)  to  whom  the  Franklin  Medals  were  first  awanled 
in  1793. 

8  The  initial  of  the  middle  name  is  first  given  in  1790,  and  the  whole  uiiddlc  name  is 
given  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847.  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Fond  Lane,  and  on  the 
return  to  the  Committee  for  thai  year,  his  age  is  given  as  8.  llo  was  a  brother  of  John 
Rowe  Parker,  of  our  Class  of  1784,  and  son  of  Rt.  Rev.  Samuel. 

»  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  New  Boston.  Sec  his  Funeral  Sermon  hy  Rev.  S.  K. 
Lothrop,  D.D.,  Boston,  1802.  l*  In  1789  his  residence  is  given  as  Murll>orough  St. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


125 


*1821 


*1855 


*Joseph  Bass,  ce  11 

Eausford's  Lane. 

*Charles  Davis ^ 

Adm.  18  Jan.  1790. 
Orange  Street. 
Harv.  1796. 

*Samuel  (Adams?)  Dorr 

Adm.  18  Jan.  1790. 
Orange  Street. 
?  Harv.  1795,  A.M. 

*Nathan  Goodale,  se  12^ 

16  Feb.  1790. 
New  Boston. 

*Henry  Hill  Hammatt,^  le  8 

Soutliack's  Court. 

*Samuel  Howard,  ee  11* 

Adm.  Dec.  17. 
North  Square. 

*John  Hunt,  (ae  S^) 

School  Street. 

^Joseph  Hussey,  se  11 

Adm.  18  May,  1790. 
Fort  Hill. 

*Benjamin  Pearson,  8e  15 

*Henry  Proctor,  se  6| 

Marshall's  Lane. 

*Samuel  John  Sprague, 

Adm.  Dec.  21.  [se  10,  June  next. 

North  Square. 

Harv.  1799,  A.M.  *1805 

*Bryant  (Parrott)  Tilden,  se  8 

*  James  Tilden,  ^  se  9 

Aug.  1. 

BatterjTnarch  St. 

Harv.  1799.  *1800 

*  Joseph  Tilden 

Harv.  1837,  A.M.  *1858 


*1823 


*1798 


*  Joseph  Tuckerman,'^ 

Adm.  Maj'  20.  [ae  12,  Jan  18. 

Orange  Street. 

Harv.  1798,  S.T.D.  1824,  Minis- 
ter of  Chelsea,  First  Minister-at- 
Large  in  Boston.  *1840 

*John  Henry  Tudor,  se  7 

Adm.  Sept.  15. 
Com-t  Street. 
Harv.  1800. 

*Samuel  Turner,  se  12 

Adm.  Nov.  16. 


*1802 


The  name  of  Edward  Jackson  is  also 
given  in  this  Class,  but  we  omit  it  as 
probably  identical  with  Edward  Jack- 
son of  our  Class  of  1781. 


1790. 

In  his  copy  of  Master  Hunt's  Catalogue, 
Mr.  DLxweHhas  written  the  following  note 
under  this  Class  :  — 

"  No  list  for  1790  and  91,  like  the  others, 
appears  to  be  registered.  The  admissions 
are  recorded  at  the  end  of  the  preceding 
year,  and  an  x  is  placed  against  the  names 
of  those,  seemingly,  who  wei'e  withdrawn 
in  that  year,  by  which  data  the  following 
reuiater  of  the  next  year  has  been  composed. 
It  is  approximately  correct." 

We  have  omitted  the  names  given  in  pre- 
vious years,  and  give  the  names  of  those 
entering  in  this  year  from  the  list  prepared 
as  thus  described. 


*  Joshua  Blake,  se  12 

New  Boston. 


*1843 


1  Son  of  Amasa,  brother  of  Richard  M.  of  our  Class  of  1791. 

2  12  Sept.  1789.     Son  of  the  first  clerk  of  the  District  Court. 

3  Son  of  Benjamin,  and  brother  of  John  B.  of  1786,  and  Benjamin  of  1787. 

*  Transferred  from  North  Grammar  School ;  see  old  Catalogue.    Brother  of  Charles  and 
George  of  1793 ;  a  merchant  at  Savannah,  Georgia ;  died  there  8  October,  aged  45. 

5  According  to  the  return  for  this  year  to  the  Committee  ;  son  of  (Master)  Samuel,  bro- 
ther of  George  of  1793,  aud  of  Samuel  1783,  born  30  Sept.  1781. 

6  Brother  of  Nathaniel,  who  is  given  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847.     Son  of  Deacon  David 
of  1788. 

"  See  Burial  Register,  King's  Chapel ;  Allen's  and  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionaries ; 
Memoir  by  Maiy  Carpenter ;  Allibone ;  also  Sprague's  Annals,  viii.  345. 


126 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


♦William  Bo.yd,i  ro  14 

Adiii.  J;in.  21,  1791. 

Frieud  btreel. 

Harv.  1796.  'ISOO 

*Ephraim  Bumstead,  cC  10 

Common  Street. 

*Charles  Coolidge,^  ae  10 

Foi-t  IIiU ; 

In  1793,  New  Boston.  'ISlQ 

*John  Rose  Greene,^  se  10 

Common  Street. 

*Ralph  Haskins,*  se  11 

Hansford's  Lane.  •1852 

*Samiiel  Hastings 

Ransford's  Lane. 

*Charles  Hubbard,  aj  10 

Common  Street. 

*  William  Jenks,^  ae  12 

Cross  Street. 

Har^•.  1797,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Harv. 
1842  and  Bowd.  1825,  LL.D. 
Bowd.   1862,  Minister  at  Bath, 


Maine ;  Pi-ofessor  of  Oriental 
Lancua^es  and  English  Lit- 
erature, Bowdoin  CoUefrc,  First 
Minister  to  Seamen  in  Boston, 
Minister  of  Green  St.  Church, 
Editor  of  Comprehensive  Com- 
mcutary.  •l&CC 

*Samuel  Mackay,  ae  11 

New  Boston. 

*  Andrew  Newell,^  ae  10 

Fore  Street. 
Adm.  Mar.  1791. 

*Samuel  Nye,  ae  13 

Beacon  Street. 

♦Nicholas  Boyleston  Richard- 
son, ae  11 

*Thomas  Boyleston  Richard- 
son, ie  11 

♦Arthur  Maynard  Walter,"  aell 

Adm.  May  .30,  1791. 

Church  Lane. 

Columbia,  1799,  A.M.  '1807 


1  The  old  Catalogue  says  he  was  transfened  in  1789  from  North  Grammar  School,  which 
is  probably  incorrect.    See  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary. 

«  Son  of  Joseph.     Phillips  Andover  Acad.  Catalogue  gives  the  date  of  his  death  1S20. 

8  Brother  of  David  I.  of  1792,  and  Charles  W.  of  1794,  sods  of  David  of  Roxbur}-. 

<  See  New  England  Historical  Genealogical  Society's  Memorial  Biographies,  vol.  i.  p.  46". 

6  In  1791-2  is  the  record  "  1793  in  Universitatem  Cantabrigieuscm  admittebatur." 

See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1867-9,  pp.  105-112;  Proceedin}:s 
of  American  Antiquarian  Society,  Special  Meeting,  15  November,  1866 ;  also  Drake's  Bio- 
graphical Dictionary. 

6  ?  Son  of  Dea.  Timothy  Newell. 

"  Died  2  Jan.    Son  of  Rev.  William.    One  of  the  founders  of  the  Boston  Athcnffum. 


An  effort  was  made  in  1789  to  reduce  the  length  of  the  course.  In  1790  it  was  called  a 
course  of  six  years. 

April  1, 1790.  Report  on  Latin  School :  "  found  the  same  in  very  good  order."  Still  >ix 
classes, — impossible  as  yet  to  reduce  to  four :  gradually  to  he  done.  Want  of  punctuality — 
perhaps  necessary  to  change  the  hour.  Joux  Scollay. 

May  11,  1790.    The  Committee  by  vote  of  the  Town:  " are  further  emjwwered  to 

pull  down  the  Dwelling  House  in  School  Street,  now  occupied  by  Master  Hunt,  and  eiect 
on  the  lot  where  the  same  now  stands  a  School  House  with  two  stories,  .sufficient  to 
accommodate  the  children  of  the  centre  of  town  with  a  reading  and  writing  school,  the 
materials  of  the  said  house  to  be  applied  thereto  as  far  as  Ihcy  may  be  suitable  to  that 
purpose. 

"Further,  that  Fancuil  Hall  be  occupied,  until  this  is  built,  by  the  children  now  in  Mr. 
Carter's  Centre  Reading  School." 

Latin  School,  July  11,  1790.  Annual  list,  HO;  daily  list.  Cut;  )n-osent,  .V).  Six  in  highest 
class;  but  one  to  enter  College  this  year,  and  seven  have  entered  since  visitation. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


127 


^Thomas  Welsh,i  se  12 

Hanover  Street. 

*Charles  Williams,  se  10 

Quaker  Lane. 

1791. 

*Sainuel  Barrett,  ^  se  10 

State  Street. 

*Steplien  Bruce,  se  13 
*Andrew  Cambell,  ae  11 

Bromfield's  Alley. 

*John  Clarke,  se  11 

Center  Street. 

*Samuel  Clarke,^  se  10       «i830 
*Richard  Montgomery  Davis* 

ae  12  Nov.  *1799 

*John  Gore,^  se  11 

New  Boston.  *1817 

*Ilobert  Hallo  well,  6  after- 
wards Robert  Hallowell 
Gardiner 

Batterymarch  Street. 

te  lOi  July,  1792. 

Harv.  1801,  A.M.  *1864 


*Leonard  Jarvis,"  se  10 

South  Street. 

Harv.  1800.    Member  of  Con- 
gress. *1854 

*Robert  Lash,^  se  11  «i863 

*Thomas  Marshall,  se  11 

Adm.  April  lO. 
State  Street. 
?  College  of  New  Jersey,   1803, 
A.M.  *183o 

**Isaac  Peirce,  se  10  *i793 

*Richard  Shackelford,  se  15 

Adm.  to  Harv.  Coll.  1791,  *1823 

*Enoch  Silsbee,  se  12 
*Nehemiah  Somes,  ^  se  11 

Purchase  Sti'eet. 

*  George  Sullivan  ^^ 

New  Boston. 

Harv.  1801,  A.M.  *1866 

*  William  Bant  Sullivan 

New  Boston. 
March,  ae  10. 
Harv.  1801,  A.M.  *1806 

*David  Townsend  ^^ 

Harv.  1799,  A.M.  *1836 


1  In  1793  his  residence  was  Orange-tree  Lane.  His  name  is  followed  by  24,  which  prob- 
ably means  he  was  admitted  24  January,  1791.    Perhaps  son  of  Thomas ;  see  Allen. 

2  Son  of  Judge  Samuel,  brother  of  Joseph  T.  of  our  Class  of  1785. 

8  b.  20  Feb.  1779.  Step-son  of  Rev.  J.  Preeraan,  D.D.,  of  our  Class  of  1766.  See  Records 
of  Some  of  the  Descendants  of  Thomas  Clarke,  Plymouth,  by  Sam'l  C.  Clarke,  p.  25.  Also 
Burial  Register,  King's  Chapel. 

4  Son  of  Amasa  and  brother  of  Charles  of  our  Class  of  1789. 

5  Brother  of  Christopher,  of  our  Class  of  1765.    See  "  Payne  and  Gore  Families,"  p.  29. 

6  The  name  is  also  spelled  Hollowell.  See  Proc.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  1863-4,  p.  348,  also 
Coll.  Maine  Hist.  Soc.  p.  403. 

^  Not  the  Leonard  Jai-vis  previously  given  in  the  Class  of  1782.    See  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. 

8  Transferred  from  North  Grammar  School.     See  By-Laws  St.  Andrew's  Royal  Arch 

Chapter,  p.  165.  9  Son  of  John  and  brother  of  Thomas  of  our  Class  of  1787. 

10  See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  381 ;  Whitman's  History  of  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company,  2d  Ed.,  p.  380.  With  William  below,  sons  of  Gov.  Sullivan, 
and  brothers  of  John  L.  of  our  Class  of  1783,  and  Richard  of  our  Class  of  1788. 

11  Son  of  David.  

Master  Hunt  in  1774  agreed  to  devote  himself  for  life  to  teaching  on  condition  of  receiving 
the  same  emoluments  as  Master  Lovell.  Accordingly  the  town  voted  him  £30  as  house  rent 
beside  his  salary.  When  he  was  transferred  to  the  South  Grammar  School,  he  occupied 
the  house  which  Lovell  had  vacated,  in  lieu  of  the  £30. 

In  1790  he  received  a  peremptory  notice,  still  preserved,  to  remove,  as  the  Selectmen  were 
about  to  pull  down  his  house  the  next  Monday.  For  that  year  he  received  a  grant  for  rent, 
yet  no  new  agreement  in  regard  to  a  dwelling  was  ever  proposed  to  him. 


128 


PUBLIC   LATFN   SCHOOL. 


*  Benjamin  Welles,^  ze  10 

Hai-v.  1800.  'ISeO 

*Edward  Welsh,  ie  11 

Orange-trec  Lane,  Aug.  1794. 

*  Edward  Wier 


1792. 

*Thomas  Adams 

Dec.  11. 

Newbury  Street. 
?Yale,  1800,  A.M.  'ISOe 

*Daniel  Bates, 2  a  12 J 

Oi-angc  street.  M700 


*  Joshua  Pollard  Blanchard^ 

Adm.  Nov.  n»  10. 

Brattle's  Square.  'ISRS 

*Charles  Colman,  Si  10 

State  Street. 

*TIiomas  Dawes,"*  se  10 

HaiT.  1801,  A.M.  •1828 

*John  Gorham,^  ae  10 

Milk  Street. 

Ilarv.  1801,  A.M.,  M.B.  1804, 
M.D.  ISll,  Erving  Prof.  Chem- 
istry, Harv.  •1829 

*Stephen  Gorham 

le  12  Feb. 

Ailm.  in  Mar.  1793. 

Milk  Street. 

*David    Ireland    Greene,*' 

se  lOi  •1826 

Common  Street. 


1  Mr.  Hunt  spells  the  name  Wells,  but  we  follow  here  the  Harvard  Quinquennial. 

2  His  Father  was  Deacon  Bates.  He  received,  with  John  Collins  Warren  of  1786,  and 
John  Joy  of  1788,  the  Franklin  ^ledals  first  awarded  in  1793.    See  Appendix. 

3  Agent  of  the  Peace  Societj-.    Thomas  Farrington,  teste. 

1  b.  26  Apr.  1782;  died  29  July.  Son  of  Thomas  of  our  Class  of  1766,  and  father  of 
Thomas  of  our  Class  of  1829.    Sec  Holland's  Wm.  Dawes  and  His  Ride  vnth  Paul  Revere. 

'  See  Allen's  and  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionaries. 

6  The  middle  name  is  fii-st  given  in  1793.  Brother  of  John  Rose  Greene  of  our  Class  of 
1790,  and  of  Charles  Winston  Greene  of  our  Class  of  1794.    See  under  1790. 


1791.    An  etTort  was  made  at  this  time  to  reduce  the  course  gradually  to  four  years. 

Committee  reports  that  Latin  boys  (22)  be  tauglit  writing  in  their  own  school. 

Hunt's  return,  April,  1791,  gives  the  names  of  62  boys. 

Nov.  8.  In  conference  of  blasters  and  Committee,  Mr.  Hunt  said  that  a  private  school 
was  in  his  opinion  quite  incompatible  with  a  public  school.  [Mauy  of  the  mastei-s  kept 
private  schools  at  the  hours  when  they  were  not  occupied  in  the  public  schools.] 


After  tho  Class  of  1791,  on  Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue,  as  presci-ved  by  Mr.  Dixwell,  follows  a 
copy  of  a  loose  sheet  which  appears  to  be  a  return  of  the  pupils  to  the  School  Committee  in 
1792,  3.  It  was  probably  made  out  and  presented  at  the  yearly  visitation  of  the  Committee 
in  Jtdy,  (of  that  year)  1793,  and  it  seems  to  us  l)cst  to  give  it  for  the  suggestions  it  contains, 
as  it  shows  the  difficulty  the  Committee  lias  latwrcd  under  in  arranging  the  boys  according; 
to  the  years  of  entering,  and  helps  somewhat  to  locate  them  in  their  classes. 

1792  and  3. 

Catalogus  puerorum,  qui,  iit  ingeniacolantur,  ad  Schohini  Latiiiam-Gi'ammaticam  quotidie 
inittuntur. 


1  Johannes  Collins  Warren,  School  St. 

2  Johannes  Joy,  Beacon  St. 

3  Gulielmus  Dchon,  State  St. 

4  Daniel  Bates,  Orange  St. 

5  Gulielmus  Jcnks,  Cross  St. 


6  Arthur  Maynard  Walter,  Church  Lane. 

7  Gulielmus  Stackjwle,  Milk  St. 

8  Hcnrirus  Andrews,  Court  St. 

9  Piiscbiil  Puoli  Pope,  Newhurj-  St. 
10  Gulielmus  Hunt,  School  St. 


PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


129 


*Williain  Hunti 

Dec.  4. 

Harv.  1798,  A.M. 

*Henry  Newman ^ 

se  10  IMay  next,  (i.  e.  1793.) 
Commou  Street. 

*John  Parkman^ 

!B  10  Jan.  93.    Adm.  Nov. 
New  Boston. 
Merchant. 


*1803 


*1861 


*1836 


Henry  Proctor  and  John  Henry 
Tudor  are  on  the  list  of  this  Class, 
hut  the  ages,  10  and  11  April,  being 
given,  they  are  easily  seen  to  be  iden- 
tical with  boys  of  the  same  name  who 
entered  in  1789. 


1793. 

*Jaines  Allen,  te  14. 

Han-.  1799,  A.M. 

*Nathaniel  Walker  Apple- 
ton,4  ?e  10 

*  John  Bell,  se  12 
*Samuel  Conant,^  sb  10 

*  George  Hunt,^  se  10 

*  Joseph  Joj,'  se  10 
*John  Meloney,^  se  10 

Left  10  Dec.  1794. 

*James  Tucker,  se  11 


*1834 


*1848 


*1829 


1  Nephew  of  Master  H.,  and  son  of  Wm.  of  AYatertown,  who  was  probably  Latin  School, 
1759,  and  Harv.  1768.  "  Died  28  July.     See  Drake's  Mem.  Mass.  Cincin.  p.  43. 

3  Son  of  Samuel  and  brother  of  George  and  Francis  of  our  Class  of  1800. 

■1  Died  3  Apr.  The  middle  name  is  not  given  by  Mr.  Hunt,  but  we  find  it  in  the  Cata- 
logue of  1847.  Son  of  Nathaniel  W.  of  our  Class  of  1762.  See  Kough  Sketch  of  Appleton 
Genealogy,  by  W.  S.  Appleton,  p.  27. 

5  Son  of  a  widow  who  kept  a  shop  in  Union  Street.    Thomas  Farrington,  teste. 

6  Son  of  Master  Hunt.  Brother  of  John  of  our  Class  of  1789,  and  William  G.  of  the  Class 
of  1802.    Died  30  Jan. 

"  Joseph  Green  Joy,  probably  our  boy,  died  at  Nahant,  1850 ;  See  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. 

8  Thomas  Farrington  writing  of  him  as  in  School  at  this  time,  says  he  was  an  Irish 
boy  who  used  to  assist  Dr.  Matiguon  at  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  in  Franklin  St. 

He  is  given  on  the  old  Catalogue,  and  but  for  that  we  should  have  no  doubt  that  the  name 
of  J.  Malone  given  in  that  Catalogue  as  in  the  School  in  1786  was  intended  for  him,  since 
the  latter  name  is  not  found  in  Hunt's  Catalogue.  We  have  retained  Malone  under  the 
line,  only  because  the  Committee  by  giving  both  names  in  1847,  seems  to  have  intended  to 
refer  to  different  individuals. 

From  the  Records  of  the  School  Committee  it  appears  that  in  1792,  the  salary  of  the 
Latin  School  Master  was  £200,  and  that  of  the  Usher,  £80. 
1792.    Visitation  July  6. 


11  Thomas  Farrington, 

12  Kichardus  Sullivan, 

13  Johannes  Winslow, 

14  Thomas  Welsh, 

15  Benjamin  Hammatt, 


Federal  St. 

New  Boston. 

Sudbuiy  St. 

Orange-tree  Lane. 

Southack's  Court. 


16  Samuel  Dunn  Parker, 

17  Robertus  Hollowell, 

18  Ephraim  Bumstead, 

19  Jacobus  Tilden, 

20  Josephus  Hussey, 

21  Johannes  Hunt, 

22  Carolus  Hubbard, 


Pond  Lane. 

Batteiy-^Iarch  St. 

Common  St. 

Battery-March  St. 

Fort  Hill. 

School  St. 

Common  St. 


23  Georgius  Washington  Bass, 

Ransford's  Lane. 

24  Carolus  Coolidge,  New  Boston. 

25  Ralph  Haskins,  Ransford's  Lane. 

26  Johannes  Rose  Green,  Common  St. 


27  Leonard  Jarvis,  South  St. 

28  Georgius  Sullivan,  New  Boston. 

29  Gulielmus  Bant  Sullivan,    New  Boston. 

30  Samuel  Barrett,  State  St. 

31  Neheraiah  Somes,  Purchase  St. 

32  Edwardus  Welsh,  Orange-tree  Lane. 

33  Johannes  Gore,  New  Boston. 


130 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


*John  (?Henry)  Tucker,  ^ 
islO 

?Biown,  ISOO,  A.M. 

*Frederic  Tudor, ^  pq  10 

Left  9  Dec.  1794. 
Merchant. 


•1861 


•1864 


The  name  of  Benjamin  Welles  is 
also  given  in  this  Class,  but  the  age 
12^  makes  it  certain  that  it  is  onlya 
repetition  of  the  name  of  ITHl,  and 
the  spelling  here  convinces  us  that  we 
have  been  correct  in  identifying  him 
with  the  graduate  of  Harvard. 


1794. 

*  William  Bailey,  ae  11 

Brattle  Square. 


*Joseph  Chadwick 

Scbool  Street. 

*Samuel  Mather  Crocker 

June  8,  1795.     Moon  Lane. 

Haiv.  1801,  A.M.  •1852 

*  Joseph  Eckley,^  ic  11 

Milk  Street. 

Dealer  in  Hardware.  'ISOl 

*Nathaniel  Goodwin,  x  10 

Union  Street. 

*Charles  Winston  Greene,"*  fell 

Common  Street. 

Harv.  1802,  A.M.,  and  Brown. 

1827.  •1S57 

*John  Russell  Hurd,  re  10 

Marlborouj^h  Street. 

*Thomas  Johnson,  sd  15 

June. 


1  The  middle  name,  Henry,  is  inserted  in  Dr.  Hale's  interleaved  copy  of  the  Catalogue 
of  1847.    John  H.  is  given  in  Brown  Catalogue. 

2  The  founder  of  the  ice  trade  in  Boston.    See  F.  S.  Drake's  Memorials  of  Massachu- 
setts Cincinnati,  p.  64. 

8  Son  of  Rev.  Dr.  Eckley ;  brother  of  Thomas  J.  of  1795,  and  David,  of  1797.    Died  at 
Marblehead,  4  July. 
4  Brother  of  John  R.  of  our  Class  of  1790,  and  David  I.  of  our  Class  of  1792. 


1793.  Visitation  Jan.  3  and  July  8. 

Apr.    48  returned. 

June  7th.  It  was  voted  that  the  Franklin  Medals  for  the  Latin  School  bear  the  device  of 
a  pile  of  books  and  the  words,  "  detur  digniori,"  on  one  side,  and  on  the  reverse,  "  Franklin 
Donation,  adjudged  by  the  School  Coram,  of  the  town  of  Boston  to ." 

Aug.  2d.  Voted:  That  the  stated  time  of  admission  to  the  Latin  School  be  July  an- 
nually, but  admission  may  be  obtained  at  other  times,  and  in  such  classes  as  the  candidate 
upon  examination  shall  be  found  qualified. 

That  the  boys  who  attend  the  Latin  Grammar  School,  shall  be  instructed  by  the  Usher 
in  writing,  one  hour  every  Monday,  Tuesday,  Wednesday  and  Friday  afternoon,  and  in 
arithmetic  one  hour  every  Thursday  and  Saturday  forenoon,  for  the  first  two  years  of 
attending  said  scbool. 

Dec.    It  was  voted  that  the  Masters  must  make  returns. 


34  Hcnricus  Hill  Hammatt, 

Southack's  Court. 


35  Johannes  Clarke, 

36  David  (Jreen, 

37  Carolus  Coleman, 

38  Thomas  Marshall, 

39  Andreas  Cambell, 

40  Hcnricus  Newman, 

41  Ilenricus  Proctor, 


Center  St. 

Common  St. 

State  St. 

State  St. 

Bromfield's  Alley. 

Common  St. 

Marshall's  Lane. 


42  Joshua  Blanchard, 

43  Thomas  Adams, 

44  Johannes  Parkman, 

45  Stephanus  (iorham, 
4G  .Tiibannes  (rorham, 
47  Thomas  Dawes, 


Brattle's  Square. 
Ncwbuiy  St. 
New  Boston. 

Milk  St. 

Milk  St. 
Purchase  St. 


48  Johannes  llcniy  Tudor, 


Court  .'>t. 


Ad  Scholarum  CuratoiYS  Sclcctos. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


131 


*Edward  Jones,  ^  ne  12 

Milk  Street. 

*  George  MacDonogli,  as  10 

Fort  Hill. 

*  William  Minott,2  se  11 

Spring  Laue. 

Hai-v.  1802,  A.M.  *1873 

*  William  Morrill,  ee  11 

Fore  Street. 

*  James  Lloj^d  Parker,  ^  se  10 

Pond  Street.  *1822 

*Tliomas  I  vers  Parker,*  se  10 

Hai-v.  1803,  A.M.,  M.B.  1806, 

M.  D.  1811.  *1856 

*  William  Popkin,  se  11 

Middle  Street. 

Harv.  1803,  A.M.  *1827 

*Charles  Reed,'5  se  11 

Summer  Street. 

-*Ralph  Reed,  5  se  10 
*Winthrop  Sargent,  se  11 

Purchase  Street. 

Harv.  1803.  *1808 

*Tliomas  Speakman,  ae  10 

Spring  Lane. 

*Benjamiu  Winslow,^  se  11 

New  Boston. 

Diy  Goods  Merchant.  *1863 


1795. 


**Henry  Adams,  ae  10       *?i795 
*  James  Trecothick  Austin,'^ 

£6  12 

Harv.  1802,  A.M.,  LL.D.  1838.  *1870 

*Thomas  Baldwin,  ae  11 
*Henry  Colman,^  ae  10 

Dart.  1805,  A.B.  Harv.  1806, 
Hon.  Mem.  Royal  Agricultural 
Society,  Great  Britain.  *1849 

*Thomas  Oliver  Davis 

Dec.  next  ae  12 

*Thomas     (Jeffries)    Eck- 
ley,9  ae  10 

Hai-v.  1804,  and  Bowdoin,  1806, 
A.M.  Harv.  *1846 

*Henry  Fales 

Harv.  1803,  A.M.  *1812 

*Samuel  Harris,  ae  12 

Columb.  1800.    ?  Counsellor  at  Law. 

*Benjamin  (Andrews)  Hich- 
born^*^ 

fe  10  Nov. 

Harv.  1802,  A.M.  *1818 

*Samuel  Checkley  Lathrop, 
a3l2 


1  Can  this  be  Edward  H.  Jones,  merchant;  Columb.  1803,  Trustee  Columb.  1831-38  ? 
-  See  Proceedings  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1873-5,  pp.  255-9.     In  the  Harvard 
Quinquennial  the  name  is  spelled  with  oue  t. 

3  b.  29  Mar.  1784 ;  died  22  Mar.  Son  of  Bishop  Parker,  and  brother  of  John  R.  of  our 
Class  of  1784,  and  Samuel  D.  of  our  Class  of  1788. 

4  Twin  brother  of  James  L.  above. 

5  Probably  brothers.    Charles  died  at  sea,  and  Ralph  in  Italy. 

6  b.  4  Aug.  1783,  in  New  York ;  died  in  Roxbuiy,  Nov. 

'  See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  471 ;  also  Proceedings  Massachusetts  His- 
torical Society,  1835-55,  5.5-58 ;  also  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionary. 

8  See  Allen's  and  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionaries. 

9  The  middle  name  is  from  the  Hai-vard  Quinquennial.  Son  of  Rev.  Dr.  Eckley  and 
brother  of  Joseph  of  1794,  and  David  of  1797. 

10  We  get  the  middle  name  from  the  Harvard  Quinquennial.  It  is  not  unlikely  that  he 
was  named  after  Mrs.  Hichborn's  (his  mother)  first  husband,  who  was  accidentally  killed 
by  her  second.  Mr.  Hunt  spells  the  surname  Hitchbora.  See  Recollections  of  Samuel 
Breck,  p.  22.  

1794.  48.  Jan.  2.  Visitation.  July  7.  The  examination  for  Medals. 

Sept.  9.  Voted :  That  the  Medals  be  distributed  in  the  month  of  May,  previous  to 
Election  Week. 


132 


PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


*Samuel  Nicholson,  ^  ae  14 

•Francis  Welles,  a3  11 

*  Joshua  Winslow,2  »  10     •1843 


1796. 

*Benjarain  Andrews,  ee  10 
*Benjamin  Bussey 

Aug.  2. 

Hai-v.  1803,  A.M.  -ISOS 

*Thomas  (John  Hancock) 
Gushing^ 

a;  13  Nov. 

Han-.  1804,  A.M.  "ISl? 

*William  Donnison,  se  10 

Harv.  1805.  •1823 

*Charles  (Chauncy?)  Foster 

ae  10  Feb.  18.  •ISTb 

*  Joseph  Greenleaf,  se  12 

Adm.  Aug.  15.?    Columb.  1810.  *1871 

*Nathaniel  Leighton 

X  12  Feb. 

*Samuel  Newman 

le  12  Dec. 

*Joseph  Nicholson,  ce  12 
*Robert  Nicholson 

se  11  Apr.^ 
14  Mar. 


•William  Cooper  Park 

1797.  Jan.  23.* 

•Lawrence  Sprague 
*Samuel  Cooper  Thacher^ 

X  11  Dec. 

Han-.  1804,  A.M.,  Fell.  Hanr., 
Minister  New  South  Church, 
Usher  an(l  .\ctintj  Head  Master.  •ISlS 

••John  Whittemore''         •:-i796 


In  lliis  na<s  are  found  also  the 
names  of  William  Bant  Sullivan,  who 
is  the  same  as  W.  B.  S.  of  1701,  and 
Henrv  New-man.  who  is  the  same  as 
the  H.  N.  of  1792.  Both  probably 
reentered  this  year. 


1797. 

•Charles  Austin^ 

a>  10  Feb.  •1806 

•David  Balch,  ie  13 

Apr. 

•Daniel  Bell,  se  11 
•George  Washington  Boyles,^ 
ffi  11 

Haj-v.  1806,  A.M.  •1834 

•Samuel  Henley  Bradford, 
full 


1  There  was  a  Samuel  N.  graduated  at  Columbia  in  1796,  probably  not  this  one,  for  Dr. 
Watson  says  he  was  iu  the  hardwai-c  store  of  Mr.  Winslow,  father  of  our  .Vudrew  G.  of 
1805.  2  Died  iu  St.  Ci-oix,  15  May. 

8  The  middle  names  are  from  the  Ilan'ard  Quinquennial. 

•*  These  dates  arc  probably  those  of  admission. 

6  We  get  the  middle  name  from  the  Catulo;:ue  of  1847.  Mr.  Hunt  does  not  give  it. 
On  leaving  iu  1799,  he  had  the  Salutatory  and  Valedictory  Orations  in  Latin.  See  Drake's 
and  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionaries ;  also  Sprague 's  Annals,  viii.  p.  435. 

8  Died  24  Aug. 

"  Shot  by  T.  O.  Selfridgc.  See  Allen's  and  Drake's  Articles  on  Benjamin  Austin,  his 
father.    Also  (Jos.  T.)  Buckingham's  Reminiscences,  i.  278-9. 

8  The  middle  name  is  given  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847  and  the  final  s  is  omitted,  as  it  is 
in  the  Harvard  Quinquennial.  He  was  a  brother  of  Isaac,  whose  name  ap}>eai-s  under  the 
line  on  page  111.  

1795.  July  C.  Visitation. 

Dec.  10.    An  additional  salary  of  £60  was  voted  for  the  year,  and  £80  to  the  ushers. 

1796.  Jan.  7.  Visitation.         There  was  a  grant  of  £100  extra  (probably  to  the  Master.) 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


133 


*  William  Bowes  Bradford,  ^ 

eelO 
*David  Eckley,2  je  11 

Dealer  ia  hai-dware.  *1848 

*George  Bethune  English^ 

se  10  Mar. 

Adin.  Nov.  21. 

Harv.  1797,  A.  M.  1811.  *1828 

*William  A(ugustus)  Fales^ 

Harv.  1806.  *1824 

*John  Fosdick,5  se  17 

May  7. 

*Samuel  Goldborough,  ae  13 

Adm.  Oct.  30. 

*Tliomas  Greenleaf,  sb  10 

Harv.  1806,  A.M.  *1817 

*Jolin  (White)  Hayward,^  se  11 

Harv.  1805,  A.M.  *1832 

*Thomas  Morton  Jones,  se  10 

Harv.   and   Bowd.  1806,    A.M. 
Harv.  *1857 


*  William  Kendall,  «  13 

*  James  Oliver,  te  10 

Adm.  May  16th. 

*Edward  Proctor,  se  13 

*  William  Scollay,  se  12 

Han-.  1804,  A.M.  *1814 

*Cliarles  Thacher,  se  10       *i833 
*Benjamin  Wells,  se  12 
*Ebenezer  Wells 

Dec.  se  11. 
Adm.  Jan. 

*Samuel  Adams  Wells,  3d  10 


1798. 

*George  Chark,  se  Hi 
*Henry  Gardner  Foster,  se  13 


1  The  middle  name  is  first  given  in  the  next  j'ear,  when  he  appears  to  have  re-entered. 

-  Brother  of  Joseph  of  our  Class  of  1794,  and  Thomas  Jetfries  of  our  Class  of  1795,  and 
son  of  Rev.  Dr.  Eckley  ;  died  18  Feb. 

3  See  Allen's  and  Drake's   Biographical  Dictionaries. 

*  The  initial  of  the  middle  name  A.  appears  in  1802.  We  take  the  name  from  the  Harvard 
Quinquennial. 

5  Although  the  age  does  not  quite  con-espond,  it  is  so  near,  that  we  think  likely  that 
this  is  John  Minot  Fosdick,  Dart.  1803,  who  died  at  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  in  1856,  set  74,  as 
we  find  in  Chapmaa's  History  of  Graduates  of  Dartmouth,  that  he  was  born  in  Boston. 

6  We  take  the  middle  name  from  the  Harvard  Quinquennial. 


1797.  May  19.  On  the  records  of  the  School  Committee  of  this  date,  it  appears  that  a 
petition  of  Mr.  Samuel  Hunt  to  the  Town,  for  an  allowance  for  house  rent,  was  referred  by 
the  Town  to  the  School  Committee  for  consideration.  The  Committee  voted  it  did  not 
think  it  expedient  to  make  any  discrimination  between  the  different  Masters  in  the  service 
of  the  Town. 

May  25.  Mr.  Hunt  appeared  and  stated  his  reasons  for  asking  this  compensation  for 
rent,  when  the  Committee  voted  to  reconsider  the  vote  of  the  last  meeting,  and  to  postpone 
the  subject  untQ  the  compensation  of  the  Masters  for  the  year  was  considered. 

Sept.  15.  A  letter  from  Mr.  Hunt,  praying  for  compensation  for  house  rent  having 
been  read,  it  was  Voted :  That  the  Selectmen  be  requested  to  inquire  into  the  state  of  the 
land  in  Braintree,  bequeathed  to  the  Town  of  Boston,  for  the  support  of  the  Grammar 
School,  (referred  to  in  Mr.  Hunt's  communication) ,  and  report  thereon. 

Dec.  1.  Col.  Thos.  Dawes,  Rev.  Mr.  West,  Mr.  Gray  and  Mr.  Edwards  were  ap- 
pointed a  special  committee  to  inquire  into  the  facts  stated  in  Mr.  Hunt's  application  for 
compensation  for  rent,  etc. 

The  same  day,  Jona.  Snelling  was  chosen  Master  of  the  Centre  Writing  School,  a  public 
writing  school  kept  in  the  same  building  as  the  Latin  School. 


104 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*Charles  Howard,  i  a3  12* 

Ailin.  Nov.  *1319 

*George  Howard,  ^  so  10 
*Daniel  Jones,  te  13 

?II:in-.  1S03,  A.M.  'ISIS 

*Samuel  Lowder,  te  12 

Han-.  1805,  A.M.  •1832 

*Benjainin  Eddy  Morse,  se  Hi 
*John  Morse,  fe  10 

Han-.  1808,  A.M.  'IBl? 

*Samuel  Proctor 
*John  Revere,  2  a^  11 

Ilai-v.  1807,  A.M.  1812,  M.D. 
Ediul>.,  Prof,  of  Theory  and 
Practice  of  Meil.  in  Jefferson 
Coll.  Phila.,  aud  in  Uuiv.  of 
City  of  N.  y.  *1847 

*John  Shattuck,  a)  11 
*David  Tyler,  se  12 

Adm.  March. 

1799. 

*  William  (Stutson)  Andrews  ^ 

M  10  ]May.  *1872 

Han-.  1812. 

*Henry  Codman 

SD  10  Oct. 

Adm.  Oct. 

Harv.  1808,  A.M.  •18r)3 

*Johii  Adams  Cunningham 

re  10  Fc!). 

Ilarv.  ISOf),  A.M.  •ISSS 

*Thomas  Dickason 

?ell  Oct. 

Adm.  30  June,  1800. 


*  Joseph  Donnison,*  re  11 

Um-y.  1807,  .\.M.  181.J.  •1825 

*  Joseph  Foster,  ce  13 

Adm.  June  3. 

*Charles  Grant 

n?  10  Apr. 

*John  Green 

a'  11  Sept. 

?BrowD,  1804,  A.M.,  and  Ilarv. 
ISl.),  M.D,  Brown,  1826,  and 
Ilarv.  1826.  •ISeS 

*Joseph  Hall 

rclOMav. 
Adm.  Oct. 

*Charles  Hayward 

a?  12  Aug. 

Har>-.  1806,  A.M.  'ISSS 

*James  Jones 

a?  10  June. 

*John  Lovering^ 

a- 11  Feb. 

lUvy.  1806,  A.M. 

*David  Sears'' 

a?  12  Sept. 

Ilarv.  1807 ;  Merchant.  •IS'l 

*William  Smith 

a;  11  Apr. 

Ilarv.  1807,  A.M.  •1811 

*Henry  Wells 

a*  11  Aug. 

*Henry  Whitlock 

vo  13  Julv. 
Adm.  May  23. 

*Edward  Winslow'^ 

»E  11  Aug. 

Merchant.  •1864 


1  Brothers  of  Samuel  of  1789,  and  of  Mj-s.  Caroline  (Howard)  (Jihnan,  widow  of  Dr. 
Samuel  Oilman,  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  (Usher  in  our  School  in  1812.)  George  died  early 
in  life.  ■■*  Sec  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary. 

3  We  have  ol)tained  the  middle  name  from  a  letter  of  the  Bev.  J.  L.  Watson,  D.  D.,  of 
oar  Class  of  180.").  *  See  Burial  Register  of  King's  Chapel. 

5  I).  8  Feb.  1788.    Perhaps  died  at  sea.  «  Sec  Proc.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc,  1871-3,  p.  13. 

"  Son  of  Isaac  of  our  Class  of  17r)l.  He  was  a  resident  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  father 
of  John  Ancram  Winslow,  afterwards  Admiral  and  Commander  of  the  Kearsarge,  which 
sank  the  Privateer  Alai)ania  in  the  War  of  the  l{el)cllion. 


1798.    Mar.  0.    The  committee  refcrreil  to  above,  rc]H)rtcd  that  Mr.  H.,  had  not  as  yet 
substantiated  his  claim,  and  they  had  given  him  further  time  to  produce  vouchers. 
July  6.  Visitation. 


PUBLIC   LATLN^   SCHOOL. 


135 


*Jonathau  Mountfort  Wright 

ae  1 1  Mar. 


1800. 

*Loring  Austin 

a;  10  Apr. 
Hai-v.  1809. 

*Jaines  Cassell,i  se  13 
*John  Cassell^ 


*1827 


(6  11  May. 
Adm.  Nov.  11. 

*Charles  (Chauncey)  Clark, ^ 
£el2 

Adm.  May  6. 

Harv.  1808.  *1837 

*Thomas  (Amory)  Dexter^ 

ae  10  May. 

Harv.  1810,  A.M.  *1873 

*John  Dupee,  se  13 

Adm.  4  May. 

*William  Eaton,  se  13 

Adm.  4  May,  1801. 

*Frederic  Gorham 

ae  10  June. 

*Jolin  Loring 

SB  11  Sept. 


*  Joseph  Lovell* 

ss  12  Doc. 

Harv.  1807,  A.M.  1818,  M.  D. 

1811,  Surg.  Gen'l  U.  S.  A.         *1836 

*  James  Marston,  se  12 

*  Charles  May^ 

je  11  Mar. 

Chaplain  U.  S.  Navy.  *1856 

*James  Morrill 

a:-  12  July. 

*  Francis  J*arJcman,^  se  12 

Harv.    and  Yale,    1807,    A.M. 
Harv.,  S.T.D.  Hai-v.  1834.  *1852 

*George  Parkman''^ 

ae  10  Feb. 

Adm.  Aug.  13. 

Hai-v.  1809,  A.M.,  M.D.  Aberd. 

1813.  *1849 

*  William  Parmenter^ 

Adm.  18  Jan.  1801. 

SB  1 1  Mar. 

Memb.    Cong.,    Naval   Officer, 

Boston.  *1866 

*Jones  Shaw 

ae  12  Dec. 

Adm.  13  Apr.  1801. 

*Jonathan  Stodder,  se  11 
*James  Sturgis,  ae  10 

Adm.  May  11,  1801. 

*Joseph  Cotton  Tucker 

ae  13  Nov. 


1  In  the  Catalogue  of  1847  these  names  are  speDed  Castle,  and  Thomas  is  given  instead  of 
James,  while  the  other  name  is  blank. 

"  The  middle  name  is  from  the  Harvard  Quinquennial,  which  also  spells  the  last  with  an  e. 

3  The  middle  name  is  not  given  by  Mr.  Hunt,  but  we  get  it  from  the  Harvard  Quinquen- 
nial, and  from  Mr.  Dexter's  signature  to  the  roll  of  the  Latin  School  Association. 

■*  See  Allen's  and  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionaries. 

5  Son  of  Joseph  May  of  our  Class  of  1769 ;  b.  19  Mar.  1788 ;  died  21  Mar.    See  May  Gene- 
alogy, p.  21. 

■  6  On  Eev.  Dr.  E.  E.  Hale's  interleaved  copy  of  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  he  has  written : — 
"Dr.  F.  Pai'kman  gave  me  the  names  of  English,  Lovell,  Parkman,  Parmenter,  Win- 
tbrop  and  Sears ;  they  left  1803,  having  staid  one  year  more  than  the  regular  time.  He 
adds  that  he  himself  entered  in  1799.  He  was  astonished  to  remember  the  audacity  of  their 
impudence  to  Mr.  Hunt.  Parkman  entered  College  in  Aug.,  but  remained  at  school  till  Feb. 
1804,  when  he  joined  his  Class.  He  has  no  recollection  of  any  '  Examination "  or  School 
Commencement  of  any  kind." 

See  Allen's  and  Drake's  Biogi'aphical  Dictionaries ;  also  Sprague's  Annals  of  the  Amer- 
ican Pulpit,  viii,  p.  449.  ^  See  Allen's  Biog.  Diet. ;  also  Trial  of  Prof.  Webster. 

8  He  called  to  order  the  meeting  at  which  the  Latin  School  Association  was  organized. 


130 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


*Thoma6  Wells 

a"  10  Mar. 

*David  West,  <e  10 
♦Michael  White,  a)  12 
*Abraham  Wild 

rp  10  Feb. 

nar\-.   and  Yale,    1809,    A.  M. 

llarv.  •1825 

*Thomas  (Lindall)  Winthrop 

ae  llJuly. 

Harv.  1807,  A.M.  •1812 

♦William  Wright 

ae  11  Sept. 


1801. 

**Edward  Blanchard,  jb  10  *i802 
*Henry  Doane,  te  10 


•Nathaniel  Emmons,^  jc 
(Ezekiel)  Price  Greeiileaf,^ 

all 
♦James  Gregory,  le 
♦John  Gregory,  03  11 
♦William  Leach,  ae  10 
♦George  (Williams)  Lyman, 

£el4 

Hai-v.  1806,  A.M.  •1880 

♦John  Scollay,  le  10 

Harv.  1810.  'ISIO 

♦Benjamin  Morgan  Stillman,^  ^ 

Dec.  8,  re  11. 

♦David  S  Townsend,^  se  11 


Harv.  1809,  A.M. 
U.S.Aruiv. 


Paymaster 


1853 


1  Perhaps  Nathaniel  Henry  Emmons  who  died  in  Boston  in  1878,  a^ed  82.  He  was  a 
Boston  bo\',  but  his  family  have  no  knowledge  of  his  ever  havinjj  attended  our  School. 
He  took  the  middle  name  Henry  owing  to  the  existence  of  another  Nathaniel  Emmons  who 
may  have  been,  and  in  the  opinion  of  Mr.  Greenleaf  below  was,  our  boy. 

2  Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue  says  mereh-  Price  Greenleaf.  The  first  name  we  have  on  his 
own  authority,  for  as  these  pages  go  to  press  (20  April,  1882)  Ezekiel  Price  Greenleaf  is  the 
oldest  known  living  pupil  of  the  Latin  School.  The  Committee  is  in  receipt  of  the  follow- 
ing letter  from  him :  — 

"  No.  72  Waltham  St.,  Boston,  April  19,  1882. 
"  Rev.  Henry  F.  Jenks. 

"  Dear  Sir, — I  was  introduced  by  my  grandfather,  Ezekiel  Price,  who  had  been  for  many 
years  Chairman  of  the  Selectmen,  to  Mr.  Hunt,  charged  to  his  especial  care  early  in  ISOO; 
at  my  entrance  I  was  addressed  by  F.  Parkman  and  ni}'  brother,  Thomas  Greenleaf,  who 
were  leaving  the  School  for  College,  having  past  their  examination.  The  head  of  the  Class 
was  a  son  of  Dr.  Winship,  I  was  the  next,  and  John  Scollay,  grandson  of  Mr.  Scollay  of 
the  Board  of  Selectmen,  the  next.  I  forget  the  names  of  the  othei-s,  exccjit  Doctor  Towns- 
end  and  his  brother ;  there  were  say,  five  others  ;  we  were  under  the  care  of  >rr.  "Wells,  I 
believe  afterwards  a  bookseller.  I  left  for  Quincy  the  next  year,  and  tlicncc  to  Medford, 
and  after  to  Quincy.    ••••»• 

"  Respectfully, 

"Ezekiel  Price  Greenleaf." 

Francis  Parkman,  mentioned  above,  was  of  our  Class  of  1800,  Thomas  Greenleaf  was  of 
1792,  and  Doctor  Townsend  was  Solomon  D.  of  1S03. 

Tlirough  liis  maternal  grandfather  Ezekiel  Price,  mentioned  in  tlie  Iclfer  above,  Ezekiel 
Price  (irceulcaf  is  a  direct  lineal  descendant  of  Master  Ezekiel  Cliccvcr. 

8  Undoubtcdlj'  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  and  bro.  of  Samuel  of  our  Clnxs  of  ISOG,  and  perhaps 
father  of  our  Benjamin  Morgan  of  1842  ;  but  perhaps  a  son  of  our  Morgan  of  1775. 

*  Son  of  Dr.  David  and  brother  of  Solomon  I>.  of  our  Clas^  of  1803.  See  .Memorials  of 
Massachusetts  Cincinnati  by  F.  S.  Drake,  p.  C3.    The  S  stan<ls  fur  no  middle  name. 


PUBLIC    LATIX    SCHOOL. 


137 


*Henry  (Monmouth)  Watson,  ^ 

Clerk.  *180r) 

*John  Cravath  May  Wind- 
ship,  ^  86  12§ 

Hai-v.  1809.  «1814 


The  names  of  William  Tales  and 
Micliael  White  also  appear  in  this 
Class,  but  we  omit  them  as  probably 
the  same  as  W.  F.  of  1797,  and  M. 
W.  of  1800,  who  very  likely  reentered. 


1802. 

*Stephen  Blagge 

se  14  Jan. 

*John  Derby  Davis,  se  10 
*Samuel  Dunn 

se  11  Aug. 

*Thomas  Edwards,  ae  12 
*Johu  Hay  Farnham^ 

ffi  11  Apr.  4. 

Harv.  1811,  A.M.,  1821.  *1833 


1  The  middle  name  is  furnished  by  his  brother,  Rev.  John  L.  "Watson,  of  our  Class  of 
1805.  He  was  second  son  and  seventh  child  of  Marston  and  Lucy  (Lee)  Watson,  born 
in  Marblehcad,  14  July,  1788.  Clerk  in  countin;^  room  of  Daniel  Sargent ;  died  9  Aug. 
Buried  in  the  family  tomb  on  the  Common. 

-  According  to  the  letter  of  Greenleaf  given  in  the  note  on  p.  136,  son  of  Charles 
Williams  Windship  of  our  Class  of  1782,  and  perhaps  father  of  Charles  Windship  of  our 
Class  of  1823.  In  a  note  under  the  Class  of  1782  will  be  found  various  ways  in  which  this 
name  is  spelled,  to  which  may  be  added  Windschip. 

3  See  Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1791-1835,  p.  447. 


The  following  list  appears  in  Mr.  Hunt's  papers  between  1801  and  1802. 
a  copy  of  the  annual  i-eturn  made  in  July,  1802 : — 


It  is  probably 


1  Georgius  W.  Lyman. 

2  Johannes  Lovering. 

3  Johannes  Adams  Cunningham. 

4  Gulielmus  Little. 

5  Gulielmus  Gibbes  Hunt. 

6  Gulielmus  Fales. 


7  Henricus  Wells. 

8  Josephus  Donnison. 

9  Gulielmus  Smith. 

10  Benjamin  Andrews. 

11  Jacobus  Jones. 

12  Benjamin  Eddy  Morse. 

13  Carolus  Grant. 

14  Johannes  Green. 

15  Edwardus  Winslow. 

16  Johannes  Morse. 


17  Josephus  Lovell. 

18  Francis  Parkman. 

19  Gulielmus  Parmenter. 

20  Thomas  Winthrop. 

21  Georgius  Parkman. 

22  Abrahamus  Wild. 

23  Josephus  Foster. 


24  Thomas  Dexter. 

25  Carolus  May. 

26  Carolus  Clark. 


27  Hem'icus  Watson. 

28  Jacobus  Morrill. 
2D  Thomas  WeUs. 

30  Loring  Austin. 

31  Johannes  CasseU. 

32  Jonathan  Stoddei*. 

33  Josephus  Cotton  Tucker. 

34  Johannes  Gregory. 

35  Johannes  Cravath  May  Winchip. 

36  Johannes  ScoUay. 

37  Price  Greenleaf. 

38  Nathanael  Emmons. 

39  Jacobus  Gregory. 

40  David  Townsend. 

41  Henricus  Doane. 

42  Benjamin  Morgan  Stillman. 

43  Edwardus  Blanchard. 

44  Gulielmus  Leach. 

45  Michael  White. 

46  Georgius  Bethxme  English. 


138 


Public  latln  school. 


*Heniy  Hastings,  se  14 
*Albigence  Hayward^* 

te  13  Apr.  11. 

*  Joseph  Howard 
*James  Henry  Laugier 

a>  12  June. 

*Jame8  M,  Lincoln 

IB  12  Dec. 

*  Joseph  (Geurard)  Nancrede,^ 

a)  10 

M.D.  Univ.  of  Penn.  1813.         *1856 

*Nichola3  (Cussens)  Nancrede,^ 
a?  11 

M.D.  Univ.  of  Penn.  1813.  *lSo7 

*Harrison  Gray  Otis,^  se  10 

Ilarv.  1811,  A.M.  •1827 

*William  Parker* 

*  Henry  Parkman,  afterwards 

Samuel  Parkman ^ 

11  Sept. 

Merchant.  *1847 

*Edward  Reynolds,  se  10 

8  Feb.  1803. 

Harv.  1811,  A.M.,  M.D.  Brown, 

1825,  and  Bowd.  1825.  'ISSl 

*Jonathan  Simpson^ 

ae  1 1  May. 

*Isaac  Smith 

.T>  10  Oct. 


The  following  appear  on  the  return 
of  the  whole  School  for  1802  given  in 
the  note  on  p.  1-57.  Imt  on  no  list  of  the 
Classes.  They  probably  entered  later, 
and  were  advanced. 

•William  Gibbes  Hunt" 

Harv.  1810,  A.M.,  and  Transrl. 
1822,  LL.R.  Trans.  1824.       '    "1833 

♦William  Little 

Harv.  1809.  •1838 


The  names  of  Henry  Codman  and 
George  Howard  also  appear  in  this 
Class,  but  we  omit  them  as  probal>ly 
those  of  the  same  boys  in  1799  and  1798 
respectively  who  may  have  reentered 
in  this  year. 


1803. 

*Edward  Barton 
*Edward  Brooks 

Ilarv.  1812,  A.M.  'ISTS 

*Charles  (Pelham)  Curtis' 

Harv.  1811,  A.M.;  Counscllor- 
:it-Law.  'ISei 

*William  P.  Davis 
*Nathaniel  {Langdon)  Froth- 
ingham^ 

Harv.  1811.  A.M.,  S.T.D.  1836, 
Usher,   Minister  of    the  First 


Church. 


►1870 


1  See  F.  B.  Hough's  American  Biographical  Notes,  where  a  middle  name  (J.  is  given. 

2  A  note  from  Dr.  C.  B.  Nancrede  of  Philadelphia  proves  the  correctness  of  the  identifi- 
cation in  the  note  alwve,  and  gives  the  middle  names  of  l)oth  brothers.  The  middle  name 
of  Nicholas  in  some  documents  in  his  possession  is  spelled  as  here,  but  in  others  Cousins, 
and  he  is  iinal)le  to  say  which  is  correct. 

3  Sec  Whitman's  History  of  A.  and  H.  Artillery  Company,  second  edition,  p.  407. 
*  Son  of  Right  Rev.  Samuel,  and  brother  of  Samuel  D.  of  our  Class  of  1789. 

^  Brother  of  John  of  our  Class  of  1792,  and  Francis  and  George  of  our  Class  of  1800. 
0  Brother  of  .Tohn,  of  our  Class  of  1803,  q.  v. 

7  Son  of  Master  Hunt,  b.  1791 ;  emigrated  to  Lexington,  Ky.,  in  1813,  and  thci-e  prac- 
ticed law  and  edited  a  newspaper;  in  1823  removed  to  Nashville  and  edited  the  Nashville 
Banner.    Died  13  .\ug.    Sec  Drake's  and  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionaries. 

8  See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  402. 

9  Sec  Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1869-70,  pp.  235  and  371 ; 
Drake's  Biographical  Dictionary;  also  Aithur  B.  Ellis's  History  of  the  First  Church  of 
Boston,  p.  252.  l«  Given  in  Catul.  of  1847,  in  Class  of  1803,  as  Alba. 


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139 


*Joseph  Sayer  Hixon  *i8io 

*Thomas  McDonough 
*John  Sympson^ 
*Solomon  Davis  Townsend^ 

Harv.  1811,  A.M.,  M.D.  1815.    *1869 

*Nathaniel  Tracy 
*John  Adams  Welch^^ 
*Robert  Wier 
*William  WHd 


1804. 

The  Christian  names  of  this  Class  are  not 
given  ou  Master  Hunt's  Catalogue,  but 
have  been  inserted  on  the  authority  of  Mr. 
Wm.  T.  Andrews,  from  his  i-ecollection. 

*William  Turell  Andrews 

Harv.  1812,  A.M.,  Treas.  Hai-v.  *1879 

*Thomas  Marshall  Baxter^ 

Harv.  1813,  A.M.  *1818 

*John  Blanchard 
* Blanchard 


*Samuel  Coverly* 

Broker.  *1875 

*(?Harrison)  Dawes ^ 

Auctioneer.  *1835 

*George  Bartlett  Doane^ 

Harv.  1812,  A.M.  1819,  M.D. 
1820.  *1842 

*George  Homer ^^  ^^g^g 

*Charles  Greely  Loring'' 

Harv.  1812,  A.M.,  Fellow  Hai-v., 
LL.D.  Harv.  1850.  *1867 

*  William  Mackay^ 

Merchant.  *1873 

* Spear  9 

*  (Samuel  Waldo)  Wetmore^*^ 
*Thomas  Wetmore 

Harv.  1814,  A.M. 


*1860 


In  a  note  to  Mr.  E.  S.  Dixwell,  dated 
12  May,  1874,  Mr.  Andrews  says  his 
older  brother  Isaiah  Thomas  Andrews 
was  also  a  member  of  the  School  at 
the  same  time  with  himself,  but  his 
name  is  nowhere  on  Mr.  Hunt's  Cata- 
logue. 


1  Brother  of  Jonathan,  of  our  Class  of  1802.  Of  course  the  names  should  be  spelled 
alike,  and  probably  i  is  more  correct  than  y ;  but  Mr.  Hunt  spells  them  as  we  give  them. 

2  Brother  of  David  S.  of  our  Class  of  1800. 

3  Rev.  Dr.  Watson  says  he  was  Captain  of  a  Latin  School  Military  Company. 

4  Died  16  Aug.  aged  82  years. 

5  A  son  of  Thomas  of  our  Class  of  1766.  b.  14  May,  1794;  died  27  Jan.  His  son 
says  he  is  pretty  sure  his  father  went  to  the  Latin  School.  It  is  possible,  however,  that  this 
should  be  James  Greenleaf,  an  older  brother,  b.  10  July,  1792,  and  drowned  in  Boston 
Harbor,  18  July,  1815.  See  Wm.  Dawes  and  his  ride  with  Paul  Revere,  by  H.  W.  Holland, 
p.  70.    No  Christian  name  was  given  here  by  Mr.  Andrews. 

6  See  Allen's  Biogi-aphical  Dictionary. 

■^  See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  394.  Drake's  Biographical  Dictionary  ;  also. 
Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1867-9,  p.  146,  and  1869-70,  p.  263. 

8  Brother  of  Robert  C.  of  our  Class  of  1812.     Lived  in  New  York  City  and  died  there. 

9  Rev.  Dr.  Watson  thinks  he  has  an  indistinct  recollection  of  a  Samuel  Spear  at  the 
School  about  this  time. 

10  The  Christian  names  in  this  instance  are  given  on  the  authority,  not  of  Mr.  Andrews, 
but  of  Dr.  Watson,  who  adds  that  he  thinks  he  may  have  died  early.  He  was  a  brother 
of  Thomas,  below,  and  son  of  Judge  W.  who  lived  in  Sudbury  Street. 

11  Dr.  Watson  says  the  name  should  be  Welsh.    He  was  son  of  Thomas. 

12  Dr.  Frothingham  gives  1821  as  the  date  of  his  death. 


CHAPTER    V 

1801-1805. 


ojoic 


The  names  in  this  chapter  do  not  appear  on  Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue, 
although  they  are  found  on  the  Catalogue  of  1847  under  the  years 
liere  given,  which  were  during  his  administration. 

They  probably  were  assigned,  on  entering,  to  advanced  classes, 
and  this  would  account  for  their  omission  on  Mr.  Hunt's  register, 
which  for  the  last  few  years  is  quite  "imperfect,  giving  only  the 
names  of  those  who  were  received  in  the  lowest  class,  instead  of,  as 
earlier,  a  list  of  the  whole  membership  for  each  year. 

Possibly,  however,  they  entered  after  Mr.  Hunt's  departure,  and 
were  assigned  by  Master  Blglow  to  classes  which  had  entered  under 
Mr.  Hunt;  or  they  may  have  entered  during  jNIr.  Thachcrs  tem- 
porary mastership  of  the  School  in  1805,  between  JNIr.  Hunt  and  Mr. 
Biglow,  and  thus  escaped  enrolment  on  the  list  of  either.  We  are 
somewhat  inclined  to  the  latter  opinion,  for  though  we  have  no  list 
of  those  entering  under  Mr.  Thacher,  we  have  a  list  (to  be  given  in 
a  note  under  the  next  chajjter),  of  the  boys  in  the  School  when  ^Ir. 
Biglow  took  charge  of  it,  on  which  some  of  the  names  appear,  with 
Mr.  Thacher  mentioned  as  their  previous  instructor. 


1801. 

*Charles  Eliot 

Hanr.  1809,  A.M.  *1SIZ 

*  Joseph  Field 

Ilarv.  1809   A.M.,  S.T.D.  1840. 
Minister  of  Weston.  "ISfig 

*DanieI  Greenleaf  Ingraham 

llan-.  1809,  A.M.  •18G7 


*Jaines  Perkins 

Harv.  1809. 


•1828 


The  name  of  Nathaniel  Kenible 
Greenwood  Oliver,  Usher  and  Actinsj 
Master,  was  given  in  this  Class  in  the 
Catalosjue  of  1S47.  hut  liis  brother,  the 
lion.  Henry  K.  Oliver,  of  our  Class  of 
1810-11,  says  he  never  was  a  scholar 
here,  but  fitted  for  College  at  Andover. 


1800-1801.    Town  taxes  arc  $61,489,  of  which  Schools  $9,099  for  salaries:  $1,011  for 
Repairs,  &c.. 

Seven  masters  had  a  salary  of  $0r)6.6G  and  an  allowance  of  $200  each. 
Seven  ushers  had  a  salary  of  $333.33  and  an  allowance  of  $100  each. 

(  140 ) 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


141 


1802. 


*Alpheus  Bigelow 

Karv.  1810,  A.M.  *18G3 

*Horace  Biglowi 

Hai-v.  1809,  A.M.  *1S24 

*Francis  Boott 

Harv.  1810,  A.M.,  1814,  M.D. 
Ediu.  *1363 

*Stepheii  Fales2 

Harv.    1810,   A.M.,  and  Bowd. 
1815,  Usher.  *18o4 

*  George  Washington  May 

Harv.  1810,  A.M.,  M.D.  1813.    *1845 

* Merrill 

*Samuel  Parkman^ 

Hai-v.  1810,  A.M.  *1849 

*Charles  Townsend 

Harv.  1810.  *1816 

*Henry  James  Tudor  ' 

Harv.  1810,  A.M.  *1864 


1803. 

*Saniuel  Blagge 
*  John  Borland 


*  William  Smith 

HaiT.  1811.  *1847 

*Benjamin  Lincoln  Weld^ 

Hai-v.  1810,  A.M.  *1827 


Benjamin  Daniel  Greene  and  George 
Edward  Head  are  given  in  this  Class 
in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  but  on  the 
roll  of  the  Latin  School  Association 
they  have  themselves  recorded  that 
they  entered  in  1806;  so  as  they  are 
not  on  Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue,  we  have 
placed  them  under  that  year.  They 
may  have  been  advanced  to  the  Class 
entering  in  this.  Alba  Hayward  is 
also  given,  but  is  probably  identical 
with  Albigence  H.  given  by  Mr.  Hunt 
in  the  Class  of  1802. 


1804. 

*Isaiah  Thomas  Andrews^ 

Harv.  1812.  *1819 

*Stephen  Deblois  *i8i7 

*Samuel  Snelling^ 

Harv.  1813,  A.M.  *1841 

*Henry  Warren'' 

Hai-v.  1813,  A.M.  *1869 

*John  West  ^ 

Harv.  1813,  A.M.,  1817.  *1870 


1  For  a  few  months  only. 

-  See  Memorial  Biographies  New  Eng.  Hist.  Gen.  Soc.  vol.  ii.  p.  234. 

s  Brother  of  Francis  and  George  of  our  Class  of  1800. 

•*  Rev.  J.  L.  Watson,  D.  D.,  of  onr  Class  of  1805,  records  a  reminiscence  of  some  mem- 
bers of  this  Class,  as  follows  :  "  I  remember  very  well  a  dialogue  taken  from  the  '  American 
Art  of  Speaking,'  or  some  such  name,  between  Dr.  Never-out,  Dr.  Doubty,  Longhead  and 
another  character,  in  which  B.  L.  "Weld  Avas  Dr.  Never-out ;  Dr.  Edward  Reynolds  was  Dr. 
Doubty ;  George  E.  Head  was  Longhead ;  and  N.  L.  Frothingham  the  other  character. 
At  a  rehearsal  Head,  whose  duty  it  was  to  horsewhip  or  cane  Frothingham,  did  it  so  much 
in  earnest,  that  Frothingham  cried  out,  '  Oh,  George,  you  hurt.'  " 

5  "We  insert  this  name  on  the  authority  of  "Wm.  T.  Andrews,  his  younger  brother,  of  our 
Class  of  1804,  q.  v.,  and  of  Dr.  "Watson  of  our  Class  of  1805,  who  says  he  remembers  him 
here. 

6  A  Samuel  Snelling,  probably  the  father  of  the  present,  appears  at  the  North  Grammar 
School  in  1773  (ae  8),  in  1774  and  1775. 

"  Bi'Other  of  Dr.  John  C.  Warren  of  our  Class  of  1786. 

8  Son  of  John  West,  the  bookseller.  Warren  and  West  were  fitted  for  College  at  Dr. 
Gardiner's  private  school,  says  Dr.  Watson. 


CHAPTER     VI 

1805-1814. 


0>»<C 


1805. 

*  Edward  Everett'^ 

Harv.  1811,  A.M.,  Ph.D.  Gott. 
1817,  LL.D.  Yale  1833,  Ilan-. 
1835,  Dublin  1842,  Cambridge 
(Enjr.)  1842,  and  Dart.  1849, 
J.C.D.  Oxford,  1843.  Minister 
of  Church  in  Brattle  Sq.,  Eliot 
Prof,  of  Greek  Literature,  and 
President  of  Ilai-vard  College, 
Memb.  of  Conpr.  and  Senator 
from  Mass.,  Gov.  of  Mass.,  Sec- 
retary of  State  of  the  United 
States,  American  Minister  to 
Great  Britain,  Vice-President  of 
the  American  Academy  of  Arts 
and  Sciences.  •1865 


*  George  Hay  ward 

Ilarv.  1809  and  Yale,  A.M. 
Harv.,  M.D.  Penn.  1812,  Prof, 
of  Sui-gery  in  Harv.  Coll.,  Fell. 
Harv.,  President  Mass.  Med. 
Soc.  •1863 

*Joseph   Henshaw  Hay- 
ward  ^  .1853 


The  above  probably  entered  before 
the  rest,  perhaps  before  Mr.  Hunt  left, 
and  were  assigned  to  advanced  stand- 
ing, as  we  find  them  on  the  Catalogue 
of  1847  in  the  Classes  of  1801  and 
1803. 


1  See  Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1864-1865,  pp.  101-170,  1S69- 
1870,  p.  107;  Everett  Memorial,  published  by  the  City  of  Boston;  also  Loring's  Hundred 
Boston  Orators,  p.  531.  2  Died  May  1,  aged  64. 


The  following  list  is  on  the  files  of  the  Committee.  It  is  in  a  f.-iir  copy  hand, 
signed  with  the  name  Gulielmus  Mackay  .lunior,  1808,  in  Old  English.  The 
Christian  names,  which  are  given  in  brackets,  are  inserted  in  lead  pencil,  prob- 
ably by  a  later  hand.  It  is  headed:  Mr.  Biglow  took  charge  of  the  Latin 
Granmiar  School  April  l.'i,  ISO.").-  and  is  written  in  three  columns,  as  given 
below,  the  first  of  which  Is  headed  "Names;"  the  second,  ''Time  of  com- 
mencing with  Mr.  Biglow;"  and  the  third,  "  By  whom  previously  instructed." 


[F1R.ST  CLASS.] 
Baxter  Ist  (Thos.  H.)  Apr.16,1805.  Mr.Ttaacher. 


West  (.John) 
Coverly  (Sam.) 
Snelliiig(8am.) 
Warren  iHt  (Henrj-) 
Mackay,  (Wm.) 
Homer  (George) 


Do. 
I  to. 
Do. 
Do. 
l)o. 
Do. 


Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 


Mr.  HIkIow. 
Mr.Tliacher. 

Do. 

l>o. 

Do. 

Do. 


Ixtring  iBt  (C.  G.)     Apr.  15,  1805.  Mr.Thacher. 

Colhoun[Kic](W.H.)Aug.21,  Do. 

Chose  iBt  (Thos.  II.)  Do.  22,  Do. 

Rpoonerl8t(Wm.)  Sept.    2,  Do.  Mr.Gardner. 


I'arkuian  (Don) 
Morso 

WInHlow  l8t 
Thayer  Int 
Sprague 


Do. 

l>o.  IC, 

Do.  17, 

•  K-t.    28, 

IH'C.    11. 


Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 


(142) 


PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


143 


*John  Baxter  1 

?M.D.  Harv.   1818,  and    Penn. 
1817.  *1848 

*John  Blanchard^ 


*Charles  Bulfinch^ 
*Thomas  Bulfinch^ 

Harv.  1814,  A.M.,  Usher. 


«1862 


*1867 


1  Brother  of  Thomas  M.  of  our  Class  of  1804. 

2  Probably  one  of  the  two  of  the  same  name  given  in  the  preceding  Class. 

3  Died  21  Jan.    Brother  of  Thomas  below.    Librarian  of  the  Boston  Librarj'  Society. 
*  Author  of  the  Age  of  Fable. 


SECOND  CLASS. 

Hayden  (Wm.) 

June 

1807. 

Snow 

July, 

Do. 

Mr. 

Little. 

Wetmore  (S.  W.)     Apr.  15, 1805. 

Mr.Thacher. 

Ingalls  (Dan'l) 

Do. 

Do. 

Mr. 

Cummings. 

Blanchard  (J.)          Do.         Do. 

Do. 

Wainwright(Hen 

iy)Aug 

Do. 

Do. 

Cleland  (Charles)     May,        Do. 

Kuhn  1st  (George)  Sept. 

Do. 

Thwiiig  1st  (James)  Do.         Do. 

Prince 

Oct. 

Do. 

Mr. 

Kenny. 

lliwing2d(S.  Clap)  Do.         Do. 

Fogg 

May, 

1808. 

Mr 

Hunt. 

Watson  (John  L.)     Do.         Do. 

Bulflnch  1st  (Chas.)  Do.         Do. 

Mr.  Perkins. 

Bulfinch2d(Thos.)  Do.         Do. 

Do. 

FOURTH  CLASS. 

Codman  1st  (Ste- 

phen) Aug.  20,  Do. 

Lewis 

July 

1807. 

Mr 

Alden. 

Loring  2d  (W.  J.)      Do.    21,  Do. 

Moulton  (W.  M.) 

Sept 

Do. 

Baxter  2d  (John)    Sept.    2,  Do. 

Wheelwright  1st 

Do. 

Do. 

"Wyman  1st  (Sam)  Oct.    22,  Do. 

Wells  2d 

Do. 

Do. 

Burley  (Wm.)          Dec.    16,  Do. 

Spooner2d(John 

P.)  Do. 

Do. 

Stillman  (Saml)      Jan.    30, 1806. 

Warren  2d 

Do. 

Do. 

Newman  1st           Nov.   10,  Do. 

Chase  2d 

Do. 

Do. 

Wild  (Charles)         Sept.    1,  Do. 

Mr.Thacher. 

Sargent 

Do. 

Do. 

Parker  1st               Oct.     1,  Do. 

Mr.  Payson. 

Kuhn  2d 

Do. 

Do. 

Lathrop  (J.  P.)       Jan.    19, 1807. 

Wheelwright  2d 
Furness  2d 

Do. 
Do. 

Do. 
Do. 

THIRD  CLASS. 

Codman  2d  (Richd  C.)Do. 

Do. 

Fosdick  (Joseph) 

Do. 

Do. 

Rand  (Isaac)           May,  1805. 

Williams  1st 

Oct. 

Do. 

Walter  (W.  B.)        June,  Do.     Mr,  Payne. 

Williams  2d 

Do. 

Do. 

Parker  2d                July,  Do. 

Tuttle  (Daniel) 

Do. 

Do. 

Lynn  Academy. 

Ruggles  (Sam'l)      Mar.  1806. 

Boyd  (Ebr  L.) 

Jan. 

1808. 

Winthrop  (John)    July,  Do.    Mr 

.  CuDMnings. 

Fesenden 

Do. 

Do. 

Lincoln  Ist(Jairus)  Sept.  Do. 

Stevenson 

Do. 

Do. 

Winslow  2d               Do.    Do. 

Tilden 

Do. 

Do. 

Eustis  (George)        Do.    Do. 

Brewer  1st 

Do, 

Do. 

Furness  1st                Do.    Do. 

Brewer  2d 

Mar. 

Do. 

Thayer  2d                   Do.    Do. 

Wells  3d 

Do. 

Do. 

Apthorp  (John  T.)  Nov.  Do.     Mr 

.  Hosmer. 

Snelling  2d 

Do. 

Do. 

Newman  2d               Do.    Do. 

Burroughs  1st* 

Do. 

Do, 

Lincoln2d(Hawkes)Jan.  1807. 

Burroughs  2d* 

Do. 

Do. 

Wells  1st                   Apr.   Do. 

Fletcher 

Do. 

Do. 

Dall  (John)               May,  Do.     Mr 

Willard. 

Larkin 

Do. 

Do. 

Mr, 

Whitaker. 

Bradford  (D.  N.)     June,  Do.     Mr 

Cummings. 

Wyman  2d 

Do. 

Do. 

On  the  outside  of  this  list  is  the  following  endorsement:  "List  of  Scholars  in 
the  Latin  Scljool  (Boston)  May  12,  1808:  1st  Class,  16;  2d  Class.  18;  8d  Class, 
23;  4th  Class,  29;  total,  86.     Received  from  Mr.  Bigelow,  May  17, 18(J8.     J.  D.t" 


*  Twin  sons  of  old  Mr.  G.  Burroughs,  Hollls  Street. 
t  Judge  Davis,  referred  to  on  p.  vi. 


144 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*  William  Burly  i 
*William  Barron  Calhoun 

Yale  1814,  A.M.,  LL.D.  Am- 
hei"st  1858,  Memh.  of  Consrress, 
Sec.  of  ConiiiioDw.  of  Ma:jd.       'ISGo 

*Thomas  B.  Chase 

*  Charles  Cleland^ 
*Stephen  Codman^ 
*James  Freeman  Curtis^ 

U.S.N.,  Sup't  IJ.  i  W.  R.R.      •1839 

*Thomas  Buckminster  Cur- 

tis^  #1871 

*  (Henry  Dennie'^)  •i84i 

*  Watson  Freeman' 

Dep.  Sheriff  of  Suffolk  Countv, 
United  States  Mai-shal.  *18G8 


•Timothy  Gay 
•William  Joseph  Loring^ 

Han-.  1813,  A.M. 

•Samuel  Morse  ^ 
•George  Parker 
•Daniel  Parkman^" 

llarv.  181.3,  A.M. 

•Isaac  Hopkins  Rand^^ 

U.  S.  Navy. 

•William  Jones  Spooner^^ 

Ilarv.  1813,  A.M. 

•(Thomas)  Sprague^'^ 
•(Ebenezer)  Thayer^^ 
•James  Thwing 
•Samuel  Clap  Thwing  ^-^ 


•1841 


•1841 


•1822 


•1824 


I  Rev.  Dr.  Watson  says  lie  had  a  brother  Thomas,  who  was  also  at  our  School.  We  do 
not  find  him  on  the  list  bcf^inning  on  p.  142,  nor  on  any  other  in  our  possession. 

-  Son  of  a  broker.     Lived  in  Middlecot  Street.    J.  L.  W.  teste. 

8  Brother  of  Heniy  and  Richard  C.  of  our  Classes  of  1799  and  1807. 

4  See  Burial  Register  of  King's  Chapel ;  also,  pamphlet  on  the  Descendants  of  William 
Curtis,  by  Samuel  C  Clarke,  p.  23. 

6  Son  of  Thonfas,  brother  of  Charles  P.  of  our  Class  of  1803,  and  of  James  F.  above. 
See  the  pamphlet  mentioned  in  the  preceding  note,  p.  22. 

<=  This  name  is  inserted  on  the  authority  of  Rev.  J.  L.  Watson,  D.D.  below,  who  writes 
May  16th,  1882:  "I  can  s&j positively  he  was  at  the  B.  Latin  School  in  some  of  the  years 

that  I  was  there 1  left  him  at  the  School  in  1809,  and  in  1811  he  entered  our  Class, 

1815,  IL  C,  .  .  and  at  the  end  of  the  Sophomore  year,  or  perhaps  a  little  before  that,  ho 
left  College."  ^  Inserted  on  Rev.  E.  E.  Hale's  interleaved  Catalogue. 

s  Son  of  Caleb,  and  brother  of  Charles  (4.  of  our  Class  of  1804. 

9  Dr.  Watson  says  there  was  a  boy  in  the  School  by  the  niinie  of  Morse  or  Morss,  whose 
Christian  name  he  never  knew,  l)ut  whom  Master  Biglow  used  to  call  \ip  in  tliis  wise,  "  O 
mors,  mors,  pallida  mors,"  and  the  name  stuck  to  him,  so  that  the  lioys  called  liim  "Pallidy 
Morse,"  many  of  them  probably  hardly  knowing  that  he  liad  any  other  name. 

10  Brother  of  Francis  and  George,  of  our  Class  of  1800. 

II  Son  of  Dr.  Rand.    Lived  in  Cambridge  Street,  north  of  Hanover. 

12  Son  of  Dr.  Spooncr,  who  lived  in  Bulfinch  Street,  in  the  rear  of  the  present  (1882) 
Revere  House. — J.  L.  W.    See  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.  3d  series,  vol.  i.  p.  265. 

13  The  Christian  name,  omitted  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  is  inserted  here  on  the  authority 
of  Dr.  Wat,son. 

n  The  Christian  name  is  inserted  on  Dr.  Hale's  interleaved  Catalogue,  and  coufirmed  by 
a  letter  from  Ebenezer  Thayer,  of  our  Class  of  1806. 

15  A  letter  on  file  from  William  Hayden,  of  our  Class  of  1807,  says  the  Christian  narao 
was  Su]>ply,  tlie  same  as  anotlier  S.  C.  Tliwiiig  who  was  alive  in  1847,  previous  to  which 
time  this  S.  C.  had  died,  and  Dr.  Watson  writing  of  Samuel  Clap  Thwing,  adds,  "Supply 
Clap  Thwing  was  a  cousin,  and  not  many  years  ago  reminded  me  that  he  was  at  the  Latia 
School,"  but  we  have  no  other  authority  for  inserting  this  nuuie,  and  so  have  not  done  it. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


145 


*(Ljnde  Minshull?)  Walter  i 

Harv.  1817,  A.M.,  Editor  of  the 
Boston  Transcript.  *1842 

*John  Lee  Watson"^ 

Harv.    1815,    A.  M.,    S.  T.  D. 
Columb.  N.Y.  1852.  *1884 

*Andrew  Gardner  Winslow 
*Samiiel  Wheeler  Wyman^ 

Hai-v.  1814,  M.D.  1818.  *1867 

1806. 

*John  Vaughan  Apthorp 

Hai-v.  1816,  A.M.  *1821 


^Benjamin  Blagge* 
*Geoege  Eustis 

Harv.  1815,  A.M.,  LL.D.  1849, 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Louisiana.  *1858 

*(William  ?)  Furness-^ 

Bookkeeper.  *1860 

*  Frederic  Gray 
*BeDJainin  Daniel  Greene 

Harv.  1812.  *1S62 

*  George  Edward  Head 

Hai-v.  1812.  *1861 


1  No  Christian  name  appears  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847.  Although  members  of  his  family 
say  Lynde  M.  never  went  to  the  School,  Gen.  Henry  K.  Oliver,  of  our  Class  of  1810-11, 
says  he  certainly  remembers  him  as  a  school-mate,  and  (May,  1882,)  declares  it  would  be 
more  of  a  mistake  to  omit  than  to  insert  his  name.  Perhaps  William  Bicker  "Walter,  who 
appears  in  the  Class  of  1808,  may  have  been  intended.  Mr.  Greenough's  interleaved  Cata- 
logue suggests  William,  which  would  confirm  the  supposition. 

2  Rev.  Dr.  Watson  sends  the  names  of  several  boys  whom  he  remembers  as  school- 
mates, but  as  we  do  not  find  them  elsewhere  recorded  as  at  our  School,  we  think  they  must 
have  been  with  him  either  at  Master  Pemberton's  school  which  he  attended  after  leaving 
this,  or  at  Nicholas  Faucon's  evening  school  in  Newbury  Street.  We  insert  them,  how- 
ever, in  the  hope  that  by  doing  so,  we  may  gain  further  information  by  which  we  can 
determine  definitely  whether  they  should  be  put  upon  our  list  or  not. 

May,  1882.  Eev.  Dr.  Watson  having  just  revised  this  list,  writes,  that  of  most  of  these 
he  feels  reasonably  sure,  and  of  those  marked  t  quite  certain. 


Joseph  Baxter. 
George  or 

Edward  Burroughs. 
George  Chandler. 
Solomon  Cotton.^ 
John  C.  Dalton. 
George  W.  Eggleston. 
William  P.  Greene. ^^ 


J.  P.  Hall. 
tH.  H.  Huggeford. 
tCharles  Hunt. 
fSamuel  Hunt. 

George  Hutchings. 

Charles  Keating.  || 

William  Page. 

Thomas  W.  Phillips. 


tJ.  Pomroy. 
fJoseph  Ripley. 

Daniel  Staniford. 

S.  Sturgis. 

William  Sweetser. 

Edward  S.  Swett.H 

John  Thaxter. 

Caleb  Winship.H 


3  Brother  of  William,  of  1808,  and  sou  of  William,  a  leather-dresser  at  the  sign  of  the 
Lamb  at  the  South  End. — J.  L.  W. 

•1  Brother  of  Samuel,  of  our  Class  of  1803. 

5  There  is  probably  very  little  doubt  that  this  Christian  name,  omitted  in  the  Catalogue 
of  1847,  is  correctly  inserted  here.  An  older  brother,  Nathaniel  Hurd  Furness,  who  died 
in  1872,  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  pupil  of  our  School,  but  as  he  left  school  in  1806, 
must  have  been  in  an  earlier  Class,  if  here  at  all.    His  name  is  not  found  on  any  list. 


$  Son  of  a  painter,  on  the  comer  of  Batteryraarch  and  Milk  Streets,  to  whose  business  he 
succeeded.  §  Son  of  Gardner  and  brother  of  Benjamin  D.  of  our  Class  of  1806. 

II  Or  his  brother  Oliver,  whose  father  lived  corner  of  Pemberton  Hill  and  Southack's  Court 
(now  Iloward  Street.)  1  Lived  in  Winter  Street. 


146 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


•1882 


*Jairus  Lincoln^ 

Han-.  1814,  A.M. 

*Edward  Newman 
*George  Newman 
*Samuel  Phillips  Newman 

Harv.  1816,  A.M..  Prof.  Lan- 
{Tuajrcs,  also  of  Rhetoric  and 
Oratory  Bowd.  Coll. 

*Samuel  Ruggles 
*Edward  Russell  ^ 

U.  S.  Navy. 

*Samuel  Stillman^     « 
*Ebenezer  Thayer 

* Wells-* 

♦Charles  Wild 

Harv.  1S14,  A.M.,  M.D.  1818.    'ISGi 

*Samuel  Winslow^ 
*  James  Bowdoiu  Winthrop,^ 
afterwards  James  Bowdoin 

Bowd.  1814,  A.M.,  and  Harv. 
1818,  and  Yiile  1826.  •1833 


•1842 


»1878 
►1883 


1807. 


•1S21 


•1867 


•Daniel  Neil  Bradford 

Hai-v.  1815,  A.M.  and  Trtnsvl 
1821. 

*Charles  Calhoun 

Clerk  of  Mas*.  Senate. 

*  William  Henry  Chase 
*Richard  Cartwright  Codman' 

•ivj- 

*Isaac  Coffin 
*John  Dalis 

Hai-v.  1815,  A.M. 

*  Joseph  Fosdick^ 
*John  Clarke  Furness 
♦William  Hay  den  10 

Postmaster,  Boston. 

♦Daniel  Ingalls 

Ilar^•.  1818,  A.M.,  M.D.  Brown 


•1852 


•1830 


•1880 


1S22. 

♦Levi  Joy 


•1828 


1  In  the  Boston  Journal  of  Wednesday,  May  17th,  1882,  as  these  pages  were  poing 
through  the  press,  appeared  an  autobiographical  notice,  dated  Dec.  3,  1881,  of  Jairus  Lin- 
coln, who  died  in  Northborough,  Mass.,  on  the  Friday  before.  May  12th,  in  which  he 
says :  "  I  was  fitted  for  College  at  the  Latin  School  by  William  Bitrlow,  and  entered  Har- 
vard College  1810,  the  same  year  that  Dr.  Kirkland  was  chosen  President  of  that  institu- 
tion  I  was  born  in  Boston  Apr.  16,  1794.    W^hen  I  was  six  years  old  I  witnessed 

the  funeral  procession  of  George  Washington ;  and  at  the  age  of  i>erfn  I  entered  the  Eng- 
lish School,  standing  where  the  City  Hall  now  stands,  and  subsequently  the  Latin  School, 
which  stood  where  the  Parker  House  now  stands." 

2  He  was  captured  in  the  Chesapeake  according  to  Mr.  Ilaydcn's  letter,  referred  to  above. 
8  When  at  School,  lived  in  a  house  opposite  Little,  Brown  and  Co.'s  present  (1882)  pub- 
lishing liouse.  *  This  name  is  inserted  to  correspond  with  the  list  in  note  to  p.  142. 

6  Perhaps  a  younger  brother  of  .Vndrew  G.  of  our  Class  of  1S05. — .1.  L.  W. 

6  The  Catalogue  of  1847  says,  afterwards  Jolin  Temple  James  Bowdoin,  which  is  an  error. 
His  Memoir,  (Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.  3d  scries,  ix.  224,)  says  he  was  a  pupil  of  our  School. 
At  his  death,  his  brother,  John  Temple  Winthrop,  Harv.  1815,  (probably  a  pupil  of  our 
School,  as  some  of  our  older  living  pupils  think  they  remember  him  here,  and  perhaps  of 
this  Class,  though  we  have  no  record  to  justify  placing  him  in  it)  in  nccordanrc  with  the 
Will  of  the  founder  of  Bowdoin  College,  dropped  the  name  of  Winthrop,  adding  in  i:< 
place  that  of  James  Bowdoin.     See  Whitman's  Hist.  A.  and  II.  Art.  Co.  2<\  edit.  p.  407. 

7  The  middle  name  we  obtain  fmm  Kev.  Dr.  Watson,  who  says  he  went  to  College,  but 
never  graduated,  and  died  soon  after  1822.  He  had  three  brothers— Henry,  of  17W; 
Stephen,  of  1805;  and  Edward,  and  lived  at  the  corner  of  Allston  and  Middlecot  Streets. 

8  Mr.  C.  Hickling,  of  our  Class  of  1810-11,  writes  :  "He  lived  near  the  "green  stores '  on 
the  Neck.  His  family  name  was  pronounced  Doll.  He  came  into  School  late  one  morn- 
ing with  Jack  Wood,  and  the  monitor  cried  out,  '  Wood  an'  Doll  tartly,'  which  cii-ated  a 
general  smile."      *  Dr.  Watson  says  he  was  the  son  of  a  sailmaker,  and  lived  on  Fort  Hill. 

JO  Fii-st  Auditor  of  the  City  of  Boston.    For  many  years  publisher  of  the  "  Boston  .\tlas." 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


147 


*George  Ploratio  Kuhui      *i879 
*Johii  Kuhn^ 

Real  Estate  Agent.  *1S78 

*John  Peirce  Lathro'p'^         *1843 
*Winslow  Lewis 

Harv.  1819,  A.M.,  M.D.  1822.    *1875 

*Hawkes  Lincoln*  #1375 

*Josepli  Hussey  Mackay 

Harv.  1815,  A.M.  *1820 

*  William  Henry  Moulton   *i8i5 
*Samuel  Prince 

Supercargo.  *1824 

*  Daniel  Sargent^  *1814 
*Caleb  Hopkins  Snow^ 

Brown  1813,  A.M.,  M.D.  1821.  *1835 

*John  Phillips  Spooner''' 

Harv.  1817,  A.M.,  M.D.  1820.    *1878 

*Tliomas  Thompson 

Harv.  1817,  A.M.  *1869 

*Charles  Torrey^ 

Harv.  1814.  *1873 

*Daniel  Tuttle 
*Henry  Wainwright 
*Charles  Warren^  ?*1849 


*John  Doane  Wells 

Hai-v.  1817.  A.M.,  M.D,  1820, 
and  Berk.  Med.  Sch.  1829,  Prof, 
of  Anatomy  and  Surg,  in  Bowd. 
Coll.,  Prof."  Anat.  Coll,  of  Mary- 
land. *1830 

* Wells  10 


*Lot  Wheelwright 

Merchant.  «1849 

*John  Tower  Wheelwright 


Farmer. 


*1851 


*Robert  Breck  Garven  Wil- 
liams 

Harv.  1818,  A.M.  *1829 


^(William?)  Williams 


11 


1808.^^- 

*Ebenezer  Little  Boyd 
*George  Maltby  Brewer 

Harv.  1816,  Usher. 

*Nathaniel  Brewer 

Harv.  1814,  M.D.  1818. 

*Robert  Burns 
*Walter  Burns 


*1822 


*1853 


1  Died  Feb.  21. 

2  We  add  this  name  on  the  authority  of  the  list  given  in  the  note  on  p.  142,  which  men- 
tions a  Kuhn  2d,  and  of  Dr.  Watson,  Avho  remembers  a  John  Kiihn  at  the  School,  a  cousin 
of  George  H.  above,  and  son  of  John  Kuhn,  a  tailor,  to  whose  business  he  succeeded. 

3  Dr.  Watson  says  he  was  an  Episcopal  clergyman. 

4  Brother  of  Jairus,  of  our  Class  of  1806.    Died  23  Jan, 

s  Son  of  Ignatius,  who  lived  in  Atkinson  Street. — J,  L,  W. 

6  Author  of  a  History  of  Boston. 

7  Son  of  Dr.  Spooner,  and  brother  of  William  Jones  S.  of  our  Class  of  1805, 

8  Son  of  Samuel  and  lived  in  South  Street. — J.  L.  W, 

9  Probably  a  brother  of  Dr.  John  C.  Warren,  of  our  Class  of  1786.  The  Catalogue  of 
1847  gives  a  middle  name  Henrj',  which  is  incorrect,  if  our  identification  is  not  wrong. 

10  According  to  the  list  in  the  note  on  p,  142,  q.  v.  another  Wells  entered  Sept.  1807. 

11  We  had  questioned  whether  the  Christian  name  here,  which  was  omitted  in  the  Cata- 
logue of  1847,  might  not  be  John  Adams,  Harv.  1820,  but  in  the  memoranda  of  Dr.  Watson, 
we  find  a  William,  brother  of  Robert  above,  and  on  that  authority  we  insert  the  name. 

1-  The  Catalogue  of  1847  says :  "  There  is  a  Manuscript  Catalogue  of  the  Scholars  May 
12,  1808,  with  the  times  of  entrance  between  that  time  and  April,  1805."  This  is  probably 
the  list  published  in  the  note  on  p.  142. 


148 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*James  Burroughs^ 
*John  Burroughs^ 

* Covcr]j2 

*Arthur  Fessende:r'' 
*(Rufus  ?)  Fletcher^ 
*(Stephen  Minot),  afterwards 
(Ebenezer  Thayer)  Fogg'' 

Savin^rs  I5ank  Treasurer.  *1861 

*William  Bentley  Fowle^ 

Teacher.  *1865 

*Doddridge  Crocker  Hich- 
born" 

Har^-.  1816,  A.M.  *1825 

*Johii  Hoffman 

*George  Makepeace  Larkin^ 

*  Joseph  INIanning^ 

Printer. 

*  Benjamin  Clark  Cutler  Par- 

ker'^ ^ 

Harv.  1822,  A.M.  *1859 

*  (William  Prince)  ^ 

Diy  Goods  Merchant.  •1834 

*Thomas  Baldwin  Ripley 

Brown  1814.  *1876 


*John  Rogers  ^2 

ILirv.  ksJO,  A.M.  •\9»i 

•Andrew  (Symmes)  Snelling^^ 

•1874 

•Jonathan  Greely  Stevenson 

Han-.  ISIG,  A.M.,  M.D.  1826, 
U>lier  and  Sub-master.  •ISSS 

*Williani  Tiiomas  Stevenson^* 

llsr\.  ISlf),  M.i^lcr  Mariner.      'IS^S 

Christopher  Tilden 
♦William  Bicker  Walter^^ 

Bowd.  1818,  A.M.  'l^l-l 

Wells 

•Benjamin  Whitman 

Brown  ISk"),  A.M.  •1840 

•William  Wyman^^* 


1809. 

•William  Clough^" 

Ilarv.  1816,  A.M.,  1825.      •1866 

•Joseph  Coolidge 

Harv.  1817,  A.M.  •1879 


I  Twin  brothers,  sons  of  George. — J.L.W.         2  Perhaps  the  Samuel  of  ourClass  of  1804. 
8  In  a  letter  from  Mr.  Hayden  of  our  Class  of  1807,  the  first  name  is  given  Benjamin 

instead  of  Arthur.  ■*  The  Christian  name  is  a  suggestion  of  Dr.  Watson's, 

fi  The  Christian  name,  omitt«d  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  was  suggested  by  Ebenezer 
Thayer,  of  our  Class  of  1806,  and  is  inserted  as  given  on  information  received  from  Hon. 
E.  T.  Fogg,  of  South  Scituate,  his  son. 

*  Sec  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register,  vol.  xxiii.  (Apr.  1869),  p.  109. 

'  From  Charleston,  S.  C. — W.  II.  *  Son  of  Eben.  Larkiu,  the  bookseller. 

'■>  Entered  Harvard  College,  Class  of  1815,  but  did  not  gi-aduatc. 

1*  Another  son  of  R't  Rev.  Samuel. 

II  This  name,  omitted  on  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  is  inserted  here  on  the  authority  of  his 
brother,  John  T.  Prince,  who  says  (18S2)  that  though  uncertain  of  the  year  of  liis  entrance, 
he  remembers  him  to  have  been  a  pupil  of  Mr.  IJiglow.  At  this  time  he  would  have  been 
about  seven  years  old,  which,  though  young,  is  not  younger  than  many  entered,  as  we  have 
seen  in  Mr.  Hunt's  Catalogue. 

1-  The  first  name,  omitted  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  is  inserted  on  his  own  authority. 

18  Son  of  Master  Jonatlian,  b.  19  July,  1797,  died  in  New  York,  25  (Vt.  The  middle 
name  is  supplied  by  Mr.  Thos.  H.  Perkins.  n  Brother  of  Jonathan  G.  above. 

l!*  Dr.  Watson  says  lie  was  a  nephew  of  Rev.  Dr.  Walter  of  Christ  Chuix-h.  He  adds, 
"Mr.  Biglow  used  often  to  administer  a  dose  of  his  '  Dr.  Busby  '  to  him,  and  at  tlic  same 
time  with  a  grim  kind  of  jocoseness  repeat  for  his  beuclit  the  following  jingle :  'Walter, 
Walter,  if  you  don't  alter,  you'll  come  to  tiie  halter.'  " 

16  Brother  of  Samuel  W.  of  1800.  i'  Dr.  W.  savs  he  was  a  "  North-cndcr." 


PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


149 


*Samuel  Atkins  Eliot 

Harv.  1817,  A.M.,  Treas.  Hai-v., 
Mayor  of  Boston,  Member  of 
Congress.  *1862 

*William  Havard  Eliot ^ 

Hai-v.  1815,  A.M.  *1831 

*  Henry  Jones  Ripley 

Harv.  1816,  A.M.,  1821,  S.T.D. 
1845,  and  Alabama  1844,  Prof. 
Sacred  Liter,  etc.,  in  Newton 
Theol.  Acad.  *1875 

* Withington 


1810-1811. 


*1878 


♦1826 


*1826 


*Josepli  Thornton  Adams 

Harv.  1820,  A.M. 

*William  Foster  Apthorp 

Harv.  1818,  A.M. 

*William  Austin^ 

*  William  Henry  Bass^ 

Harv.  1819,  A.M. 

*James  Boyle 

Clerk  of  Sup.  Jud.  C't,  Suffolk 
County.  *1869 

*  William  Jolin  Alden  Brad- 

ford 

Harv.  1816,  A.M.  *1858 

*George  Storer  Biilfinch 

Harv.  1817,  Usher.  *1853 


Stoddard  Capen 

James  Carter 
**(Henry)  Cotton* 
*Thomas  Bulfinch  Coolidge^ 

Harv.   1819,    and    Yale,    A.M. 
Harv.  *1S50 

*George  Henry  Curtis*^       *i826 
*Nathaniel  Curtis^ 

Harv.  1818,  A.M.  *1873 

*George  Minot  Dawes^ 

Crier  U.  S.  Dist.  Court.  *1871 

*Rufus  Dawes  9 

Lawyer.  *1859 

*Edward  Dorr 

Harv.  1819,  A.M.  *1844 

*John  Allen  Eaton  i^  *i88i 

*William  Emerson 

Harv.  1818,  A.M.  *1868 

*Thomas  Stanhope  English^i 

Major  U.  S.  Marines.  *1871 

(Samuel?)  Falesi2 
Frederic  Augustus  Farley 

Harv.  1818,  A.M.,  and  Brown 
1829,  S.T.D.  Harv.  1850. 

Frothingham 

George  W.  Gardner^  ^ 
(Samuel  F.)  Gibbsi* 


1  See  Whitman's  History  of  the  A.  and  H.  Artillery  Co.  2d  edition,  p.  408 

2  The  Christian  name  is  suggested  on  Dr.  Hale's  interleaved  Catalogue. 

3  See  Burial  Register  of  King's  Chapel. 

4  The  pride  of  the  School.    R.  W.  Emerson  says  Mr.  Biglow  advanced  him  a  year,  pre- 
tending it  for  a  punishment.    He  died  of  yellow  fever. 

8  Brother  of  Joseph,  of  our  Class  of  1809. 

6  Added  on  Dr.  Hale's  interleaved  Catalogue.    See  a  pamphlet  by  Samuel  C.  Clarke,  of 
our  Class  of  1816,  on  the  Descendants  of  William  Curtis,  p.  19. 

7  See  the  pamphlet  mentioned  in  the  last  note.  8  b.  25  Jan.  1802. 

9  b.  27  Jan.  1803.  w  b.  in  Boston  14  July,  1799 ;  died  at  Whiting,  N.J.  27  May, 

11  Died  22  Mar.    Brother  of  George  B.  of  our  Class  of  1797. 

12  Dr.  Farley,  below,  suggests  the  Christian  name.    J.  L.  W.  says  he  was  a  son  of  Samuel ; 
lived  in  "  Cape  Cod  "  Row,  and  was  named  Samuel. 

IS  Added  on  Dr.  Hale's  interleaved  Catalogue. 

l<  The  Christian  name,  omitted  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  is  suggested  by  Rev.  W.  H. 
Furucss,  D.D.  of  our  Class  of  1812 


150 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


•1864 


♦1820-1 


Matthew  Willey  Green  ^ 
*Fredeiic  Warren  Goddard-     . 

•1820 

•(Charles?)  Hammond"^ 
Charles  Hickliug 

Printer  aud  Publisher. 

*William  Hickling 

Hinckley 

Hinckley 

*Samuel  West  Holland 

Master  Mariner.  •1833 

N.  R.  B.  Homans 

Homer 

Homer 

*John  Hazelhurst  Ingraham 

llan-.  1818.  •1822 

*Francis  Jenks^ 

Hai-v.  1817,  A.M.,  Usher,  Pub- 
lisher. *1832 

*John  Marston 

Rear  Ailniiral  U.  S.  Xaw. 


•1885 


•Constant  Freeman  Miuns^ 

Merchant.  •1841 

•Thomas  Henry  Oliver,*^  after- 
wards Henry  Kemble  Oliver 

Dait.  ISIS  and  Ilarv..  A.M. 
Harv.  lS(j2,  >rayor  of  Law- 
rence, also  of  Salem,  Ailjt.-Gen. 
and  Trea<i.  Comm.  of  Mass.       •ISSS 

•Charles  Albert  Parker 

Harv.  1810,  A.M.  •1877 

•Richard  Green  Parker" 

Ilarv.  1S17,  A.M.,  Teacher.        •1869 

John  Quincy 
•Chandler  Robbins 

Bowd.  1815,  A.M.,  M.D.  Ilan-. 
1818.  •1836 

George  Henry  Snelling^ 
•Thomas  Stephenson^ 

JUw.  1819,  A.M.  •1840 

•Edward  Niles  Thayer^ '^ 

Actor.  '  ^1870 

Thayeri^ 

(Thomas)  Thompson  ^- 


I  Added  on  Dr.  Hale's  interleaved  Catalo;,'ue. 

'-  The  middle  name,  which  was  printed  Wist  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  is  now  changed 
on  the  authority  of  John  J.  May,  of  our  Committee,  and  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  George  E.  Ellis. 
He  was  drowned  at  Zurich,  Switzerland,  22  Aug.  See  Wordsworth's  Elegiac  Stanzas  on 
his  death. 

3  No  Christian  name  was  given  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847.  That  given  hei-e  is  probably 
correct,  but  perhaps  this  may  have  bceu  William  Gardner,  who  graduated  at  Brown  Uni- 
versity in  1821. 

*  Cousin  of  T.  R.  J.  in  the  Class  of  1813. 

6  Sec  Burial  Register  of  King's  Chapel. 

6  See  Whitman's  History  of  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Co.  second  edition,  p.  435. 

'  See  a  letter  in  the  Appendix.    Author  of  "  Aids  to  English  Compo!>itioii." 

8  Perhaps  the  same  who  was  afterwards  George  Leicester  Snelliug. 

9  This  name,  on  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  was  spelled  Stevenson.  Are  we  wrong  in  our 
identiflcatiou  ? 

JO  The  Christian  name  was  omitted  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847.  He  lived  in  Higli  Street, 
opposite  Pearl,  and  was  famous  at  school  for  giving  dramatic  ciitirtuiuments. — J.  L.  W. 
He  was  a  midshipman  on  the  Chesapeake,  aud  taken  ])risoner  by  the  ^^hunnoa. 

II  Perhaps  a  brother  of  the  above.  George  Richards  Mjnot  Tluiyer,  b.  6  Nov.  1800,  died 
6  Aug.  1841 ;  or  Frederick  Nathaniel  Thayer,  b.  :J0  July,  1801,  died  o  Aug.  1S27. 

12  Is  this  Christian  name,  suggested  by  R.  W.  Kmrrsoa  and  other  living  pupils  of  tlic 
School  in  1880,  a  rc]ietition  of  the  same  name  in  tlic  Class  of  1807 ;  or  may  he  be  Tlioma« 
Hunt  Thoiupson,  who  graduated  at  the  Harvanl  Medical  School  in  1826  ? 


PUBLIC    LATLN"   SCHOOL. 


151 


Peter  Albertus  Voa  Hagen,i 
afterwards  Davis  Coolidge 
Ballard 

Watson  2 

Wells 

Edmund  Winchester 

John  S.  Wood 

Samuel  Wood^ 


The  name  of  "Ward  Marston  was 
given  in  this  Class  in  the  Catalogiie 
of  1847,  but  in  a  note  from  him  he 
disclaims  ever  having  been  at  the 
School,  and  expresses  a  doubt  if  his 
brother  were.     He  died  April,  1882. 


1812. 

*  Joseph  Bar  rill 
*William  Henry  Blake 

Harv.  1821,  A.M.  1849.  *1865 

Clarke 4 

*James  Cunningham* 

Merchant.  1826 

*Loring  Pelham  Curtis 

Harv.  1821.  1824 


*Ralpli  Waldo  Emerson^ 

Haiv.  1821,  A.M.  1827,  LL.D. 
1866.  *1882 

William  Henry  Furness 

Hai-v.  1820,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  1847 
Minister  at  Philadelphia. 

*Samuel  Blagge  Gibbs*^ 

Hale4 

*George  Planners''' 
*Feederic  Percival  Lev- 

EKETT 

Haw.  1821,  A.M.,  Usher,  Sub- 
Master  and  Head  Master.  *1836 

Edward  Greely  Loring 

Harv.  1821,  U.  S.  Commissioner 
Mass.,  Judge  of  Pi'ol)ate  for 
Suffolk  County,  Judge  of  U.  S. 
Court  of  Claims. 

Robert  Caldwell  Mackay 

Merchant. 

*Thomas  MeClure 
*George  Alexander  Otis 

Harv.  1821,  A.M.,  Usher.  *1831 

*John  Prescott^ 

U.  S.  Army.  *1837 

*  Caleb  Hopkins  Rand^       *i828 


1  Hon.  H.  K.  Oliver,  the  night  that  he  presided  at  the  annual  dinner  of  the  Latin  School 
Association,  (Nov.  10,  1880,)  told  a  story  of  meeting  him  a  short  time  before,  and  calling 
him  by  the  name  which  he  had  dropped  years  previously,  to  his  infinite  surprise. 

2  Dr.  Watson  says  this  could  not  have  been  Adolphus  Eugene  Watson,  Harv.  1820,  A.M., 
died  1376,  his  youngest  brother,  whose  name  has  been  inserted  on  Dr.  Hale's  interleaved 
Catalogue,  and  in  addenda  to  the  edition  of  the  Catalogue  in  1847,  and  was  suggested  by 
Dr.  Furness,  as  he  was  never  at  the  Latin  School. 

3  This  name  was  printed  Woods  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  bu't  Mr.  Charles  Hickling,  of 
this  Class,  says  it  should  be  Wood,  as  he  was  a  brother  of  John  above. 

4  Not  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  but  inserted  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Hale,  D.D.,  in  his  manuscript 
Catalogue,  and  in  addenda  to  the  edition  of  the  Catalogue  in  1847. 

5  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1881-3,  p.  298 ;  also  Appendix, 
"The  regular  course  of  studies,  the  yeai-s  of  academical  and  professional  education,  have 

not  yielded  me  better  facts  than  some  idle  books  under  the  bench  at  the  Latin  School." — 
Emerson  s  Essays. 

6  Perhaps  identical  with  the  Gibbs  of  the  Class  of  1810-1811.    Dr.  Farley,  of  that  Class, 
thinks  Samuel  Gibbs  had  no  middle  name. 

7  Is  he  George  Manson  Banners,  Yale,  1823,  A.M.,  M.D.  1827  ?    8  Died  soon  after  1830. 
9  This  name  was  not  on  the  Catalogue  of  1847.    It  is  entered  on  Dr.  Hale's  Catalogue, 

and  in  addenda  to  the  Catalogue  of  1847.    He  was  a  brother  of  Isaac,  of  our  Class  of  1805. 


152 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


*  William  Cutter  Stimpson^ 

Dnigt'ist.  •1875 

Samuel  Barrett  Tuck 

Clerk  in  Custom  House. 

*Isaac  Winslow 

Commission  Broker.  "1878 

*  Alexander  Young"^ 

Haiv.  1820,  A.M.  and  Yale  1823, 
S.T.D.  1846 ;  Usher,  Secretary 
of  the  Latin  School  Association, 
Minister  of  New  South  Ch.        *1854 


1813, 

Thomas  Gamaliel  Bradford 

Ilarv.  1822,  Usher. 

Thomas  D.  Bradlee 
Francis  Bulfinch^ 
*  George  Edmund  Chase 

Ilai-v.  1822.  *1844 

*David  Weld  Child 
*Edward  Bliss  Emerson 

Ilarv.  1824,  A.M.  *1834 

William  Henry  Foster 


*John  Lowell  Gardner        •1884 

Harv.  1821,  A.M. 

*Joseph  Snow  Hubbart 

Harv.  1822,  A.M.  1827.  •\i'\ 

*Theodore  Russell  Jencks* 

Harv.  1821,  Lawyer.  'ISSS 

Charles  Leverett^ 
*Tristram  Barnard  Mackay^ 

•1884 

David  Mayo^ 
♦William  Foster  Otis'' 

Harv.  1821,  A.M.  •ISSS 

*Robert  Treat  Paine" 

Harv.  1822,  A.M.  •ISS* 

Henry  Bromfield  Rogers 

Ilarv.  1822,  A.M. 

Francis  Spooner^ 
John  Tucker^ 
*Henry  Stockbridge  Wade 

Harv.  1822,  A.^L,  M.D.  1827.    'ISSO 

*John  Davis  Weld  Williams 

•1873 


1  "We  take  this  name,  which  was  not  <j:iven  on  the  Catalogue  of  1817,  from  Mr.  Stimjv 
8on's  subscription  to  the  Kcgistcr  of  the  Latin  School  Association.  Tlic  miildlc  name  was 
furnished  by  his  daughter.    ]5r.  Watson  writes  that  he  remembers  him  at  the  School. 

2  See  Collections  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  4th  series,  vol.  ii.  pp.  241-245. 

8  Inserted  on  Rev.  Dr.  Hale's  interleaved  Catalogue.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Latin  School 
Association,  and  on  the  Register  has  subscribed  himself  as  entering  this  year. 

4  Son  of  Rev.  William  Jenks,  D.D.,  of  our  Class  of  1790. 

6  Probably  Charles  Edward  Leverett,  Trin.  1830,  .\.M.  Harv.  1848;  died  ISOS. 

8  See  Ijoring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  493. 

'  Sec  a  letter  in  the  Appendix. 

8  Not  on  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  but  inserted  on  Dr.  Hale's  Catalogue;  and  in  addenda  to 
Catalogue  of  1847. 

6  Brother  of  Robert  C.  of  our  Cliiss  of  1812,  Joseph  H.  of  1807,  and  William  of  1S04. 
Inserted  on  authority  of  Robert  C.  Mackay. 


CHAPTER    VII. 

1814-1828. 


o>»:o 


The  chapter  corresponding  to  this  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  ex- 
tended from  1814-1836,  and  a  note  stated  that  as  far  as  1824  it  was 
"made  up  mostly  from  Mr.  Gould's  printed  catalogues  from  1819  to 
1824,  and  from  the  School  records  of  those  who  finished  the  whole 
course."  It  has  seemed  better  to  divide  it,  so  as  to  make  a  separate 
chapter  of  Mr.  Gould's  administration,  as  was  done  in  the  case  of 
Mr.  Biglow's.  Most  of  the  changes  in  names  in  this  chapter,  of 
which  there  are  several,  are  made  on  the  authority  of  the  owners 
themselves,  or  members  of  their  immediate  families,  from  whom 
the  Committee  has  received  much  assistance.  As  the  letters  from 
these  sources  contain  much  interesting  matter,  for  which  there  is  not 
room  in  this  volume,  they  have  been  filed  among  the  archives  of  the 
Association. 


1814. 

Duncan  Bradford 

Harv.  1824,  Usher,  Prof.U.S.lSr. 

*Ebenezer  Dorr  Child,  af- 
terwards Edward  Ver- 
non Childe 

Hai-v.  1823,  A.M.  *1861 

*Francis  Cunningham 

Harv.  1825.  *1867 

*Jonathan  Amory  Davis 

Merchant.  *1865 

*  James  Nathaniel  Deblois^ 

Merchant.  *1858 

*John  Haven  Dexter,  after- 
wards John  Coffin  Dexter 

Merchant.  *1846 


*Joseph   Dorr,   afterwards 
Joseph  Goldthwait  Dorr 

Merchant.  *1867 

John  Dunn 

William  Dunn 
*Eben  Farley ^  *i849 

*Nathaniel  Fosdick 

Charles  W.  Foster 

Merchant. 

**Ebenezer  Francis  »i8i5 

*John  Geyer 

Merchant. 

*John  Hancock 3  «i85o 

*  Ellis  Gray  Loring* 

Lawyer.  *1858 


1  Died  13  Aug.  2  a  brother  of  Rev.  Frederick  A.  of  our  Qass  of  1810-11.' 

3  Died  5  Jan.    Son  of  John,  of  our  Class  of  1780. 

4  Died  25  May.    Went  to  College,  but  left  in  the  Senior  year. 

(153) 


154 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


*  William  Newell^ 

Ilarv.  1824,  A.M..  S.T.D.  1853; 
Usher,  Miuistcr  of  Fii-st  Parish, 
Cambridf^e.  •1881 

*George  Nichols^  «i82i 

James  Henry  Paine 
*Jolia  B(rooks'^)  Parker 

Merchant ;  Treas.  B.  &  L.  R.  R.  •1870 

*Gideon  Snow 

*Thomas  Stevenson*  •1820 

*Goffiu  Sumner 

Merchant. 

Webbs 

*Daniel  Weld 

Ilarv.  1823.  •1825 

*  George  Wadstvorth  Wells 

Harv.  1823,  A.M.  •1843 

*George  Richards  Minot  With- 
ington^^ 

Univ.  of  Vermont,  1825,  A.M., 
and  Ilarv.  1828.  *1858 


1815. 


*  Charles  Blan  chard  •i863 

*Frederic  B.  Calleuder 

*George  Callender'^  nseo 

Gustavus  Callender 
Gardner  Leonard  Chandler 

Clerk. 

*Joseph  Dall 

*Charles  Henry  Davis 

Ilarv.  1823,  A.M.  1841,  LL.D. 
18G8,  Rear  Admiral  U.S.N.        •1877 

*John  James  Dixwell^ 

Merchant.  •1876 


*Augustus  Sidney  Doane 

Ilan-.  182.J,  A.M.,  M.I).  1828.    •1852 

*Andrew  Cunningham  Dorr 

Sec.  Amer.  Ins.  Co.  •ISSS 

♦Clifford  Dorr 

Harv.  1825,  M.D.  1829.  •ISSS 

Francis  Oliver  Dorr 

Harv.  1825. 

*George  Bucknam  Dorr 

Harv.  1S24,  •1876 

James  Ellison 

Mercliant. 

*Benjaunn  Bucknam  Fessen- 
den^^ 

Lawyer.  ^1849 

Charles  Stephen  Francis 
James  Freeman 
George  Geyer 
*Lewis  Glover 

Harv-.  1824,  A.M.  1828.  •1839 

William  Goddard 

Mechanic. 

*  Alfred  Greenwood 

Harv.  1824.  "ISeS 

*George  Washington  Holland 

Wliolesale  Shoe  Dealer.  ^1847 

*John  Clarke  Howard 

Harv.  1825,  A.M.,  M.D.  1828.    •1844 

*Charles  Russell  Lowell 


Harv.  1826,  A.M. 
Liln-ariau. 


•1870 


*William  Perkins  Matchett 

Harv.  1S24,  A.M.  •1834 

*James  Murphy 
•Joseph  Russell  Otis 

IlaiT.  1825.  •1864 

*Charles  Hamilton  Parker 

Mcl-chant.  •1874 


1  Sec  Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1884-85,  p.  72.  Captain  of 
the  School.  2  Died  in  College.  »  I'robahly.  «  Died  in  College. 

8  Rev.  Dr.  Newell  of  this  Class  adds  this  name. 

«  Died  11  M;iy.     Perhaps  the  same  as  the  Withington  of  1S12.  7  Died  Feb.  25. 

8  One  of  the  recipients  of  the  Llotd  CJold  Modal  at  the  Kn^rlixh  Hijrh  School.  Grand- 
son of  Master  Hunt ;  son  of  .lohn  Dixwell  of  our  Class  of  1783,  and  brother  of  IC.  S.  Dixwell 
of  our  Class  of  1816.  »  Captain  of  the  School. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


155 


'^Samuel  Parker  Parker 

Harv.  1824,  S.T.D.  Union  1861 ; 
Usher ;  Minister  at  Stockbridge.*1880 

*Staunton  Parker 

Merchant. 

Charles  Pierce 
*  William  Pratt 

Harv.  1824,  A.M.  1828.  *1842 

Augustus  L.  Richardson 

Merchant. 

*Peter  Roe  Dalton  Rogers 

Merchant. 

*Frederic  Henry  Stimpson 

^lanufacturer  of  Ranges  ;  Pres. 
;Mass.  Char.  Mech.  Assoc.  *1873 

*Benjamin  G.  Wainwright 

Merchant.  *1875 

Samuel  Williams 
Har\'.  1824. 

*Edward  Winslow 

Merchant.  *1883 


1816. 

*  James  Allen 
*Samuel  R.  Allston 

West  Point,  U.S.A.  *1836 

*  (George)  Campbell^ 
Samuel  Clarke  Clarke ^ 

Druggist. 

Horatio  Nelson  Crane 

Clerk. 

*Horatio  Dawes 
Epes  Sargent  Dixwell^ 

Harv.  1827,  A.M. 
Sub-Master,  Head  Master ;  Law- 
yer; Teacher. 


*1880 


*1879 


*18u0 
*1873 


Samuel  Dow 
*Samuel  Bradford  Fales 

Harv.  1825. 

Edward  Horatio  Faucon 

Master  Mariner. 

*Charles  Phineas  Foster 

Harv.  1825. 

Edward  Foster'^ 

Clerk. 

*John  R.  French 
*James  Davis  Hall 

Harv.  1825. 

*Thomas  Hancock 
^G-eorge  P oxer  oft  Haskins^ 

Harv.  1826.  *1872 

*Charles  James  Hunt  *i852 

*Enoch  James 

*Charles  Frederic  Laugdon  *i829 
*John  Lemon 

Mason  and  Builder. 

Giles  Henry  Lodge 

Harv.  1825,  A.M.,  M.D.  1828. 

*Elijah  James  Loring 

Mutzenbecker*^ 

Benjamin  Franklin  Nutting 

Artist. 

*Allyne  Otis 

Harv.  1825,  A.M.  *1873 

John  Cochran  Park'^ 

Harv.  1824,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1827. 

*  Jonathan  Hamilton  Parker 

Teacher.  *1844 

*  (Richard)  Perkins 

Merchant. 


1  The  Christian  name,  omitted  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  is  inserted  here  on  the  authority 
of  Dr.  G.  H.  Lodge  of  this  Class. 

2  See  a  pamphlet  written  by  him,  entitled  "  Some  of  the  descendants  of  Thomas  Clarke," 
p.  29.  3  See  note  8,  p.  154. 

*  Dr.  Lodge  thinks  his  name  was  J.  E.  F.  and  that  he  was  a  book-keeper  at  the  office  of 
the  Boston  Post,  and  Mr.  Dixwell  says  his  name  was  Edw.  H. 

5  Founder  of  the  House  of  the  Angel  Guardian.  ^  Insei-ted  by  Mr.  E.  S.  Dixwell. 

"  See  Whitman's  History  of  Ancient  and  Honorable  Ai-tillery  Co.,  2d  Edit.  p.  423. 


156 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*Charles  Phelps^  'iss'i 

Francis  Phelps^ 

Teacher. 

*John  Charles  Phillips 

Han-.  1826.  "ISTS 

\  Francis  Richards 
I  Henrv  Richards 
*Richard  Robins 

Haiv.  1826. 

Lawyer.  •1852 

*Jonathan  Whitney 

*  William  Augustus  Whitwell 

llarv.  1824,  A.M.  'ISGo 

*  Winslow  Warren  Wright 

Ilarv.  1826,  A.M.  '  'ISGo 

Zaccheus  Brooks  Wymaii 

Ilarv.  1825,  M.  D.  1832. 


1817. 

Charles  Francis  Ada^is^ 

Ilan-.  1825,  A.M.,  LL.D.  1864, 
and  Yale  1872 ;  Memb.  of  Coug., 
Minir^tertoEnjrland,  Vice  Pres- 
ident and  Presiaent  of  the  Am- 
tricau  Acad.  Arts  and  Sciences, 
Vice  Pres.  of  Mass.  Hist.  Soc. 

*E(lwin  Adams 

M.D.  Harv.  1823.  •1867 

*Jo]in  Adams 

llan-.  1823.  •1834 

*  Leonard  Foster  Apthorp 

Bowd.  1826.  ^1829 

*George  J.  Bass 

**Charles  Bazin  aisig 

*  William  Henderson  Bordman 

Merchant.  •1872 

•Joseph  Huntingdon  Buck- 
ingham 

Editor.  •1880 


♦Thomas  M.  Coffin 
•Lewis  G.  Cunningham 
•Thomas  Kemper  Davis^ 

Ilarv.  1827,  A.M. 

Lawyer.  •1851 

•Alfred  Dorr 

Merchant.  •1861 

•Gustavus  Dorr 

West  Point,  1825,  Capt.  U.S.A.  •ISSS 

•Joseph  Hawley  Dorr 

Bowd.  1827,  A.M.,  M.D.  Harv. 
1837.  ^1855 

•John  Lowell  Dutton 
•Charles  Chauncy  Emerson 

Harv.  1828,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1836.  •ISSS 

•Edward  G.  Furber 
Samuel  Gore* 

Merchant. 

Stephen  Hall 
•Benjamin  Pearce  Homer^ 
•Eugene  Adelbert  Homer 

Harv.  1827,  A.M. 
Merchant. 

•Joseph  Barrell  Joy 
•Francis  Caleb  Loring 

HaiT.  1828,  A.M. 


»1825 


•1825 


•1836 
•1832 

•1874 

Nathaniel  Phillips  Lovering 

Treasurer    Conn.   &   Passump. 
Riv.  R.  R. 

•Charles  Farley  Mayo 

Master  Mariner ;  Merchant.       •1885 

*  Alexander  Wilson  McClure 

Amherst    1827,    A.M.,    S.TJ). 
1854.  •1865 

•Charles  Cushing  Paine 

Harv.  1827.  A.M.  ^1874 

Cazneau  Palfrey 

Harv.  18-26,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Bowd. 
1855. 

Benjamin  Russell 


1  Omitted  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847;  inserted  on  the  authority  of  F.  P.  who  is  a  member 
of  the  As?«ociation. 

2  Sec  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators. 

»  Recipient  of  one  of  the  Llotd  Gold  Medals.  *  At  present  in  Berlin,  Prussia. 

6  See  Bridgman's  Epitaphs  in  the  King's  Cha{>cl  Bur>'ing  Ground,  p.  175. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


157 


Horatio  Russell 
*Charles  Lennox  Sargent 
Edward  Soley 

Hai-v.  1828,  A.M.  1835. 

*Josliua  Thomas  Stevenson 

Harv.  1826. 

Merchant;  Treas.  Lowell  Ma- 
chine Shop.  *1876 

*Thomas  Hubbard  Sumner 

Harv.  1826. 

Master  Mariner.  *1876 

Francis  R.  Swain 
*Eugene  Weld 

Bowd.  1825,  M.D.  Coll.  of  City 

of  New  York.  *1849 

*Charles  Bartlett  Wells      *i856 
*Nathaniel  Parker  Willis 

Yale  1827. 

Author  and  Editor.  *1867 

**William  Henry  Winslow 


1818. 

Charles  Knapp  Dillaway 

Harv.  1825,  A.M.  1829 ;  Usher, 
Sub-master,  Head  Master,  Pres. 
Boston  Latin  School  Assoc. 

*  Francis  Henry  Dillaway  *i832 

*  Albert  Henry  Dorr^ 

Merchant.     "  *1880 

Henry  Dyer 

Hai-v.  1826,  A.M.,  M.D.  1829. 

*Tliomas  Sturgis  Dyer 

Merchant.  *1864 

^Benjamin  Franklin  Edmands^ 

Maj.-Gen.  of  Mass.  Vol.  ]yiUitia.*1874 

*John  Wiley  Edmands^ 

Merchant ;  Treasurer  of  Pacific 
Mills.  *1877 

George  Augustus  Eliot  ^ 

Druggist. 

*Robert  Buckley  Emerson  *i859 


*1841 


*Charles  James  Everett 
Edward  A.  Foster 

*  William  Emerson  Foster 

Harv.  1829,  A.M.,  M.D.  1832    *1842 

*  Thomas  Bayley  Fox 

Harv.  1828,  A.M. 

Editor;  Minister  at  Newbury- 

port,  and  of  Indiana  Place  Ch.  *1876 

Moses  French 
William  H.  Goddard 
*Geoiige  Goldthwaite 

Chief  Just.  Sup.  Court  and  Adj. 
Gen'l  of  Alabama ;  U.  S.  Sena- 
tor. *1879 

*Edwin  Langdon  Greenwood 

Dentist.  *1865 

**George  A.  Hall 

George  Hancock 
*Elijah  Dunbar  Hewins 

Edward  P.  Holden 
*William  Augustus  Hyde* 

Manufacturer  of  Cotton  Gins.    *1857 

*Frederic  Craigie  Jenks^    *i82i 
*Joseph  William  Jenks® 

Amherst  1829,  A.M.,  Prof,  of 
Languages  iu  Urbana  Univ.; 
Teacher. 

Daniel  H.  Johnson 

Ship  Broker. 

*  George  Linzee 

Mariner. 

*Henry  Swasey  McKean 

Hai-v.  1828,  A.M. ;  Civil  Engi- 
neer. 

*  William  Minns 

Bookseller;  Merchant.  *1879 

George  Peirce 
Henry  N.  Rogers 
*John  Appleton  Swett 

Hai-v.  1828,  A.M.,  M.D.  1831, 
Prof,  of  Theory  and  Practice  of 
Med.  Univ.  of  the  City  of  N.Y.  •1854 


*1884 


*1857 


1  Died  24  Mar. 

3  The  middle  name  is  from  Geo.  H.  Whitman  of  this  Class. 

*  Died  in  Bridgewater,  4  May. 

s  Sons  of  Rev.  William  Jenks,  D.D.,  of  our  Class  of  1790. 


3  These  were  brothers. 


158 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


*Charles  Joseph  Taylor 

Ilarv.  1S_>8.  •1872 

*George  Macdonough  Thacher^ 

Broker.  'ISOS 

*A(lam  Wallace  Thaxter 

Merchant.  •1862 

*Nathaniel  H.  Thayer 
*Eiisha  Joshua  Vose 

Clerk.  'ISSl 

David  Weld,  afterwards 
Aaron  Davis  Weld 
*Joseph  Porter  Wheeler     *i85o 
Caleb  Strong  Whitman 

M.D.  Ilai-v.  1831. 

John  Winslow  Whitman, 
afterwards  George  Henry 
Whitmans 

Han-.  1827.  -V.M, 
Lawyer ;  Fanner. 

William  Scollay  Whitwell 

Civil  Engineer. 

Eliphalet  G.  Williams 
*George  Foster  Williams    *i872 
*Nathaniel  W.  Withington 
*01iver  Wendell  Withington 

Univ.  of  Vt.  1829,  and  llarv. 
1829,  A.M.  Univ.  of  Vt.  1833. 
Lawyer.  *1853 


1819. 

William  B.  Adams 
*  William  Winthrop  Andrews 
afterwards  William  Win- 
throp^ 


U.S.  Consul  at  Malta. 


•1869 


*Elbiidge  Gerry  Austin 

Ilarv.  1829,  A.M. 

Lawyer.  "ISM 

*James  Barnes* 

West  Point,  1829. 

U.  S.  A. ;  Civil  Entrineer ;  Supt. 

Western  K.Ii. ;  Col.  and  Gen'l 

of  Vok.  -ISeQ 

Charles  James  Fox  Binney 

Merchant. 

*Edward  P.lake 

llarv.  1S24,  A.M. 

Lawyer.  "ISTS 

Frederic  Hall  Bradlee 

Harv'.  1827,  A.M. 
Merchant. 

*01iver  Brewster 

Merchant.  •1863 

*Bei)jamin  Brigham 

llarv.  1825.  •1831 

William  F.  Brooks 
Noel  Clarke 
*Henry  Rice  Coffin 

Ilarv.  1830.  •1880 

Edward  Linzee  Cunningham 

Ilarv.  1829,  A.M.,  M.D.  1832. 

*Edward  Deblois^  ?«i84o 

*Elias  Hasket  Derby*^ 

Ilarv.  1824,  A.M.  •1880 

Lawyer. 

*David  B.  Eaton,  after- 
wards Albert  Caspar 
Eaton 

*James  Lloyd  English 

llarv.  1827,  A.M. 

Lawyer.  •ISSS 

Charles  Bucknam  Fessenden 

Merchant. 

*George  James  Foster 

Merchant. 


1  See  Whitman's  History  of  Ancient  and  Honorable-  .\i1illery  Company,  2d  cd.  p.  438; 
also  History  of  Cohiinl>ian  Lodjfe,  p.  520.  Knighted,  1854,  by  King  of  Denmark,  for 
services  as  Consul. 

2  See  Whitman's  History  of  Ancient  and  Ilonorablo  Artillery  Company,  2d  ed.  p.  421. 
s  Sec  Proc.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  1869-70,  pp.  139,  147.    1881-2.  p.  290. 

*  See  Drake's  Biog.  Diet.  *  Brother  of  Nuth'l  James  Dchlois,  of  our  Class  of  1814. 

6  Founder  of  the  Dkiiby  Medals. 


PUBLIC   LATIN  SCHOOL. 


159 


*John  Harrod  Foster 

Merchant,  President  Atlas  B'k.  *1872 

William  Henry  Foster 

Merchant. 

David  Green 
*Eni8  Gray  Hall 
Charles  Lowell  Hancock 

Harv.  1829. 
Lawyer. 

*Samuel  Cobb  Homer  ^        *i826 
^William  H.  Howard 

William  H.  Howe 
*Joseph  Ames  Hyde 

Manufacturer  of  Cotton  Gins.    *1877 

*  Thomas  Oliver  Lincoln 

Yale  1328,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Madi- 
son 1856.  *1877 

William  T.  Linzee 
*Jolm  Ellerton  Lodge 

Merchant.  *1862 

Ebenezer  Marsh 
Thomas  J.  O'Cain 
James  Otis 
Edward  Perkins 
*George  William  Phillips ^ 


Harv.  1829. 
Lawyer. 


*1880 


Stephen  F.  Pierce 
*Joshua  Putnam  Preston 

Druggist.  *1376 

Henry  Robins 

Auctioneer. 

*Samuel  Rogers 

Harv.  1828,  A.M.,  M.D.  1831 ; 
Usher.  *1849 

*Thomas  Philander  Ryder 

Harv.  1828.  *1852 

George  Stearns 


*George  Augustus  Taylor 

Harv.  1829.  *1864 

*Theodore  Oxenbridge  Thacher 

Lawyer. 

Edward  B.  Walker 
*Benjamin  R.  Welch^  *i837 

Francis  William  Welch^ 

Master  Mariuer. 

*John  Porter  Welch 3 

Treas.  Fitchburg  R.R.  .   *1860 

*Arnold  Francis  Welles 

Hai-^'.  1827,  A.M. 

Lawyer.  *1844 

*Benjamin  Pollard  Winslow 

Harv.  1829. 

Merchant.  *1879 

T.  B.  Winslow 


1820. 


*Robert  B.  Allen 
Ivers  James  Austin'* 

Harv.  A.B.  1831,  A.M.  1852. 
Lawyer. 

*Charles  Francis  Barnard 

Hai-v.  1828,  A.M. ;   Minister  of 
Warren  St.  Chapel. 


*1884 


George  Middleton  Barnard 

Merchant. 

*Geoege  Tyler  Bigelow 

Harv.  1829,  LL.D.  1853,  Fellow 
Harv. ;  Chief  Just,  of  Supr. 
Court  of  Mass.  *1878 

*John  Harris  Bird  *i835 

Victor  S.  Blair 

Printer. 

William  Augustus  Brewer 

Druggist. 

*William  Brewster 

Merchant.  *1851 

*Edward  Brinley  *is68 


1  Died  27  Jan.,  aged  17.  See  Bridgman's  Epitaphs  in  King's  Chapel  Burying  Ground, 
p.  175.  2  Brother  of  Wendell  Phillips  of  our  Class  of  1822. 

8  Benjamin  R.  and  John  P.  Welch  were  brothers,  and  Francis  W.,  their  cousin. 

■*  See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  585 ;  Whitman's  History  Ancient  and  Honor- 
able Artilleiy  Company,  second  edition,  p.  425. 


160 


PT7BLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Edgar  Brooks 
*George  H.  Cleaveland 
Frederick  A.  Colburn 

Engineer  Boston  Fire  Dep't. 

*  Joseph  Pitty  Couthouy^ 

Master  Mariner;  U.S.N.  •1864 

*  William  Couthouy  •isea 
James  A.  Crombie^ 

*  Charles  Ward  Davenport  •i84i 
Edward  Davis 

Cotton  Factor. 

*Ezra  Davis 

Merchant.  *1867 

John  James  Eaton 

Merchant. 

*William  Henry  Ellis         ♦1834 
*Andrew  Ellison 

Civil  Eng-ineer,  Brazil,  and  in 
Brazilian  Navy.  *1874 

*Frederic  W.  Everett 

Merchant. 

Luther  Farwell 
^Francis  Augustus  Foxcroft 

Ilarv.  1829,  A.M.  •ISSe 

*Frederic  Furber 


Harv.  1831,  A.M. 
Teacher. 


•1853 


*George  Gardner 

Merchant. 

*Joseph  Henry  Gardner 

Clerk. 

Cuthbert  CoUingwood  Gor- 
don 

Samuel  N.  Greene 
*l8aac  Harris 
*Sidney  Homer 

Merchant.  •Wo'd 


•1884 


•1884 


•1835 


George  Hughes 

Merchant. 

*George  Lathrop  Huntington' 

Mayor,  Springfield,  111.  •1873 

*John  Henry  Jenks^ 

Publisher.  •1869 

*Hezekiah  Smith  Kendall 

Merchant.  •1835 

William  O.  Langdon-Elwyn 

Lawyer. 

Isaiah  William  Penn  Lewis 

Civil  Engineer. 

*William  King  Lewis 

Pickle  Manufacturer.  •1885 

*Josiah  Quincy  Loring 

Harv.  1829,  A.M.  •1862 

Joseph  Swain  Lovering 

Merchant. 

*Henry  Blake  McLellan 

Harv.  1829.  •1833 

*William  Hull  McLellan 

Merchant.  •ISSS 

**Henry  Minns  •1824 

Edward  C.  Nickels 
*John  Greene  Norwood 

Harv.  1828,  A.M.  •1832 

**Samuel  Smith  Norwood^ 

•1822 

*John  Odin 

HaiT.  1830,  A.M.,  M.D.  1833.  ^1864 

*George  A.  Payson  •1374 

Frederick  Peirce^ 
*  William  AUston  Pierpont 

Machinist.  •I860 

•John  Kirkland  Porter 

Auctioneer.  •ISSS 

Thomas  James  Prince 


1  Conchologist,  Wilkes  Exploring  Expedition;  commander  of  the  "Chillicothe;  "  killed 
by  sharp-shooters  in  Red  River  Expedition. 

^  Can  this  be  a  mistake  for  James  M.  Crombic,  M.D.  Dart.  1838  ?  8  Died  May  20. 

•*  Son  of  Rev.  William  Jenks,  D.I).,  of  our  Class  of  1790. 

6  Drowncil  between  Boston  and  Charlestown. 

<  In  the  Catalogue  of  1847  spelled  Fierce,  but  on  Mr.  Gould's  Catalo(;uo  of  1820,  as  here. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


161 


George  Washington  Rich- 
ardson 

Harv.  1829,  A.M. 

Lawyei;;  Mayor  of  Worcester. 

*Charles  Ritchie 

Hai-v.  1827.  *1832 

John  Ross 
*Charles  James  Russell 
*William  M.  Russell 
*Ebenezer  Smith 

Brown  1830,  A.M. 

Lawyer.  *1856 

Samuel  Francis  Smith^ 

Harv.  1829,  A.M.,  and  Colby 
1832,  S.T.D.  Colby  1853,  Prof. 
Modern  Lano-iiases,  Colby, 
Prof.  Theolo?.  School,  Newton. 
Minister  at  Needham. 

*  Theodore  William  Snow 

Harv.  1830,  A.M.  *1862 

*Charles  Stuart 

Harv.  1830. 

Lawyer.  *1880 

*Henry  Parkman  Sturgis 

Merchant,  Manila.  *1869 

*  George  Richard  Sullivan, 

afterwards  George  Rich- 
ard James  Bowdoin 

West  Point,  1829,  U.S.A. 

Lawyer.  *1870 

*Charles  Robinson  Thayer  *i877 
**George  H.  Upham 
*John  Warren^  *1875 

*Jonathan  Mason  Warren^ 

M.D.  Harv.  1832,  A.M.  1844.     *1867 

*John  Davis  Weld  #1874 

*Benjamin  Pratt  Welles 

Harv.  1830,  A.M.  *1840 

*David  Weld  Williams 

Merchant.  *1881 

Creorge  Wheelock  Woodward 

Dart.  1831,  Div.  Sch.  Harv. 
1834. 


*Wjlliam  Gustavus  Wood- 
ward 3 

Dart.  1828. 

Judge  Supr.  Court,  Iowa.  *1871 

*  William  Young 

Harv.  1829,  M.D.  1834.  *1863 


1821. 

*Benjamin  Halsey  Andrews 

Harv.  1830,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1833.  *1847 


* 


Charles  Tilden  Appleton^ 

*1859 

*Harrison  Otis  Apthorp 

Bowd.  1829,  A.M.  *1883 

*William  Emerson  Baker  *i827 
*George  Amory  Bethuue 

Harv.  1831,  A.M.,  M.D.  1834,    *1886 

*  James  Henry  Blake  ^ 

Broker.  *1867 

George  William  Bond 

A.M.  Huiv.  1879.    Wool  Merchant. 

*Charles  W.  Bradbury 
*Robert  J.  Brown 

William  F.  Brown 
*John  Bryant 

Harv.  1830,  A.M. 

Merchant.  «1847 

Edgar  Buckingham 

Harv.  1831. 
Minister  at  Deerfield. 

*  William  Henry  Channing 

Harv.  1829. 

Minister  at  Washington,  and  in 

London,  England. 

^George  Chapman 

Harv.  1828.  *1834 

James  Freeman  Clarke^ 

Harv.  1829,  S.T.D.  1863;  Prof. 
Nat.Theol.  and  Chr.Doc.  Hai-v., 
Minister  of  Ch.  of  Disciples. 


*1884 


David  S.  G.  Cotting 


1  Editor  Christian  Review,  and  author  of  the  hj'mn  America. 

'  Brothers,  and  sons  of  John  Collins  Warren,  of  our  Class  of  1786. 

3  We  obtain  the  middle  name  from  the  Dartmouth  Triennial.  4  Died  11  March. 

5  See  Whitman's  History  of  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Co.,  2d  edit.  p.  437. 

6  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1879-80,  p.  57. 


*Edward  Cruft^ 

Haiv.  1831,  A.M.  •1846 

*Williara  Ward  Cutler 

Yale,  1831,  M.D.  llaiv.  1838.     •1870 

Henry  Davenport 

Clerk,  Pacific  Mills. 

*George  Cabot  Davis 
Daniel  H.  Dickinson 
*Addison  Dorr 

Merchant.  *1881 

*  Francis  Lowell  Dutton 

Harv.  1831,  LL.B.  1834.  •1854 

*Jaraes  Dutton,  afterwards 
James  Dutton  Russell 

Harv.  1829,  LL.B.  1832.  *18C1 

*Sarauel  Eliot  Dwight         •i832 
Oliver  Everett 

Machinist. 

*John  Oliver  Fairfield 

Merchant.  •1837 

Samuel  B.  Foster 

Artist. 

Isaiah  Furber 
*Samuel  Gardner 
''  Benjamin  Goddard^ 

llarv.  1831,  A.M. 
>Ierchaut. 

Nathaniel  Goddard2 


Harv.  1831,  A.M. 
Merchant. 

John  James  Gorham 

Farmer. 

Patrick  Grant 

Harv.  1828,  A.M. 
Merchant. 

*William  Dawes  Hammond 

Harv.  1827,  A.M.  ^1835 

*William  Emerson  Han- 
cock •1852 
*  Charles  Harris 
**John  Higginson  1822 


•Stephen  Higginson 

Merchant.  •1670 

Frederick  Went  Holland 

Ilarv-.  1831,  A.M. 

*Henry  Babcoek  Hubbard 

M.D.  ll&YM.  18.34.  •1S70 

Joseph  E.  Huntington 
Charles  Inches 

Meix:hant. 

*James  Jackson 

Ilarv.  18-28,  A.M.,  M.D.  1834.    •1S34 

*Johii  Barnard  Swett  Jackson 

Harv.  182.J,  A.M.,  M.D.  1829; 
SliHttuck  Prof,  of  Pathol.  Auat. 
Harv.  ^1879 

*  Albert  A.  Lepean 

Merchant. 

*  William  Co  wper  Lincoln  •1832 
Stillman  L.  Lothrop 
Theodore  Matchett 

Merchant. 

Augustus  M.  Moore 

*  Jonathan  Hunnewell  Moore 
Thomas  Motley 

A.M.  Harv.  1872. 
Merchant. 

George  Frederic  Peabody 
William  Powell  Perkins 

Harv.  1827,  A.M. 

James  Prince ^ 
*Andrew  Ritchie 

Harv.  1829.  •1837 

*Jolin  Tlnodure  Sahine^ 

Williams  1830,  A.M.  •1851 

*Henry  Jackson  Sargent     "1872 
*Henry  Winthrop  Sargent 

Harv.  1830,  A.M.  •1852 

*  Howard  Sargent 

Harv.  1829,  A.M.,  M.D.  1832.    •1872 

John  Osborne  Sargent 

Harv.  18.30,  A.M. 


1  See  Lorintf's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  570 ;  also  Hist.  Sketch  of  Mass.  Lodf;e.  Died 
22  April.  J  Twin  brotliers. 

8  Inserted  on  the  authority  of  his  signature  to  the  Constitution  of  the  Boston  I.^tin  School 
Association.  ■•  Died  15  Mar.  aged  40.    Sec  Durfcc's  Biographical  Anuals,  p.  457. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL 


163 


*John  Turner  Sargent'^ 

Harv.  1827,  A.M.  *1877 

*  William  Hammatt  Simmons 

Ilarv.  1831,  A.M.  *1841 

William  R.  Skinner 
*James  Swan  Sullivan 

M.D.  Harv.  1832.  *1874 

^William  Amory  Sullivan  *i848 
*Albert  Sumner 

Master  Mariner.  *1856 

*  Charles  Sumner^ 

Harv.  1830,  LL.B.  1834,  LL.D. 
1859,  Yale  and  Amherst  1856; 
United  States  Senator.  *187'1 

*  William  Tilden^ 

Master  Mariner.  *1844 

*Elijah  Nickerson  Train     *i835 

*  Charles  B.  Trott 

Merchant. 

*  William  Kirkby  Tucker 

Merchant.  *1848 

Edward  G,  Tuckerman 
*Dudley  Walker 

Paymaster  U.S.N.  *1860 

*William  Boott  Wells        *i843 

Charles  Edward  Whitwell 
*Isaac  Scollay  Whitwell 
*Grenville  Temple  Winthrop* 

Columb.   1827,  and  Bowd.  and 


Hai-v.,  A.M.  Columb 


*1852 


Robert  Charles  Win- 

THROP^ 

Harv.  1828,  A.M.,  LL.D.  1855, 
Bowd.  1849,  Kenyon  1851, 
D.C.L.  Camb.  1874;  Speaker 
U.  S.  House  of  Representatives, 
Senator  from  Mass. ;  President 
of  Mass.  Hist.  Soc. 


1822. 

William  Channing  Appleton 

Harv.  1832,  LL.B.  1836. 

*Robert  East  Apthorp 

LL.B.  Ilarv.  1843. 

Real  Estate  Agent.  *1882 

Edward  Barnard 
Richard  Barton 
*James  Benjamin 

Hai-v.  1830 ;  Usher. 

Lawyer.  *1853 

*John  Binney^ 

*John  Robinson  Bradford'^ 

*1828 

*  Joseph  Bradlee^  *i849 

*John  Cartwright,  after- 
wards John  W  Cart- 
wright  ^ 

Merchant.  *1870 

*Richard  Miller  Chapman 

Harv.  1832,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1836.  «1879 


Between  1821  and  1824,  John  Davenport. 


1  See  pamphlet  on  some  of  the  descendants  of  Thomas  Clarke,  by  Sam'l  C.  Clarke,  p.  34. 
-  See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  618 ;  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Histoi-i- 
cal  Society,  1873-75,  p.  261 ;  also  Life  by  Edward  L.  Pierce.    Bro.  of  Albert  above. 

3  Died  11  Feb. 

4  See  Whitman's  History  of  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Co.,  2d  Edit.  p.  429. 

5  See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  642 ;  Whitman's  History  of  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company,  2d  Edit.  p.  424. 

6  Perhaps  identical  with  the  John  C.  of  the  next  Class,  but  perhaps  John  b.  1815,  or  more 
probably  John  Armstrong  Binney,  son  of  Col.  Amos,  b.  13  Dec.  1811 

"  Died  while  a  student  at  Harvard  College. 

8  Died  22  Aug.  9  The  AV  stands  for  no  name ;  died  19  Feb. 


164 


PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


*WiUiam  Hull  Clarke  i 

Civil  Eufrinecr.  'ISTS 

*Benjamin  Prince  Colburn 

*1875 

*  Blowers  Danforth  .igss 

*John  Homer  Dix 

Hair.  1833,  M.D.  Jeff.  CoU. 
Peun.  1836.  •1884 

*Frederic  W.  Doane 

Merchant. 

Horatio  Dorr 

Insurance  Broker. 

*James  Augustus  Dorr 

Harv.  1832. 

Lawyer.  "ISeQ 

*Charles  Frederick  Dunn  •i883 
Theodore  Dunn 

Mariner. 

*Benjamin  Franklin  Dyer^ 

*1861 

Alexander  Alexis  Eusta- 
phieve 

Cashier ;  Insurance  Broker. 

Oliver  A.  Farwell 

Stationer. 

*Jeremiah  George  Fitch 

Harv.  1831,  A.M.  *1845 

*Francis  Gardner  3 

Harv.  1831,  A.M.,  LL.D.  Wil- 
liams 18G6 ;  Usher,  Sub-Mas- 
Master,  Head-Master.  •ISye 

John  Goddard 

John  Warren  Gorhara 

Harv.  1832,  A.M.,  M.D.  1837. 

*Williara  Cabot  Gorham 


Harv.  1831. 


•1843 


*Francis  Henry  Gray 

Harv.  1831,  M.D.  1834. 

** Joseph  Clay  Gray* 
William  Gray^ 

Han-,  1829,  A.M. 
J^awyer;  Mauiifacturer. 

*Charles  Grew 

*  Robert  Bernard  Hall 


•1880 


•1831 


A.M.  Dart. 
Cent.  Coll. 
Con.'. 


1839,  LL.D.  Iowa 
1858;    Member  of 


►1869 


*George  Stillman  Hillard^ 

Hai-v.  1828,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1832, 

LL.D.  Trin.  18.=)7. 

Lawyer;  U.S.  Dist.  Attorney.  •1879 

*John  Hillurd 

Merchant. 

*01iver  Holman 

Stationer.  •1872 

*Era8tu8  Hopkhis 

Dart.  1830,  A.M.  •1872 

*George  Hopkins'  -isso 

Thomas  T.  Hubbart 
Herman  Brimmer  Inches 

Harv.  1831,  A.M.,  M.D.  1834. 

William  Ingalls 

IlaiT.  183:),  M.D.  1836. 

Thompson  Kidder  ^ 

Williams  1836. 
Teacher. 

*  William  Richards  Lawrence 

M.D.  Harv.  1845.  ^1885 

**Willium  K.  S.  Lowell 

*William  B.  Ludlow 

U.S.N. 


1  See  pamphlet  by  Samuel  C.  Clarke,  on  some  of  the  descemhmts  of  Thos.  Clarke,  p.  30. 

2  Died  13  Nov. 

8  Died  10  Jan.  Sec  Memorial  Volume,  published  by  tlu'  Boston  l..atiu  School  Associa- 
tion, with  Address  by  William  R.  Dimmock,  of  our  Class  of  1846. 

*  Drowned  while  at  School. 

6  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusett-s  Historical  Society,  1873-7r),  p.  305. 

«  One  of  the  recipients  of  the  Lloyij  (Jold  Medal.  Sec  Lorinjj's  Hundred  Boston 
Orators,  p.  518;  also  Proceedings  of  the  Massacbusctta  Historical  Society,  vol.  xix.  p.  339. 

1  Died  IGMar.  aged  17i. 

B  The  Catalogue  of  1847  gives  a  middle  initial  W.  which  is  incorrect.  See  Durfec's 
Biographical  Annals;  also  ** Kappa  Alpha  Society  in  Williums,"  p.  33. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


165 


Samuel  May 

Haiv.  1829,  A.M. ;  Minister  at 
Leicester. 

*Waldo  Maynard^ 

Druggist ;  Manufacturer  of  Ink.*1872 

John  Torrey  Morse 

Hai-v.  1832,  A.M.  1860. 
Merchant. 

*Samnel  H.  Newell,  after- 
wards John  Stark 

Harv.  1832,  A.M.  *1849 

*  George  Harrison  Otis        *i833 

*  Albert  Clarke  Patterson 

Harv.  1830,  A.M.  *1874 

*John  Peters 

Harv.  1831,  A.M.  *1846 

*Wendell  Phillips2 

Harv.  1831,  LL.B.  1834.  *1884 

*Isaac  Clark  Pray^ 

Amherst  1833. 

Author.  *1869 

*Frederic  William  Prescott^ 

Treas.  Savings  Bank.  *1879 

Albert  Gordon  Prince 

Mariner. 

Charles  Heath  Rich 
Joseph  Lovering  Richards 

Merchant. 

Thomas  Russell 

George  Cheyne  Shattuck 

Harv.  1831,  A.M.,  M.D.  1835; 
Hersey  Prof.  Theory  and  Prac- 
tice of  Med.  Harv.,  Prof.  Phys. 
Trin.,  Pres.  Mass.  Med.  Soc. 

*Francis  George  Shaw 

Merchant.  *1882 

*Nathaniel  Beadstreet 
Shurtleff^ 

Darv.  1831,  A.M.,  and  Brown 
1834,  and  Illinois  1834,  IM.D. 
Hai-v.  1834,  and  Shuitleff  1843; 
Mayor  of  Boston.  *1874 

Isaac  Townsend  Smith 

Merchant;  Consul  of  Siam  at 
New  York. 


*Robert  Hallowell  Snow 

Merchant. 

*Andrew  Oliver  Spooner    *i830 
*William  Watson  Sturgis  *i827 
James  Bowdoin  Sullivan, 
afterwards  James  Bow- 
doin 
*John  Turner  Sargent  Sul- 
livan *1849 
Samuel  Bourne  Swett 

M.D.  Jeff.  Med.  Coll.  1834. 

*  William  Crray  Swett 

Harv.  1828,  A.M.  *1843 

*JosEPH  Stevens  Buck- 

MINSTER  ThACHER 

Harv.  1832 ;  Judge  Sup.  Court 

of  Mississippi.  *1867 

William  C.  Thayer 
*John  Hill  Thorndike 

Architect.  *1879 

*  James  Sullivan  Warren 

Harv.  1832,  A.M.  *1867 

*Edward  Minchin  Welch   *i83i 
Henry  Hovey  Welch 

Master  Mariner. 

*George  Winslow 

Merchant.  *1865 

John  Winthrop 

Brown  1828,  A.M. 

*Barnet  Norton  Wisner^ 

M.D.  Harv.  1831.  *1843 


1823. 

Henry  G.  Andrews 

Merchant. 

*Thomas  Gold  Appleton'^ 

Hai-v.  1831.  A.M.  1877.  *1884 

Christopher  M.  Baxter 


1  Died  28  Sept.  2  Brother  of  George  William,  of  our  Class  of  1819. 

s  See  Drake's  Biog.  Diet.  ■*  He  writes  that  he  thinks  he  entered  in  1821. 

6  See  Proceedings  of  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  1873-75,  pp.  389-395.  «  Died  27  May. 

"  Brother  of  Charles  S.  of  our  Class  of  1825. 


166 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*  Horace  Bean  •isss 
*John  McLean  Bethune 

Ilarv.  1832,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1836. 
Lawyer.  *1873 

John  E.  Billings 

Clerk. 

*John  Callender  Binney^    *i840 
Henry  Ingersoll  Bowditch 

Harv.  1828,  A.M.,  M.D.  1832, 
Jackson  Prof.  Clin.  Mcil.  Harv. 

*Edmund  Fowle  Bradlee 

Mercliant.  *1875 

*James  Bowdoin  Bradlee 

Merchant.  •1872 

Samuel  James  Bridge^ 

A.M.  Harv.  1880 ;  U.  S.  Princi- 
pal Appraiser,  Boston  and  San 
Francisco  Appraiser  Gen'l  for 
Pacific  Coast;  Merchant;  Sec. 
Lat.  Sch.  Ass'n. 

*Levi  Henry  Brigham^ 

Merchant.  *1881 

Horace  Brooks 

U.  S.  Army. 

*Thomas  Handasyde  Cabot 

*1835 

Charles  Colburn* 

Clerk. 

William  Robins  Collier 

Clerk. 

*  William  Dehon 

Harv.  1833.  •1875 

George  T.  Dexter 
*Charles  W.  Dix^ 

Master  Mariner. 

Horace  Dupee 

John  Sullivan  Dwight 

Harv.  1832. 

*Charles  H.  Eaton 

Tragedian. 


*John  Jay  Evarts 

Yale  1H.32.  •ISSS 

Ellery  Vincent  Everett 
James  O.  Faxon 
*Franklin  Forbes 

Teacher;  Manufacturer.  •1877 

*Joseph  Hariott  Francis^ 

Puhlisher.  •1867 

Amasa  Davis  Hall 
Charles  Drury  Hazen 

ilerchant,  France. 

*Jeremiah  Fenno  Holden 
*William  Porter  Jarvis 

Harv.  1833,  A.M.  'ISSO 

Francis  Haynes  Jenks'^ 

Merchant;  Pres't  Safe  Depos. 
Co.  N.Y 

Leander  Jenks^ 
*John  Joy,  afterwards  John 

Benjamin  Joy^  ♦is64 

*Horace  Keating  ♦1853  or  4 

*  William  Bordraan  Lawrence 

Beza  Lincoln  ^'^^^ 

Flour  Dealer. 

John  Joseph  May 

Iron  Merchant. 

*Levi  Benjamin  Meriam^*' Msse 
*Robert   Harris    Hinckley 
Messinger 

Merchant ;  Treasurer.  •1873 

Josepli  Morton 

Mariner. 

♦Charles  Stark  NeweU 

Han-.  183'). 

Lawyer.  •1876 

*Francis  Ebenezer  Oliver   -isso 


8  Died  19  Apr. 


1  See  note  on  John  Binney,  Class  of  1822. 

2  Founder  of  Bridge  Medal,  San  Francisco. 
*  Given  in  Catalogue  of  1847  incorrectly  Coburn. 

I*  Died  on  the  western  coast  of  Africa,  on  hoard  of  the  nhip  wliich  he  commanded. 

6  Died  31  Jan.  7  Son  of  Ilcv.  William  Ji-nks,  D.D.,  of  our  Class  of  1790. 

8  Inserted  on  Dr.  Hale's  Catalogue.    Not  related  to  F.  11.  J.  above. 

»  Died  6  May.  "  Died  19  Apr. 


1 

PUBLIC   LATIK   SCHOOL,                                         167 

*Henry  Augustus  Page 

*Benjamin  West 

Merchant. 

Dart.  1833,  LL.B.  Harv.  1836.  *1847 

*William  Oliver  Parker^    *i846 

*Samuel  Wiggles  worth' 

Charles  H.  Peabody 

Harv.  1831,  A.M.,  M.D.  1834.   *1847 

Editor. 

Thomas  Wigglesworth^ 

James  Perkins 

Harv.  1833. 
Merchant. 

*Alfred  Langdon  Peters     *i83i 

William  Wiley 

*Thomas  Butler  Pope^ 

Railroad  Sup't ;  Book-keeper. 

Harv.  1833,  A.M. 

Frederic  A.  Williams 

Lawyer.                                       *1862 

Clerk. 

*  Thomas    Oliver    Prescott, 

*Thomas  Leonard  Willis^ 

afterwards  Oliver  Pres- 

Merchant,  Farmer,  Colonel  of 

cott  HiU'ijer^ 

Militia. 

*William  Richardson 

*William  H.  Willson 

Harv.  1832 

*Charles  May  Windship 

Lawyer.                                         *1856 

M.D.  Harv.  1829.                        *1865 

John  Ritchie 

*Frederic  Wright 

*Stephen  Salisbury 

HaiT.  1831,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1834.  *1846 

Harv.  1832,  A.M.,  M.D.  1835.   *1875 

*Epes  Sargent* 

Author;  Editor.                         *1881 

^William  Shimmin 

1824. 

Merchant.                                    *1873 

Henry  S.  Adams 
*Charles  Jarvis  Bates 

*  George  Frederic  Simmons^ 

Harv.  1832,  A.M.                        *1855 

Hai-v.  1833,  A.M.,  M.D.  1836,   *1847 

*John  A.  Stevens 

*James  Bliss 

Physician.                                   ?*1870 

Ship  Chandler.                            *1876 

*  Charles  J.  Sturgis 

Merchant. 

William  C.  Briggs 

[or  40 

Howard  Tileston 

*Charles  Ingersoll  Brown  *i839 

Charles  Loveland  Tucker 

*Henry  Ingersoll  Brown     *i850 

Grain  Merchant. 

**John  Warren  Brown 

*Robert  Beale  Wales          *i833 

George  J.  Carleton 

Charles  Alfred  Welch^ 

**Samuel  Cary 

Hai-v.  1833. 
Lawyer. 

*  Abraham  Fuller  Clarke^  *i886 

1  See  By-Laws  St.  Andrew's  Royal  Arch  C 

hapter,  edition  of  1866,  p.  57. 

2  Brother  of  Augustus  Russell  Pope,  of  our 

Class  of  1829. 

3  Swedenborgian  minister  at  Glasgow.        ^ 

Editor  of  Boston  Daily  Evening  Transcript. 

6  See  History  of  the  Harvard  Church  in  Ch 

arlestown,  pp.  210  and  211. 

6  Grand  Master  of  Grand  Lodge  of  Free  ar 

id  Accepted  Masons  of  Massachusetts. 

7  Brothers.                                     8  Participa 

ted  in  the  attack  on  the  Mormons  at  Nauvoo. 

9  See  pamphlet  on  some  of  the  descendants 

of  Thomas  Clarke,  by  S.  C.  Clarke,  p.  31. 

168 


PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


rharles  Scott  Clarke 
George  P.  Clarke 
Edwin  Coolidge 
*Epliraim  Robins  Collier 

Iliin-.  1836.  *1840 

Thomas  Cushing 

Ilaiv.  1834.  A.M. 

Teiicher ;  Principal  of  Chauncy 

Hall  School. 

*George  Basil  Dixwell 

Merchant.  'ISSS 

*  Theodore  Haskell  Dorr 

Hai-v.  1835.  •1876 

Ebenezer  Eaton 
*Jo8ephWarren  Eaton 

Hai-v.  1832,  A.M.  *1869 

George  Edward  Ellis'^ 

Hai-v.  1833,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  18.57, 
LL.D.  1883,  Prof.  Doct.  Theol. 
Harv.;  Vice-Pres.  and  Pres. 
Mass.  lliit.  Society ;  Minis. 
Harv.  Ch.  Charlestown. 

William  Sharswood  Ellison 

William  H.  Elwell 

"*  Oliver  Capen  Everett"^ 

Harv.  1832,  A.M.  •1875 

*Samuel  S.  Fairbanks 

James  Fillebrown 
*Thomas  Lancaster  Furber 

Amherst  1830.  •ISSl 

*William  Warren  Goddard 

Merchant.  •1874 

*Lemuel  Grosvenor 
*George  F.  Guild 

Merchant.  *1853 

*Francis  Josiah  Humphrey 

Harv.  1832,  A.M.  1851,  LL.B. 

1836.  'issa 

John  A.  Jarvis 
Abiel  Smith  Lewis 

Merchant. 


*Charles  D.  Meriam 
*JoHN  Lathrop  Motley, 

afterwards   John   Lo- 

THROP  Motley 3 

HaiT.  1831,  LL.D.  1860,  Univ. 
of  the  Citv  of  New  York,  18.58, 
Carab.  1'8G1,  Levilon,  1S72, 
J.C.D.  Oxford  I860';  U.S.  Min- 
ister to  Ausuia  and  to  Great 
Britain.  •1877 

Simeon  Palmer 

M.D.  Harv.  1837. 

*John  Sullivan  Perkins 

Harv.  1832.  'ISSS 

James  M.  Prentiss 
*William  Prince 

U.S.A.,  2d  Lieut.  1st  Inf.  1838, 
Capt.  1849,  Major  1861,  retired 
1864.  •1881 

Edwin  Pronk 
William  Hooper  Ropes 

Merchant  (Avranches,  France.) 

Edward  Elbridge  Salisbury 

Yale  1832,  A.M..  LL.D.  1869, 
Prof.  Arab,  and  Sauscr.  Yale 
Coll. ;  Pres't  Amer.  Orien.  Soc. 

*John  Turner  Welles  Sar- 
gent, afterwards  Tur- 
ner Sargent 

Harv.  1834.  '1877 

*Samuel  Parkman  Shaw 

Harv.  1832,  A.M.  •1^9 

*John  Harris  Smith 

Merchant. 

*Sebastian  Ferris  Streeter 

Harv.  1831.  A.M.,  Sub-Master, 
Teachci-. 

*Heury  Sumner^ 
E.  R.  Thayer 
Erastus  W.  Thayer 
William  Thurston 


1864 
18S2 


1  Sec  History  of  the  Harvard  Church  in  Charlestown,  pp.  205-35.  2  Ibid.  pp.  23')-3S. 

8  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1878,  pp.  404-473,  and  Memorial 
by  Dr.  O.  W.  Holmes,  an  enlargement  of  the  same  article. 

*  Brother  of  Albert  and  Chai-les,  of  our  Class  of  1821.  See  Sumner  (Jcncalogy,  by 
William  S.  Applcton,  p.  17G. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


169 


*Daniel  Fletcher  Webster, 
afterwards  Fletcher 
Webster! 

Harv.  1833.  *1862 

Ferdinand  Elliot  White 

Harv.  1835. 

*John  Harvey  Wright 

Amherst  1834,  M.D.  Harv.  1838 ; 
Sui-greon  U.S.  Navy ;  Mei-chant.*1879 

*Richard  Sharpe  Young 

Harv.  1833,  A.M.,  M.D.  1837.    *1877 


1826. 

George  W.  Adams 
*John  Winthrop  Andrews 

Merchant. 

*Charles  Sedgwick  Appleton^ 

*1835 

Edward  Darley  Boit 

Harv.  1834,  A.M.  1844,  LL.B. 
1845. 

*Caleb  Alexander  Buck- 
ingham 

Harv.  1834.  *1841 

*John  Henry  Colburn 

Insurance  Agent.  *1881 

*Charles  A.  Coolidge 
*William  Smith  Cruft 


Harv.  1834,  A.M. 
Merchant. 


*1851 


*Hiram  Barrett  Dennis 

Hai-v.  1835.  *1846 

*Francis  Alexander  Durivage^ 

Editor  and  Author.  *1881 

George  Foster 

Cotton  Planter. 


Charles  J.  T.  French 
Samuel  Gore 
George  Hale 

Insurance  Office  Clei"k. 

*Samuel  Heushaw 

*  George  Freeman  Homer 

Amherst  1834. 

Lawyer.  *1876 

*Russell  Edward  Jenks* 

Merchant.  *1876 

David  Jewett 

*  Jonas  B.  Muzzy 
*Marshall  Oliver 

*  Barney  Smith  Otis 
John  A.  Otis 
Charles  Henry  Parker 

Harv.  1835. 

Lawyer;    Treas.  Suffolk  Sav- 
ings Bank. 

*  William  Ainsworth  Parker 

*1849 

*Samuel  Parkman 

Hai-v.  1834,  A.M.,  M.D.  1838.   *1854 

Thomas  Parsons 

Chairman  Prison  Commis.  Mass. 

*  Wellington  Peabody 

Physician.  *1840 

John  Lothrop  Priest^ 
*Joel  Richards 

Merchant.  *1884 

Richard  Sowdon 

Tailor. 

*Charles  Thacher 

Harv.  1834,  A.M.  1854, 
M.D.  1837.  *1869 

*  William  Vincent  Thacher 

\^  Harv.  1834,  A.M.  *1839 


1  Son  of  Daniel  Webster.    See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  652 ;  also  Harvard 
Memorial  Biography,  i.  p.  21. 

2  See  Rough  Sketch  of  Appleton  Genealogy,  by  W.  S.  Appleton,  p.  21. 

8  Died  Feb.  1.  •*  Son  of  Rev.  William  Jenks,  D.D.,  of  our  Class  of  1790. 

6  Not  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847.    Inserted  here  on  his  own  authority.    See  Roll  of  Mem- 
bers of  the  Boston  Latin  School  Association. 


170 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Henry  Warren  Torrey^ 

Hai-v.  1833,  A.M.  1847,  LL.D. 
1880,  Usher,  Teacher,  McLean 
Prof.  Hist.  Harv. 

*Isaac  P.  Townsend  nsaa 

*AlpIieus  W.  Woods 

Merchant. 

Isaac  Hull  Wright 

LL.B.  Harv.  1863,  Col.  Mass. 
Vols,  in  Mexican  War ;  Lawyer. 


1826. 

*Benjamin  Barnard  Appleton 

Harv.  1835,  A.M.,  M.D.  1839; 
Usher.  •1878 

Edward  Appleton 

Harv.  1835. 

Civil  Engineer.    Usher. 

*Alexander  W.  Barker 
George  H.  Bates 
Henry  Bates 
Charles  Beecher 

Bowd.  1834. 

Henry  Ward  Beecher 

Amherst  1834. 

Henry  K.  Blake 
Theodore  Francis  Brewer 

Manufacturer  in  Texas. 

*Thomas  Mayo  Brewer 

Harv.  18.35,  A.M.,  M.D.  1838. 
Editor  of  Boston  Atlas ;  Book- 
seller. *1880 

John  Bruce 
Robert  Bruce 

Slater. 

Jeremiah  Bumstead 

Merchant. 

*George  Cabot 

Hai-v.  1835,  A.M.  ♦I860 

*Samuel  Cabot 

Harv  183G,  A.M.,  M.D.  1839.  •1885 


•1843 


•1883 


Seth  A.  Copland 
Stephen  Grant  Deblois 

Merchant. 

*Theodore  Dehon 

Merchant.  •1861 

*Charles  H.  Domett 

George  Downing 
*  Oliver  Everett  Durivage^ 

Actor.  •I860 

*Joiiy  Bernard  Fitzpatrick 

Coll.  de  Montreal  1833,  Sem. 
St.  Sulpice,  Paris  1841,  S.T.D. 
Harv.  1861 ;  Roman  Catholic 
Bishop  of  Boston.  •1866 

Daniel  M.  Hastings 
*Charles  Lawson  Hill 

Benjamin  P.  Holt 
*Edward  Kettell 
*John  Brooks  Kettell 
*William  A.  Lander 
*John  Foster  Williams  Lane 

Harv.  1837,  A.M.,  M.D.  1840.    ^1861 

*Benjamin  A.  Lincoln         -iss- 
John  Larkin  Lincoln  ^ 

Brown  1836.  A.M.,  LL.D.  1859, 
Prof,  of  Latin,  Browu. 

Joshua  Lincoln^ 

Publisher. 

•George  Henry  Mackay 
*Edward  Augustus  May* 

George  S.  ]\Ieldrum 

William  Minot 

Harv.  1S3G,  LL.B.  1840. 

Nahuin  M.  Mitchell 
Edward  C.  Morton 
Henry  J(ackson?)  Oliver 
*Horatio  A(^lbert)  Palmer^ 

?M.l).  Dart.  1837.  •1849 

*Grenville  Tudor  Phillips 


•1844 
•1838 


Harv.  1836. 


>1S63 


1  Sec  Proc.  Mass.  Hist.  See.  1858-60,  p.  228.  ^  Died  in  Memphis  20  May. 

8  Brothers.  *  Brother  of  Samuel,  of  otir  Cl;\ss  of  1822,  and  John  J.  of  1823. 

t  Undoubtedly  to  be  identified  with  Horace  Albert  Paluur,  who  received  the  degree  of 
M.D.  as  above  given. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


171 


*Jereniiah  G.  Smith 
Francis  W.  Story 

*  George  Sturgis 

Merchant  in  Manila. 

Lewis  William  Tappan 

*  Thomas  Baldwin  Thayer 

A.M.  Harv.  1860,  S.T.D.  Tufts 
1865.  *1886 

*James  Franklin  Thorndike 

*1872 

*Francis  Minot  Weld 

Harv.  1835.  *1886 

1827. 

*Francis  Miller  Adams        *18S3 

Constable. 

Samuel  Adams 
*Asa  Giles  Alexander 

Yale  1836.  *1865 

James  Morton  Ballard 

Harv.  1836. 
Lawyer. 

Joshua  Hall  Bates 

West  Point  1837,  U.S.A. 
Lawyer. 

Alexander  Vincent  Blake 

BookseDer. 

*Charles  Royal  Bond 

Merchant,  Insurance.  *1873 

John  Albert  Buckingham 

Div.  Sch.  Harv.  1839. 

Frederic  L.  Call 

Druggist. 

*James  Colin  Campbell 

Book-keeper.  *1846 

John  Mundell  Campbell 

Printer ;  Lieut.  69th  Mass.  Vols. 
Census  Agent. 

*William  Chapman  *i833 

John  G.  Coffin 
*William  Barnard  Coffin 

Clerk. 


James   Ivers    Trecothick 
Coolidge 

Harv.  1838,  S.T.D.  Hobart 
1870;  Master  of  St.  Mark's 
School,  Southborough. 

Augustus  Copeland 
Samuel  Breck  Cruft 

Harv.  1836,  A.  M. 

*Theodore  Dame 

Lawj^er. 

Thomas  Morton  Jones  Dehon 

Merchant. 

William  Storer  Eaton 
Justin  Field 

Amherst,  1835  A.M. 

James  Ford 

David  Green  Francis 

Bookseller. 

*Henry  Dearborn  Grafton 

West  Point  1839.  *1855 

William  E.  Graves 
*Frederic  Gray 

Merchant.  *1877 

*Benjamin  EUery  Greene 

Merchant.  *1872 

*Samuel  Huntington  Greene 

Joseph  A.  Hall 
John  F.  Hubbart 
Joseph  F.  Larkin 
John  Parker  Maynard 

M.D.  Harv.  1848. 

*Francis  Miller  McLellan 

Brown  1839,  A.M.  Brown,  M.D. 
Harv.  1843.  *1863 

Edmund  Sewall  Munroe 
*Frederic  A.  G.  Nicholson 
Alfred  Norton 
James  Sullivan  Noyes 

Dry  Goods  Merchant. 

*George  Stanley  Parker^ 

Harv.    1836,     A.M.;      Usher; 


►1873 


Teacher. 


*1873 


1  Brother  of  J.  C.  D.  Parker,  of  our  Class  of  1838. 


172 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*Hemy  Parkmau  •1839 

*John  D.  Plj-mpton 
Thomas  Frederic  Power 

Merchant ;  Horticulturist. 

*Charles  Henry  Prince^ 

U.  S.  A.  •1849 

Frederic  Octavius  Prince  1 

Ilari-.  1S36,  A.M. 
Lawyer ;  Mayor  of  Boston. 


♦Alfred  A.  Reed 

David  H.  Reed 
**Reuben  A.  Reed 

Israel  Muuson  Spelman 

Harv.  1836. 
Engiueer. 

Francis  Wilder  Tappan 

AVilliams  1!>37. 

Samuel  Cooper  Thacher 
Edward  Davis  Townsend 

West  Point;  Adj.  Gen'l  U.S.A. 


♦1878 


•Edward  Tuckerman 

Union  1837,  Ilarv.  1847,  A.M. 
and  Union,  LL.13.  Ilan-.  1S39, 
LL.D.  Amherst,  1875,  Pi-of.  of 
Botany,  Amherst.  •1886 

*Samuel  Gary  Tuckerman 

Farmer.  '1870 

Samuel  Gray  Ward 

Har>-.  1836,  A.M. 

*John  Fothergill  Waterhouse 
Ware 

Harv.  18.38;  Minister  of  Ailing- 
ton  Street  Chureh.  •1881 

Watson  2 

*John  Hunt  Welch 

llarv.  1835,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1850.  •1852 

Giles  Henry  Whitney 

Unrv.  1837. 

Francis  Winslow 

U.S.N. 


The  name  of  Daniel  M.  Hastings  was 
given  in  tliis  Class  in  tlie  Catalogue  of 
1847,  but  has  been  erased  on  some  of 
the  interleaved  Catalogues  fm-nished  us. 


1  Brothers. 

2  Inserted  on  Dr.  Hale's  interleaved  Triennial,  as  was  also  the  name  of  Viles,  on  the 
authority  of  Nathan  IIiilc,  Jr.,  of  the  next  Class.  We  omit  the  name  of  Viles  as  probably 
the  same  as  Joseph  Henry  Mies  of  the  Class  of  1830. 


CHAPTER     VIII. 

1828-1837. 


During  the  time  embraced  in  this  Chapter,  Mr.  Leverett  and  Mr. 
Dillaway  Avere  Head  Masters  of  the  School.  As  the  term  of  each 
was  short,  and  there  is  no  sj^ecial  reason  for  separating  the  pupils  who 
entered  under  one  from  those  entering  under  the  other,  it  has  seemed 
best  to  the  Committee  to  embrace  in  this  Chapter  the  remainder  of 
what  was  contained  in  Chaj^ter  IV  of  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  and  to 
begin,  as  in  that,  a  new  chapter  with  the  commencement  of  the  mas- 
tership of  Mr.  Dixwell. 


1828. 

Joseph  Henry  Adams 

Harv.  1837,  A.M. 
Civil  Engineer. 

*Jolin  Bacon 

Haw.  1837,  A.M.  and  Trinity 
1860,  M.D.  Harv.  1840,  Prof. 
Chemistry,  Hai-v.  *1881 

Horace  Granville  Barrus, 
afterwards  Horace  Gran- 
ville Barrows 

Eclectic  Physician. 

Henry  Jacob  Bigelow 

Harv.  1837,  A.M.  and  Trinity 
1860,  M.D.  1841,  LL.D.  1882, 
Prof.  Surg.  Harv. 

^Joseph  F.  Burns 
Francis  Lemuel  Capen 

Harv.  1839,  A.M. 

Charles  Henry  Appleton  Dall^ 

Harv.  1837,  A.M.  1845. 


*William  Davis 

Harv.  1837.  *1853 

William  Augustus  Davis 

Harv.  1837,  A.M.,  M.D.  1840. 

William  Maxwell  Evakts 

Yale  1837,  A.M.  Yale,  LL.D. 
1865,  Harv.  1870,  Union  1857, 
Attorney  General  and  Sec.  of 
State  of  the  U.  S. ;  U.  S.  Sen. 

*Theodore  Frothingham     *i873 

Merchant. 

William  Whitwell  Green- 
ough^ 

Hai-v.  1837;  Treasurer  Boston 
Gas  Co.,  President  of  Trustees 
of  Boston  Public  Library. 

*Nathan  Hale 

Harv.  1838,  A.M.  1842,  LL.B. 
1840,  Prof,  of  Rhetoi'ic  and  Eng- 
lish Literature,  Union.  *1871 

*Charles  D(udley?)  Hall 
Henry  T.  Hall 

Merchant. 


1  For  many  years  a  missionary  in  India. 

2  See  Loring's  Hundred  Boston  Orators,  p.  660 ;  also  Proc.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc,  1879-80,  p.  63. 

(173) 


174 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*Charles  Hayward 

nai-v.  1837.  'isas 

*Thomas  Kettell  •isso 

Daniel  A.  Oliver^ 
*Natlianiel  Austin  Parks 

IlaiT.  1839,  A.M.  "ISrS 

Thomas  William  Parsons^ 

A.M.  Ilarv.  1853. 

*Augustus  Goddard  Peabody 

Harv.  1837,  M.D.  1844.  •1877 

William  Wilberforce  Rand 
Bowdoin  1837. 

*Henry  Gardner  Rice 

Merchant.  '1867 

**Daniel  Messenger  Rich- 
ardson 

Daniel  Waldo  Salisbury 

Merchant. 

*George  Barnard  Sargent 

Banker,  Davenport,  Iowa.  *1875 

*John  Parker  Shimmin       *i883 
*Henry  Hammatt  Simmons 
*Charles  Simonds 
*George  W.  Smith 

Lawyer. 

*Bryant  Parrott  Tilden 

U.S.A.  «1S60 

John  Bumstead  Trott 

Merchant. 

** William  Ward 
Heliodorus  Wellington 
*Benjamin  Whit  well 

Physician.  *1857 

Francis  Stanton  Williams 

Ilarv.  1837,  A.M.  18G7 ;  Teacher. 

Henry  Williams 

Ilai-v.  1837;  Teacher. 

George  M.  Willson 


1829. 

Samuel  Leonard  Abbot 

Ilarv.  1S.3.S,  A.M.,  M.D.  1841. 

James  Munson  Barnard 

A.M.  Ilarv.  1858.    Merchant. 

•George  L.  Callender 

Gilman  Collamore 
*Charles  Augustus  Crackbon 

•1855 

**Marston  Watson  Gushing 

•1832 

*George  Henry  Cutter^ 

Clerk.  •1882 

Thomas  Datccs^ 

IlaiT.  1839,  A.:M.  1843 ;  Minis- 
ter at  Brewster. 

Charles  Devens 

Har\'.  ia38,  LL.B.1H40,  LL.D., 
andColum.  Wash.  1877;  Judjre 
of  the  Superior  and  Supreme 
Courts  of  Mass.,  Att'y  Gen'l  of 
the  United  States. 

Theodore  G.  Dexter 

Merchant. 

Benjamin  Homer  Dixon 

Consul  Gen.  of  Netherlands. 

George  W.  Felt 
William  Lang  Goodridge 

Mercliant. 

J.  S\  p.  Greenleaf 
Richard  Saltonstall  Green- 
ough 

A.M.  Ilarv.  1859.    Sculptor. 

*Charles  Thacher  Hallet 

Clerk.  •ISaS 

Benjamin  Franklin  Hancock 
*Charles  Henry  Hartshorn 

Ilarv.  183S.  •ISSS 

George  Hayward 

Ilarv.  1839,  A.M.,  M.D.  1843. 


1  In  the  Catalogue  of  1847  the  middle  name  given  was  M.,  but  on  the  Register  of  tlio 
Association  wc  find  it  given  hy  himself  as  A. 

2  The  translator  of  Dante.    AVell  known  as  a  graceful  poet. 

3  Died  7  Oct.  a'  C4,  in  Sun  Francisco.  *  Son  of  Thomas  Dawes  of  ourY'Liss  of  1792. 


PUBLIC   LATIN  SCHOOL. 


175 


John  Samuel  Francis  Huddle- 
ston 

Philosophical  Instrument  Maker. 

Martin  Brimmer  Inches 

Engineer. 

Isaac  Newton  Jackson 

Master  Mariner. 

Lemuel  Pope  Jenks^ 

Patent  Solicitor. 

William  Hamilton  Stewart  Jor- 
dan 

Bookseller,  Insurance  Agent. 

Henry  Coit  Kings]  ey 

Yale  1834,  A.M.,  Treas.  Yale. 

Henry  Ensign  Lincoln 

Merchant,  Life  Ins.  Agent. 

*Thomas  Coffin  Amory  Lin- 
zee  *1863 
Caleb  "William  Loring 

Harv.  1839,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1841. 

John  M.  Motley 
George  Welles  Nichols 

Auctioneer. 

James  Lloyd  Oliver 

Dentist. 

*Edward  Breck  Parkman   *i84i 
*James  Robinson  Peirce 

Harv.  1838.  *1842 

*  Augustus  Russell  Pope'^ 

Harv.  1839,  A.M. ;  Minister  at 
Kingston  and  Somerville.  *1858 

Thorndike  Rand 

Bank  Clerk. 

Edward  Augustus  Renouf 

Hai-v.  1838,  A.M.,  and  Hobart 
1850. 

Francis  Ralph  Roberts 

Stationer. 

Richard  Smith  Roberts 

Master  Mason. 

*Charles  Cushincr  Sheafe 


Harv.  1839,  A.M. 
Lawyer. 


*1873 


Amos  Smith 

Harv.  1838,  A.M.  1843 ;  Minis- 
ter at  Leominster  and  Belmont. 

Francis  Sumner 

Merchant. 

Cornelius  Marchant  Vinson 

Harv.  1S39,  A.M. 

Teacher ;  Real  Estate  Agent. 

*Edward  Abiel  Washburn 

Harv.  1838;  A.M.  Trin.  1854, 
S.T.D.  Trin.  1861 ;  Lecturer  on 
Eug.  Lit.  Trin.  *1881 

*Franklin  C.  White  ?*i845 

*Benjamiii  Gardner  Whitman 

Trin.  1840,  A.M.  «1875 

*Benjamin  White  Whitney'^ 

Hai-v.  1838,  LL.B.  1842.  *1879 

William  PL  Williams 
*Charles  M.  Winslow 

Clerk.  *1846 


1830. 

Charles  llanning  Bowers 

Brown  1838,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  1870 ; 
Minister  at  Clinton. 

Adam  R.  Bowman 
Charles  Smith  Bradley 

Brown  1838,  A.M.,  LL.D.  1867 ; 
Chief  Justice  Supr.  Court  R.I. ; 
Bussey  Prof.  Law  Harv. 

*  Charles  Henry  Brigham 

Harv.  1839,  A.M.  1843;  Prof. 
Biblical  Arch,  etc.,  Meadville 
Theol.  Sch. ;  Minister  at  Taun- 
ton and  Ann  Ar!)oi',  Mich.  *1879 

Samuel  G.  Brooks 
Buekminster  Brown 

M.D.  Harv.  1844. 

*Charles  Muzzy  Carleton 
*Ozias  Goodwin  Chapman  *i866 
William  Spooner  Coffin 

Harv.  1839,  A.M.,  M.D.  1842. 


1  Son  of  Rev.  Wm.  Jenks,  D.D.,  of  our  Class  of  1790. 

2  Brother  of  Thomas  B.  Pope  of  our  Class  of  1823. 

3  Inserted  in  Rev.  Dr.  Hale's  interleaved  Catalogue. 


176 


PUBLIC   LATLN   SCHOOL. 


George  Francis  Cutter 

Paymaster  Gcu'l  U.S.N. 

*William  Augustus  Dame 

Harv.  1838.  'ISid 

George  F.  Danforth 
Theodore  A.  Eaton 

Merchant. 

*Thomas  Bumstead  Frothing- 
ham  *1880 

*  William  George  Hale 

Harv.  1812,  A.-NI. 

Edward  Reynolds  Hall 

Bank  Cashier. 

William  Augustus  Hall 
Joseph  S(tacy?)  Hastings 

*Le\vis  Hastings 

*John  Howe 

^Maiiuiacturcr. 

Alexander  Jackson 

AM 


*1876 


•1870 


Amherst    1840, 
Harv.  1843. 


M.D. 


Benjamui  Judkins 

ilaiv.  1848. 

*Ezra  Lincoln 

A.M.  Williams,  1860;    Assist. 

U.  S.  Treas.  *1863 

^Daniel  Gregory  Mason 

Bookseller.  *1869 

*John  Winfield  Scott  McNeil 
Thomas  Shields  Malcom 

Brown  1839. 

*Sylvester  Dean  Melville 
*  Henry  Melville  Parker 

Han-.  1839,  A.M.,  and  Trinity 
1850,  LL.B.  1841.  *1863 

James  M.  Perkins 
**Samuel  Pickens 
Whiting  Phipps  Sanger 
John  Oakes  Shaw 

Clerk  U.  S.  Customs. 


*Charles  Francis  Simmons^ 

Hai-v.  1841.  •1862 

George  Alexander  Smith- 
William  Burdick  Stevens 

President  Globe  Bank. 

*Joseph  Henry  Viles  •ib04 

Alexander  Calvin  Washburn 

Harv.  1839,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1844. 
Lawyer. 

*Edward  Webster^ 

Dart.  1841,  A.M. 

Maj.  U.S.A.  in  Mexican  War.  ^1847 

Moses  Williams  Weld 

Hai-v.  1840,  A.M.,  M.D.  1843. 

Alfred  Whitney 
Henry  Whitney 
Joseph  Hibberson  Wilby 
Richard  Storrs  Willis'* 

Yale  1S41. 


1831. 

Edward  Franklin  Adams 
Benjamin  Franklin  Atkins 

ILirv.  1838,  A.M. 
William  Rhodes  Bagnall 
*Francis  William  Greenwood 
Bellows 

Merchant.  •1880 

*Andrcw  Sigourney  Bender 
George  Erving  Betton 

Lawyer. 

*William  Blaney 

Whai-fingcr.  •1858 

Martin  Luther  Bradford 

Hardware  Dealer. 


I  See  Harvard  Memorial  Biograpliy,  i.  p.  64. 

3  This  name  is  added  on  his  own  authority,  ho  having  joined  the  Boston  Latin  School 
Association  as  of  this  Class. 
8  Son  of  Daniel  and  brother  of  D.  Fletcher  of  our  Class  of  1824. 
*  Brother  of  Nathaniel  P.  of  our  Class  of  1817. 


PUBLIC   LATIN  SCHOOL. 


177 


*Charles  Edward  Bucking- 
ham! 

Harv.  1840,  M.D.  1844;  Prof. 
Theor.  and  JPrac.  Med.,  and  Adj. 
Piof.  Obst.  and  Medical  Juris- 
prudence, Harv.  *1877 

John  Capen^ 

Harv.  1840,  A.M.  1809. 

*George  B.  Coffin 

*George  Inman  Cunningham 

*1865 

*Peter  Roe  Dalton^ 

Merchant.  *1840 

Lucius  H.  Fairchild 
Francis  Willis  Fisher 

M.D.  Harv.  1845. 

*  William  S.  Fox  *i86- 
*Francis  (Greenwood)  Froth- 

ingham  *1853 

*  Henry  Frothingham  *i884 
William  Branford  Shubrick 

Gay 

Banker  and  Broker. 

*Francis  Gorham 

Broker.  *1876 

Edivard  Everett  Hale'^ 

Harv.  1839,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  1879, 
Usher,  Vice  President  Latin 
School  Association  ;  Minister  of 
South  Cong.  Church. 

*Charles  Child  Henshaw 
**John  Homans 

Samuel  G.  Jarvis 

?  M.D. 
Samuel  Kneeland 

Harv.  1840,  A.M.,  M.D.  1847; 
Sec.  Mass.  Inst,  of  Technology. 

*George  M.  Knight 

Clerk.  *1838 


*1867 
*1836 


Heman  Lincoln 

Brown  1840,  S.T.D.  Rochester, 
1865 ;  Minister  at  Jamaica  Plain, 
Philadelphia,  and  Providence; 
Prof.  Theol.  Sch.  Newton. 

John  William  Linzee 
William  Lithgow 
Francis  W.  Loring 
Samuel  Foster  McCleary 

Harv.  1841,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1843. 
City  Clerk. 

^Elijah  Raymond  Mears 

Harv.  1838.  *1841 

Francis  Minot 

Harv.  1841,  A.M.,  and  Trinity 
1860,  M.D.  1844,  Hersey  Prof, 
of  Theory  and  Prac.  of  Medi- 
cine, Harv. 

Henry  Kemble  Oliver^ 

Printer. 

*Jonathan  T.  Perkins 
*  William  B.  Robinson 
*Francis  Morgan  Rotch 

Harv.  1841.  *1863 

William  Sowdon^ 
*John  Barnard  Swett  *i8P- 

*William  Edward  Townsend 

Harv.  1839,  A.M.,  M.D.  1844; 
Usher.  *1866 

John  Holker  Welch,  after- 
wards Edivard  Holker 
Welch,  S.  J. 

Harv.  1840,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1846, 
Prof,  of  German  and  French, 
Georgetown  Coll. 

William  Augustus  White 
*Franklin  Delano  Williams 

*1865 

*Moses  Blake  Williams      »i866 


1  Brother  of  Joseph  H.  of  our  Class  of  1817. 

2  Brother  of  Charles  J.  of  our  Class  of  1835. 

3  See  Burial  Register  of  King's  Chapel. 

4  See  Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1860-1862,  p.  107. 

5  Not  a  son  of  Henry  Kemble,  of  our  Class  of  1810-11. 

6  Given  in  Catalogue  of  1847,  Sardon. 


178 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


♦William  Francis  Worthington 

Mcicbant.  •1875 


1832. 

*Thomas  Coffin  Amory 

Harv.  184L  •1848 

Charles  Howard  Bailey 

Commission  Merchant. 

*Charles  James  Betton 
*George  Thatcher  Blake 
Amos  J.  Bowditch 
*Thomas  John  Brereton 

Lieut.  U.  S.  Army. 

Nathaniel  Hadley  Bryant 

Coal  Dealer. 

*William  Burroughs 

Yule  1S43,  A.M.  1861 

Edward  Capen^ 

Ilarv.  1842,  A.M. 
Librarian. 

John  Whitney  Crackbon 

Clerk. 

William  Cushing 

HousehoUl  Art  Co. 

Horace  F.  Cutter 

Merchant. 

Oliver  James  Davis 

Lumber  Dealer. 

*Wendell  Thornton  Davis 

Harv.  1838. 

Lawyer.  •1876 

James  Dennie 

Merchant. 

♦Francis  Edwin  Dyer 
*William  Otis  Edmands 
William  Tappan  Eustis 

Yale  1841. 

Minister  at  Springfield,  Moss. 

Edward  Gassett 

Harv.  1843. 
Merchant. 


Thomas  R.  Graves 
Horace  Gray 

Merchant. 

James  H.  Gray 
William  Henry  Harding 
Charles  B.  Hastings 
Charles  H.  Hayward 

John  Bumpstead  Lincoln 

Leonard  B. Louge 
*William  A.  Marston 
*James  Maffitt  Motley        •is79 
♦Benjamin  M.  Nevers 
♦Edmund  Burke  Otis  •1884 

Hai-v.  1842,  A.M. 

♦Edward  H.  Parker 
*Owen  Glendour  Peabody 

Dart.  1842,  LL.B.  Ilai-v.  1844. 
Lawyer.  •1862 

Chas.AbnerWisnerPhelps, 
afterwards  Charli:s 
Abneh  Phelps 

Union,  1841,  M.  D.  H.-iiT.  1844. 
Pres't  of  Mass.  Senate ;  Naval 
Officer,  U.  S.  Customs;  U.S. 
Consul  in  Bohemia. 

*J6hn  Pierpont 

Harv.  1840. 

Coal  Dealer.  •1879 

Daniel  C.  Pratt 

Engineer. 

Edward  Willard  Pray 

Harv.  1841,  A.M.  1850. 

Thomas  Ruggles  Pynchon 

Trinity  1841,  .\.M.,  S.T.D.  St. 
StephcnV  1865,  LL.D.  Columb 
187<  ;  President  Triuity. 

John  Revere 

Harv.  1S41,  A.M. 
Merchant. 

♦George  Edward  Rice 

Harv.  1842,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1846.  'ISei 

William  J.  Russell 

Conductor. 


1  Brother  of  Francis  L.  of  our  Class  of  1828,  John,  of  1831,  ond  Charles  J.  of  1836. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


179 


*Ros'well  B.  Streeter 
John  Fearing  Thatcher 

Accountant. 

Charles  F.  Thayer 
William  Shaw  Tuckerman 
*  Israel  S.  Twombly 
Thomas  Melville  Vinson^ 

Grocer. 

William  Sargent  Walsh 

John  H.  Welles 
*Francis  Garnett  Whiston  *i875 
*Charles  Eugene  White^    *i85i 
*Grenville  Blake  White 

Apothecary,  U.S.N.  *1883 

^Wallace  Barnard  White 

Lawyer ;  Chief  Just.  Supr.  Court 
"Wisconsin.  *1882 

Charles  D.  Williams 

1833. 

*Charles  Frederic  Adams 

Karv.  1843,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1846.  *1856 

Robert  S.  Andrews 
*James  Henry  Bancroft^ 

Amherst  1839,  A.M.  *1844 

Abraham  Watcy  Blanchard 
*Feron  Wilson  Borowscale  *i84- 

Ferdinand  Hamilton  Bowers 
*Charles  H.  Brown  *i850 

John  Theodore  Clark 

Ebenezer  Francis  Cotting 

George  Todd  Coverly 

William  Cross 
*John  C.  Crowninshield 
*Benjamin    Colman  Ward 
Davenport  *1843 

Benjamin  Franklin  Dwight 

Ai'chitect. 


*Charles  Winthrop  Faulkner 

*1845 

George  Henry  Faulkner 
*Charles  Johnson  Flagg 

*  William  Edward  Forbes   «i845 
William  P.  Fowle 

Israel  Cooke  Foxcroft 
*Geoi'ge  Henry  Gay 

Harv.  1842,  M.D.  1845.  *1878 

Washington  Hancock* 
*Horatio  Hams 

Auctioneer.  *1876 

*John  Prince  Hazen 

Merchant.  *1852 

*Charles  Gustavus  Hobart*i873 

George  D.  Hodges 

Thomas  Hunt 
*Franklin  A.  Kidder 

John  Wesley  Lindsay 

Wesleyan  (Conn.)  1840,  A.M.; 
Prof,  of  Latin,  Wesleyan ;  Prof, 
in  School  of  Theology,  Boston 
Univ. 

*  William  B.  Little 
William  Macomber 

Commission  Merchant. 

*James  Gushing  Merrill 

Hai-\-.  1842,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1845 ; 
Usher.  *1869 

*James  Ellice  Murdoch 

*  Edward  Dorr  Griffin  Palmer 

Brown  1839,  A.M.,  M.D.  HaiT. 
1842.  *1869 

*George  B radish  Parks 
Thomas  McClure  Peters 

Yale  1841,  A.M.  Trin.  1847, 
S.T.D.  Trin.  1865. 

*Edward  Rogers 

Dart.  1842.  *1856 

James  Otis  Sargent 

Lawyer;  Publisher. 


1  Brother  of  Cornelius  M.  of  our  Class  of  1829.  2  Died  17  Jan. 

3  In  Catalogue  of  1847  given  Jacob,  and  in  italics.    Brother  of  Silas  A.  of  1835. 

4  Son  of  John,  of  our  Class  of  1745,  and  brother  of  Benjamin  F.  of  1829. 


180 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher^ 
George  James  Townsend 

Hiirv.    lS4'i,  A.M.   1846,  M.D. 
1S46. 

•Frederick  Goddard  Tuck- 
erman 

LL.B.  Hai-v.  1842.  •1873 

Charles  Henry  Tuttle 
Frederick  Warren 

Merchant. 

Henry  Blatchford  Wheel- 
wright 

Harv.  1844,  A.M.  1848 ;  Usher. 

Henry  Willard  Williams 

A.M.  Ilaiv.  18G8,  M.D.  1849; 
Prof,  of  Ophthalmolofrr,  Hai-v. 

William  Augustus  Wright 


1834. 

Edwin  E.  Allen 
Horace  Andrews 
Stephen  Badlam 

Clerk  Water  Office,  Boston. 

Samuel  Reeves  Bates 
James  Henry  Beals 

Publisher  Boston  Post. 

William  W.  Billings 
Frederick  Boyd 
Jarvis  Dwight  Braman 

Prcs.  Boston  Water  Power  Co. 

*Charles  H.  H.  Cook  •iseg 

*Joseph  Crackbon  •1374 

•George  Kimball  Crockett 

Amherst  1840. 

Lawyer.  *1879 

James  Henry  Cunningham 
Charles  Pelham  Curtis 

Harv.  1845,  LL.B.  1847. 
Lawyer. 

Nathaniel  William  Curtis 


*Henry  Tallman  Davis 

HuVv.  18)4.  'ISCQ 

Samuel  Davis 
•William  Pitt  Denton 

Lawyer. 

George  Alexander  Doane 

Stock  Broker. 

•George  Samuel  Emerson 

Harv.  1845.  •1848 

•Charles  Whittlesey  Eustis 

•1842 

Edward  Lincoln  Field 

Merchant. 
Francis  Henry  Forbes 
Octavius  Brooks  Frothingham 

riai-v.  1843,  A.M. ;  Minister  at 
Salem,  Mass.  luul  in  New  York. 

Osborn  Boylston  Hall 
Thomas  Bartlett  Hall 

Harv.  1843,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1846. 

•Joseph  Hay  •i853 

George  Edwards  Hill 

Yale  1846. 

•Henry  Martyn  Hill  •isse 

Frederick  Sebastian  Jewett 
William  Frederic  Kenfield 
William  Gardner  Ladd 

Merchant. 

John  Henry  Low 
James  Brown  Macomber 

Maniil'iicturer. 

James  Hotvard  Means 

Harv.  1843,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Wil- 
liams 1874. 

•Ebenezer  Preble  Motley  -ms 
Charles  William  Munroe 

Harv.  1817. 

Allen  C.  Nichols 
•Greenleaf  Dudley  Norris 

Merchant. 

Martin  Packard 


1  Son  of  Peter  O.  Thachcr,  of  our  Class  of  1786. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


181 


Eben  Francis  Parker 

Merchant. 

Francis  Jewett  Parker 

Cotton  Manufacturer. 

Edward  Thatcher  Peabody 

Prof,  of  Mathematics  Masonic 
College,  Kentucky. 

Shadrach  Haughton  Pearce 

Merchant. 

Alexander  Hamilton  Peters 

Trader. 

James  N.  Pronk 
George  A.  Rossiter 
Walter  H.  Russell 
*Francis  Willard  Sayles 

Harv.  1844.  *1853 

Peter  F.  Thacheri 
Charles  Keating  Tuckbr- 

MAN 

Author;  U.S.  Min.  to  Greece. 

*  George  Ferdinand  Tucker- 
man  *1845 
Francis  W.  Tufts 
William  Wirt  Webster 
John  Gordius  Wetherell 

Merchant;    Vice  Pres't  Atlas 
Bank. 

DeWitt  Clinton  Whitcomb 


1835. 

^Ignatius  Sargent  Amory 2  »i848 
Charles  S.  Andrews 
Silas  Atkins  Bancroft ^ 

Organist. 

William  Ely  Boies 

Tale  1844,  A.M.  1850. 


John  Bowditch 
Charles  James  Capen'^ 

Harv.  1S44,  A.M. ;  Usher,  Sub- 
Master,  Master. 

*George  Blankern  Cary 

Harv.  1844.  *1846 

*Charles  L.  Clapp  *i854 

William  Adolphus  Clark 

Author. 

Robert  Codman^ 

Harv.  1844,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1846. 
Lawyer. 

*David  Sears  Cotting 

Farmer.  *1855 

Francis  G.  Eaton 
John  F.  Fisher 
Benjamin  Fisk 
Tappan  Eustis  Francis 

Harv.  1844,  M.D.  1847. 

Thomas  Gaffield 

Glass  ^Merchant 

*Daniel  Louis  Gibbens 

M.D.  Harv.  1847.  *1865 

Benjamin  Apthorp  Gould^ 

Harv.  1844,  A.M. ;  LL.D.  1885 ; 
Ph.D.  Gott.  1848 ;  Astronomer ; 
Vice  Pres't  Boston  Latin  School 
Association. 

George  H.  Green 
Alfred  Fales  Haliburton 
*Thomas  Scott  Harmon      *i857 
Lemuel  Hay  ward ''^ 

Harv.  1845. 

John  Henshaw 
John  Sewell  Hooper 

Stationer. 

George  W.  Kimball 
James  M.  Kimball 


1  Inserted  on  the  authority  of  Charles  P.  Curtis,  of  this  Class,  and  not  to  be  considered 
identical  with  Peter  O.,  of  the  preceding  Class. 

2  Died  18  Jan.  3  Brother  of  James  H.  of  our  Class  of  1833. 
4  Brother  of  Francis  L.  of  our  Class  of  1828,  John,  of  1831,  and  Edward,  of  1832. 

6  Inserted  on  his  own  authority. 

6  Son  of  Head  Master  B.  A.  Gould.  '  Brother  of  John  D.  of  our  Class  of  1843. 


182 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*John  Gardner  Ladd 

Ilarv.  1843,   A.M.   1S47,   M.D. 
Univ.  of  Virginia  1840. 

Francis  A.  Libbey 
♦Robert  T.  Long 
Henry  Loiing 
Alverdo  Mason 
Aaron  Lucius  Ordway 

Teacher. 

*George  A.  O.  Pierce 
Benjamin  Pond 

Lawyer;   Judge    East  Boston 
Police  Court. 

James  H.  Prince 
Thomas  H.  Simpson 
William  Wetherbee^ 

Stock  Broker. 

*William    Henry    Chase 


•1853 


•1848 


Whiting2 

Top.  Enjr.  U.S.A. 
Confed.  SeiTice. 


Brig.  Gen'l 


•1865 


1836. 

John  Adams 
W.  Bowditch 
♦Arnold  Welles  Brown 

Ilarv.  1S51. 

James  R.  Darracott 


•1852 


Oilman  I.  Davis 
William  Watson  Davis 
*  Oliver  Jordan  Femald 

Div.  Sch.  Hai-v.  1847.  'ISei 

*Henry  Bowen  Clarke  Greene 

M.D.  Ilarv.  1851.  •1862 

♦Charles  Ridgeley  Greenwood 

•1844 

♦Francis  William  Greenwood 

Harv.  184.-).  •1847 

♦Henry  Gyslaar 
J.  W.  Hurton 
Charles  Henry  Hudson 

Harv.  1846,  LL.B.  1848. 

William  Vincent  Hutchings 

Insurance. 

Thomas  Lethhridge  Marshall 
Edward  D.  May 
James  Eugene  Otis 
♦Montgomery  Davis  Parker^ 

•1863 
William  Ladd  Hopes 

Harv.  1840,  A.M. ;  Usher. 
Minister  at  Wrcuthani ;  Libra- 
rian Thcol.  Sch.  Andover. 

Joseph  Edwin  Smith 
Harrison  T.  Sweetser 
Warren  Til  ton 

Harv.  1844,  LL.B.  1847. 


1  Given  in  the  Class  of  1833  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847,  but  he  writes  that  he  entered  in  1835. 

2  Killed  at  Fort  Fisher. 

8  Died  6  Dec.    See  By-Laws  St.  Andrew's  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  edition  of  1866,  p.  53. 


CHAPTER    IX. 

1837-1884. 


o»{o 


Chapter  V  of  the  Catalogue  of  1847  begins  with  the  Class  of 
1837,  the  first  to  enter  the  School  under  the  Mastership  of  Mr. 
Dixwell,  and  ends  with  the  Class  which  entered  the  year  of  the 
publication  of  that  volume.  A  note  to  the  chapter  says  it  "is  taken 
from  the  present  School  Register,  in  which  the  names  are  placed 
under  the  year  in  which  each  pupil  entered  the  School."  As  the 
same  source  of  information  has  been  used  by  the  Committee  in  com- 
piling this  continuation  of  the  Catalogue  from  1847  to  the  present 
time,  and  will  probably  be  used  by  future  Committees  in  the  prepar- 
ation of  subsequent  editions,  as  they  are  required,  it  has  seemed  best 
from  this  point  to  embrace  in  a  single  chapter  all  the  Classes  since 
the  beginning  of  Mr.  Dixwell's  Mastership. 


1837. 

Jeremiah  Smith  Boies  Alleyne 
Edward  Bangs 

Harv.  1846,  LL.B.  1S49. 

Frederic  E  Bliss  i 

Druggist. 

Atherton  Thayer  Brown 

Druggist. 

Thomas  Graves  Cary 

Naturalist. 

*Timothy  Dutton  Chamberlain 

Hai-v.  1845,  A.M. ;  Usher.         *1850 

*Luther  Clark  Crehore^      •i846 

Charles  B.  Crowninshield 
*James  Jackson  Cruft 

Harv.  1846.  *1849 


*Edward  Henry  Eldredge 

Eeal  Estate  Broker.  *1865 

*William  Paisley  Field 

Harv.  1851,  LL.B.  1855.  *1859 

Galen  M.  Fisher 
Edward  A.  Fox 
George  M.  Fox 
Nathaniel  Goddard  Gould 

Merchant. 

Howard  Malcom  Graves 
*  George  Gray 

Harv.  1845,  LL.B.  1847. 

Daniel  Gulliver 
*Chester  Harding 

Harv.  1847. 

Horace  Holley  Hastings 


*1850 


►1875 


1  The  E  stands  for  no  name. 


1S3) 


3  Died  29  July. 


184 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Samuel  Hastings 

House  and  Decorative  Painter. 

Frederic  Hinckley 

Div.  Sch.  Ilarv.  1843. 
Minister  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  and 
in  Washinjcton,  D.C. 

Charles  Dudley  Homans 

Ilarv.  1846,  M.D.  1849. 

Charles  White  field  Homer 

narv.  1847,  A.M. 

Francis  Homes 
Hall  Jackson  How 

Heal  Estate  Broker. 

*Robert  Means  Lawrence  ^  «i845 
William  E.  Learnard 
*Francis  Augustine  Lovis 

Lawyer. 

Henry  Augustus  Mann 
*Francis  Parker 

Harv.  1845,  A.M.  •1849 

*Jonathan  Mason  Parker 

Ilarv.  1846,  LL.B.  1848.     *1875 

George  Francis  Parkman 

Ilarv.  1844,  LL.B.  1846. 

Charles  Lawrence  Perkins 

Dealer  iu  Railroad  Supplies. 

Samuel  Poole 
*  George  Frederic  Poor        *i844 
William  H.  Ranney 
John  Phillips  Reynolds^ 

Ilarv.  184n,  A.M.,  M.D.  1852, 
Prof.  Obstct.  Harv. ;  Usher. 

*Edward  Rogers 

Dait.  1842.  •1856 

Benjamin  Shurtleff  Shaw 

Harv.  1847,  A.M.,  M.D.  1850. 

Daniel  Denison  Slade 

Harv.  1844,  M.D.  1848;  Prof. 
Prac.  Zool.  Harv. 

George  A.  Stevens 
Charles  French  Thayer 

Harv.  1846,  A.M. 


Gustavus  Tuckennan 

Merchant;  Broker. 

*Newcome  Cappe  Tuckerman 

Merchant.  •I860 

James  Waldock 

Harv.  1845,  MJD.  1852. 
Teacher. 

*  William  Waldock  •i844 

*Thomas  Jefierson  Welch  •1872 

Horatio  Parris  Willis 

Francis  William  Worthington 

LL.B.  Hurv.  1843. 

1838. 

James  Lloyd  Abbot 

Merchant. 

*George  James  Gordon  Adam, 
afterwards  George  Gordon 
Adam 

Lawyer  (Vicksburg,  Miss.)       •1884 

*Frederic  Sheridan  Adams 

Clerk.  •1347 

Ferdinand  Lane  Andrews 
Francis  William  Andrews 
*Joshua  Hall  Bailey  "ises 

Thomas  Bayley 
William  Berry 
Alexander  Bliss 

Harv.  1847. 

William  Davis  Bliss 

Hai-v.  1846. 

George  Bradford 
Thomas  George  Bradford 
Francis  Cabot 

Trcas.  Cotton  Mfg.  Cos. 

*William  Aylwiu  Gary 

Merchant.  •1868 

William  Warland  Clapp 

Editor  of  Boston  Journal. 


1  Died  while  a  htudent  in  Harvard  College. 

a  Son  of  Edward  Reynolds,  of  our  Class  of  1802. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


185 


Josiah  Parsons  Cooke 

Harv.  1848,  A.M.,  Erving  Prof. 
Chemistiy  and  Mineral.  Harv. 
D.C.L.  Camb.  Eng. 

*Lorenzo  Silas  Cragin 

Harv.  1849.  *187o 

George  Alfred  Cunningham 
Horace  Cunningham 

Hai-v.  1846. 

Daniel  Sargent  Curtis 

Harv.  1846,  A.M.  1860,  LL.B. 
1848. 

*James  Freeman  Curtis 

Henry  L.  Gushing 
*Lemuel  Francis  Sidney 

Gushing  1  *1880 

Joseph  Grinnell  Dalton 

Samuel  Dunn 

Barnum  Wisner  Field 

William  James  Appleton 

Fuller 
*Joseph  Peabody  Gardner 

Harv.  1847,  A.M. 

Merchant.  *1875 

Charles  Gay 
James  Grove'^ 
Alexander  Mitchell  Hall 
Henry  Lamed  Hallet 

Harv.  1847,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1859. 
Law}-er ;  U.  S.  Commissioner. 

George  Russell  Hastings 

Hai-v.  1848,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1850. 

William  Hayden^ 
Augustine  Heard 

Harv.  1847. 
Merchant. 

Charles  Edward  Howe 
Charles  Grant  Kendall 

Harv.  1847. 

Planter  (Port  Royal,  S.C.) 

*William  Joseph  Loring     #i864 


John  McGowan 
Moses  Morse 
*Danforth  Stillman  Newcomb 

Merchant. 

James  Cutler  Dunn  Parker* 

Harv.  1848,  A.M.  1856 
Organist. 

John  Phillips 
*Charles  Augustus  Poor 

Merchant.  *1861 

*David  Brainard  Pratt        *i845 
*George  Langdon  Pratt 

Merchant.  *1872 

Jairus  Pratt 

Robert  Possac  Rogers 

Harv.  1844. 

Charles  Mertens  Rollins 

Harv.  1847. 

Joseph  S.  Sewall 

Arthur  Sumner 

Mortimer  Brockway  Tappan 

M.D.  Harv.  1845. 

George  Emerson  Thorndike, 
afterwards  George  Quincy 
Thorndike 

Harv.  1847,  A.M. 

*Elliott  Torrey  *i853 

Edward   Charles   Rollin 

Walker 
Frederic  Dickinson  Williams 

Harv.  1850,  A.M. 

Henry  Clement  Willis 


1839. 

William  Henry  Adams 
Zabdiel  Boylston  Adams 

Bowd.  1849,  M.D.  Harv.  1853. 

*Edward  Francis  Baker      *i857 


1  Entered  Harvard  in  1843,  but  did  not  graduate.    Died  in  Cambridge  15  Dec. 

2  While  at  School  be  put  in  an  E  as  a  middle  initial,  for  fancy. 

3  Son  of  William  Hayden,  of  our  Class  of  1807. 

■4  Brother  of  George  Stanley  Parker,  of  our  Class  of  1827. 


186 


PUBLIC   LATIN  SCHOOL. 


Robert  Merry  Barnard 
Richard  Atkins  Bartlett 
Samuel  Moody  Bedlington 

Clerk  Globe  National  Bank. 

Howard  Malcom  Bowers 
*Edward  Cabot  *i876 

*James  Thompson  Cabot    •1345 

Edward  Matthews  Gary 
*Frederic  L.  Dana 

Merchant. 

*  Robert  Smith  Davis  •i87- 

Edward  Robbins  Dexter 

Ilarv.  1845. 

*George  Frederick  Dodd 

Bank  Clerk.  ♦1847 

Samuel  Fales  Dunlap 

Ilarv.  1845. 

*Franci8  Buckminster  Emer- 
son 

Ilarv.  1849.  *1867 

Samuel  Lawrence  Fowls 

Expressman. 

George  Augustus  Gardner 

llarv.  1849,  A.M. 

*Alexander  Hale 

lIar^■.  1848.  'ISSO 

*Henry  Walter  Hunnewell 
Harris 

*Isaac  Davenport  Hayward, 
afterwards  Davenport 
Hayward  •i878 

George  Henshaw 

Dealer   in   Paints,   OiU  and 
Drugs. 

*Edwin  S.  Hewes 
Robert  Hooper 
William  Endicott  Humphrey 
Henry   Leavitt  Hunt,   after- 
wards Leavitt  Hunt 

LL.B.  Ilarv.  1856,  J.U  D.  Hei- 
delberg. 


*Jonathan  Hunt  •i874 

Richard  Morris  Hunt 

Architect. 

Cragie  Phillips  Jenks* 

Commission  Merchant. 

George  William  Johnson 

Merchant  and  Lawj-er. 

Eben  Boylston  Jones 
William  Henry  Keith 
Edward  R.  Kimball 
*Joseph  Marquand 

Clerk.  •ISS? 

Charles  Augustus  Morris 
Richard  Chamberlain  Nichols 
*Jenckes  Harris  Otis 

M.D.  Ilarv.  1851. 

Surg.  U.  S.  Navy.  •1864 

*Samuel  Parsons^ 

Harv.  1848,  A.M.  "   •1859 

*George  Edward  Patterson 

•1862 

John  Hooper  Reed 

Ironmaster. 

George  Shattuck  Shaw 

Ilai-v.  1849,  A.M. 

Edward  Flint  Stone 

Trcasui-er. 

Joseph  Coolidge  Swett,  after- 
wards Joseph  Swett  Cool- 
idge 

Ilarv.  1849. 

Josiah  Salisbury  Tappan 

Assist.  Treas.  Boston  Belting 
Co. 

Samuel  Smith  Tuckerman, 
afterwards  Samuel  Tuck- 
erman 

William  Gordon  Weld 

Merchant. 

*Emery  Stone  Whitney 
George  Frederic  Williams 


1  Son  of  Rev.  William  Jonks,  D.D.,  of  our  Class  of  1790. 


s  Died  28  Oct. 


PUBLIC  LATLN   SCHOOL. 


187 


Edward  James  Young'^ 

Hai-v.    1848,   A.M.;    Hancock 
Prof.  Heb.  Harv. 


1840. 

*Horace  Walter  Adams 

Harv.  1849,  A.M.,  M.D.  1853.  *1861 

Robert  Bliss 

Yale  1850. 

*  Frederic  Boott  *i872 
Francis  James  Child 

Harv.  1846,  A.M.,  LL.D.  1884; 
Ph.D.  Gottinoren  1854 ;  Boylston 
Prof.  Phet.  and  Orat.  Harv. 

Thomas  Curtis  Clarke 

Harv.  1848. 

John  Howe  Colby 

Clerk  City  Clerk's  Office. 

Hiram  Walace  Colver 
Stephen  Moody  Crosby 

Dart.  1849. 

Treas.  Mass.  Loau  and  Trust 

Co. 

*James  Cutler  Dunn 

Plarv.  1849,  LL.B.  1852.  *1866 

John  Justin  Dyer 

Manajrer  New  Eng.  News  Co. 

James  Thomas  Eldredge 

Ecal  Estate  Agent. 

Robert  Farley 
*John  Brooks  Felton 

Harv.  1847,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1853.  *1877 

George  Bird  Fowle 

Glass  Dealer. 

George  Allen  French 
Joseph  Willard  Gay 
Christopher  Columbus  Gill 

*  Francis  Hammond  *i850 
Gustavus  Hay 

Harv.  1850,  A.M.,  S.B.  1853, 
M.D.  1857. 


*William  Howard  Hinckley 

Harv.  1849,  A.M.  "1867 

Richard  Manning  Hodges 

Harv.  1847,  A.M.,  M.D.  1850; 
Assist.  Prof.  Surg.  Harv. 

*Chaiies  A.  Holbrook 

Clerk.  *1856 

George  E.  Holbrook 
Samuel  Dana  Hosmer 

Harv.  1850. 

**George  Henry  Humphrey 
*Frederic  Athearn  Lane 

Harv.  1849,  A.M.  *1881 

Charles  Greely  Loring 

Harv.  1848,  A.M. 

Director  Boston  Art  Museum. 

Thornton  Kirkland  Lothrop 

Harv.  1849,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1853. 

Frederic  Lowe  Lowe 
Joseph  Augustus  Peabody 
Lowell,  afterwards  Au- 
gustus Lowell 

Harv.  1850,  A.M. 

Frederic  Spelman  Nichols 

Harv.  1849. 

*Charles  Shepard  Norris 

William  Amory  Prescott 
*Samuel  Tucker  Remick    *i846 
*Edward  Hutchinson  Rob- 
bins  Revere^ 

M.D.  Harv.  1849,  *1862 

Chrystopher  Alexander  Shetky 

Richardson 
George  Blagden  Safford 

Yale  1852,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  1878. 
Minister  at  Burlington,  Vt. 

*James  Short 

Teacher  Roxbury  Latin  Scbool.*1851 

Charles  Weymaii  Smith,  af- 
terwards Charles  Smith 
Weyman 

Harv.  1848. 
Lawyer. 


1  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1878,  p.  20G. 

2  See  Hai-vard  Memorial  Biographies,  i.  p.  124. 


188 


PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


*Mumford  Richards  Steele 
Archibald  Morrison  Stone, 
afterwards    Archibald 
Morrison  Morrison 

Colural).  1847. 

Minister  at  Worcester,  Mass., 

iind  I'liiladclphia. 

Horatio  Robinson  Storer 

Harv.    1850,  A.M.,  M.D.  1S53, 
LL.B.  1868. 

George  Henry  Tilton 

Merchant. 

*Fraucis  Henry  Tucker 
**Francis  Watts 
Benjamin  Bangs  Williams 

Merchant. 

Charles  Lowell  Wright 


1841. 

Samuel  Porter  Adams 
Henry  Emerson  Bayley 
Josiah  Francis  Bigelow 
*Freeraan  Josiah  Bumstead 

Williams  1847,  M.D.  Haiv.  1851, 
Colunib.  1867,  LL.D.  Williams 
1879,  Prof.  Mat.  Med.  etc.,  Coll. 
riivs.  and  Smj;. N.Y., Lecturer 
and  Prof.  Columb.  *1879 

Thomas  Henderson  Chandler 

Ilarv.  1848,  A.M.,  LL.U.  1853, 
D.M.D.  1872,  Prof.  Dental  Sch. 
Ilarv.  Univ. ;  Usher. 

*William  Barker  Chapman 
Greely  Stevenson  Curtis 

Fire  Commissioner. 

Treas.  Ilinkley  Locomotive  Co. 

Herbert  Pelham  Curtis 

llarv.  1851,  LL.B.  1856. 

Thomas  James  Curtis 

Ilarv.  1852. 

*William  Stevenson  Curtis 

*1849 


*Daniel  Deshon^ 

Master  Mariner.  1881 

Arthur  Dexter 

Hai-v.  1851. 

*Charles  Paine  Dunn 
Lewis  Fitch  Endicott 
*John  Sylvester  Gardiner 

Han-.  1852.  •1856 

Samuel  Wadsworth  Gregg 
**George  Griswold  ♦isi2 

*Chakles  Hale 

Harv.  1850,  A.M.;  Usher. 
Speaker  Ma'-s.  House  of  Reps. ; 
Senator;  Editor;  Lawyer.         •18S2 

Edward  Blake  Harrington 

Leather  Dealer. 

*Nathan  Ha3-ward 

Harv.  1S50,  M.D.  1855.  "ISee 

John  Hooper 
Henry  Dutch  Lord 

Lawyer. 

George  Henry  Lyford 

John  Henry  Matthews 

Charles  Henry  Nazro 
*George  Allyne^  Otis 

Francis  William  Winthrop 
Palfrey,  afterwards  Fran- 
cis Winthrop  Palfrey ^ 

Harv.  1851,  A.M.  1870,  LL3. 
1853. 

*William  Taylor  Palfrey 
Isaac  Stevens  Parker^  after- 
wards W  Stevens  Parker 

Hai-v.  1850,  A.M.;  Pres.  Racine 

Coll. 

*George  Washington  Pratt  ♦isse 
*  William  Lyon  Pynchon 


Union  18."i0. 
Civil  En-'ineer. 


•1868 


1  Died  in  October. 

3  (jiveu   in   the  old  Catalogue  CJeorge  Alexander;  changed  on  Uic  authority  of  Mr. 
Ilaynes,  of  our  Committee. 
8  See  Procecdingti  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1871-3,  p.  333. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


189 


Josiah  Phillips  Quincy^ 

Harv.  1850,  A.M. 

John  Langdon  Sullivan 

M.D.  Harv.  1849. 

Hales  Wallace  Suter 

Harv.  1850,  A.M. 
Lawjer. 

Charles  Thompson 

Eailroad  Ag't  (St.  Paul,  Minn.) . 

Edgar  Tucker 

Manufacturer  (Chester,  Penn.), 

*Thomas  William  Ward,  af- 
terwards Thomas  Wren 
AVard  *1858 

John  Ware 

Harv.  1850,  M.D.  1853. 

*William  Coombs  Wheelwright 

Harv.  1851 .  *1854 

*Nathaniel  Langdon  Williams, 
afterwards  Langdon  Wil- 
liams 

Hai-v.  1850,  LL.B.  1852.  *1872 


1842. 

Edward  Payson  Adams 
*John  Ellery  Amory^  *i860 

Henry  HoUey  Atkins 

Merchant. 

*Amos  Binney^ 

Major  and  Pavmaster  U.  S.  A. ; 
Lt.-Col.  U.  S.'Vols.  *1880 

Peter  Chardon  Brooks 

Hai-v.  1852,  A.M.  1871. 

Theodore  Chase 

Harv.  1853,  A.M. 

*  William  Bliss  Clarke 

Lawj-er.  *1864 

James  MacMaster  Codman 

Harv,  1851. 


Horace  Hopkins  Coolidge 

Harv.  1852,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1856 ; 
Pres't  Mass.  Senate. 

Henry  Cushing 
Edwin  Davenport 

Harv.  1848,  A.M. ;  Usher. 

*  William  Nye  Davis 

Harv.  1851.  *1863 

*James  Atherton  Dugan* 

Harv.  1848,  A.M.  1851.  *1860 

Charles  Warren  Eldredge 

Real  Estate  Broker. 

*Edward  Austin  Flint 

Harv.  1851.  *1886 

Edward  Arthur  French 

Clerk. 

Arthur  Lincoln  Frothingham 

Merchant. 

William  Wilberforce  Hague 

Gas  and  Hydraulic  Engineer. 

Henry  Williamson  Haynes^ 

Harv.  1851,  A.M.  1859;  Prof. 
Latin  and  Greek,  Univ.  of  Vt. 

*John  Dorr  Hayward 

Merchant.  *1861 

John  Mason  Good  Parker, 
afterwards  Mason  Good 
Parker 

Merchant. 

Selim  Hobart  Peabody 

Univ.  vt.  1852,  A.M.,  Prof,  of 
Math,  and  Civ.  Eng.  Polytech. 
Coll.,  Pa.,  Prof.  Phys.  and  Civ. 
Eng.  Mass.  Agr.  Coll. 

Edward  Ellerton  Pratt 

Harv.  1852,  LL.B.  1855. 
Assist.  Treas.  C.  B.  &  Q  R.R. 

*Paul  Joseph  Revere  ^ 

Hai-v.  1852.  *1863 

Martyn  Mills  Rogers 
*Lemuel  Shaw 

Harv.  1849,  LL.B.  1852. 


Lawver. 


*18S4 


1  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1864-5,  p.  275. 

2  Died  in  June.  3  Died  at  Newport,  R.I.,  11  Mar.  4  Died  5  June. 

5  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1879-80,  p.  104. 

6  Brother  of  Edward  H.  R.  of  our  Class  of  1840.    See  Harv.  Mem.  Biog.  i.  p.  219. 


190                                      PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 

John  Milton  Slade 

Yale  18.^1,  A.M. 

1843. 

Mclchaut  (New  York). 

Edward  Sutton  Smith ^ 

Edward  Aiken^ 

Harv.  1853,  A.M.,  M.D.  1856. 

Dart.   IHT.l,   M.D.    Yale   1861; 

Prof.  N.  E.  Fcm.  Med.  Coll. 

George  Augustus  Smith 

Eben  Bacon 

Book-keeper  Hamilton  Bank. 

Austin  Stickney 

**Dwight  Baldwin               •i848 

Harv.  lSii2,  A.M.  1859,  ami Trin. 

*Sidney  Bartlett 

18G2 ;  Prof.  Latin  Tiiii.  CoU. 

LL.B.  Harv.  1851.                      •1871 

Benjamin  Morgan  Stillman 

*John  Binney*                     "isii 

Clerk. 

Francis  Daniel  Brodhead 

Frederic  Stone 

Broker. 

Clerk  Cotton  Manufactories. 

Daniel  Edward  Brown 

William  Franklin  Stone 

Joseph  Mansfield  Brown 

Merchant. 

Harv.  1853. 

Francis  Humphreys  Storer 

James  Osgood  Andrew 

S.B.  Han-.   1855,   A.M.    1870, 

Clarke 

Prof.  A<rr.  Chem.  Harv.  (Bas- 

se)' Institute.) 

Hezekiah  Anthony  Cook 

James  Amory  Sullivan 

John  Henry  Edson 

U.  S.  Coast  Survey. 

West  Point  1853,  Lt.  U.  S.  A. 

Albert  Elbridge  Thatcher 

Supt.   Zanesville  Oil  and  Min- 
ing Co. 

Physician. 

Edward  Gay 

Warren  Francis  Gilbert 

Joseph  Henry  Thayer 

Hai-v.  1850,  A.M.  1864,  S.T.D. 

1884  and  Yale  1873;  Prof.  Bib. 

Newspaper  Publisher. 

Ex.  Theo.  Sem.  And.;  Fellow 
Harv. 

Hermann  Jackson  Warner 

Harv.  1850,  LL.B.  1852. 

Charles  Bishop  Goodrich 

Book  Agent. 

Charles  Chapman  Grafton 

William  Augustus  Warner 

LL.B.  Harv.  1853. 

Bector  Church  of  the  Advent. 

Israel  Goodwin  Whitney 

*Augustus  Goodwin  Green- 
wood 

Pres.  Merchandise  Nat.  Bank. 

*Sidney  Willard^ 

Harv.  1852,  LL.B.  1854.             •1874 

Harv.  1852.                                  •1862 

Edward  Everett  Guardenier 

Frederic  Winsor 

John  White  Hayward 

Harv.  1851,  M.D.  1855. 

Farmer. 

Charles  Loring  Young 

George  Edward  Head^ 

Mcnhuut;   Prcst.  Nat'l  Union 

Harv.  1852,  M.D.  1855. 

Bank. 

Captain  U.  S.  A 

1  See  Kappa  Alpha  Society  in  Williams,  p. 

172. 

'■'  Sec  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies,  i.  p.  '. 

253. 

8  A  missionary  in  Syria  for  A.  B.  C.  F.  M. 

many  years. 

*  Died  30  Aug.  aged  20.                    6  Son  o 

r  George  Edward  Head,  of  our  Claae  of  1803. 

PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


191 


David  Greene  Hubbard 

Yale  1852. 
Farmer. 

John  Willson  Hutchins 

Hai-v.  1853,  M.D.  1858. 

John  Brazer  Ingalls 

Deputy  Shei'iflF. 

Benjamin  Joy  Jeffries 

Harv.  1854,  A.M.,  M.D.  1857. 

*George  Jaffrey  Jeffries      *i853 
William  Lincoln  Jenkins 

Harv.  1848,  A.M. 

Alexander  Donald  William 
Martin 

M.D.  Harv.  1851. 

*George  Walter  Norris 

Harv.  1852.  «1857 

Charles  Jackson  Paine 

Harv.  1853,  A.M.  1858. 
Major-Gen.  Vols. ;  Lawyer. 

Joseph  Warren  Paine 
*Thomas  Park  *i85- 

*Arthur  Herbert  Poor 

Harv.  1851.  *1862 

*George  Williams  Pratt         *1865 
Thomas  Francis  Richardson 

Brown  1852,  A.M.,  LL.B.  Harv. 

1854. 

Joseph  Hidden  Robinson 

Harv.  1850,  LL.  B.  1852. 

James  Henry  Sawyer 
Winthrop  Sears,  afterwards 
Knyvett  Winthrop  Sears 

Hai-v.  1852,  A.M.  1857. 

Francis  Lucas  Skinner 

Importer  Tailors'  Trimmings. 

Daniel  Webster  Snow 
Charles  Ellery  Stedman 

HaiT.  1852,  A.M.,  M.D.  1855. 

Charles  Edward  Stevens 

Treas.  Boston  &  Albany  R.R. 


William  W.  Thayer 
*Gorham  Thomas 

Hai-v.  1852.  *1S53 

*Charles  Rollins  Torrey  *i865 
Henry  Augustus  Waiuwright 
Loammi  Goodenow  Ware 

Harv.  1850. 

Minister  at  Burlington,  Vt. 

*Robert  Ware^        \ 

Harv.  1852,  M.D.  1856.  1863 


1844. 

John  Quincy  Adams^ 

Harv.  1853 ;  Fellow  Haiv. 

Edward  Reynolds  Andrews 

Harv.  1853,  A.M.  1857. 
Banker. 

John  Appleton  Bailey 

Harv.  1851,  LL.B.  1855. 

*  Charles  Frederic  Blake 

Hai-v.  1853,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1857, 

J.  U.  D.  Heidelberg,  1855.         *1881 

*George  Henry  Blanchard 

Harv.  1853,  A.M.  1857.  *1S64 

Joseph  Albert  Bluxome 

Merchant. 

Charles  Edward  Briggs 

Harv.  1853,  A.:^L  1860,  M.D. 
1856. 

*  Lucius  Henry  Buckingham 

Harv.  1851,  A.M.,  Ph.D.  1876. 
Teacher.  *lSSo 

David  Hill  Coolidge 

Harv.  1854,  A.M. 
Lawyer. 

Uriel  Haskell  Crocker 

Hai-v.  1853,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1855. 
Lawj'er.  ' 

*William  Henry  Cunningham      ! 

Harv.  1853.  *1867     1 

George  Man  Curtis  I 


1  See  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies,  i.  p.  238. 

2  Son  of  Hon.  Charles  Francis,  of  our  Class  of  1818,  ami  brother  of  Charles  F.  of  our 
Class  of  1848. 


192 


PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


William  B.  Dods 
Edward  Payson  Dutton 

Publisher  (New  York). 

*Iienry  Augustus  Edwards •1350 
Charles  William  Eliot 

Ilaiv.  1853,  A.M.,  LL.D.  Wil- 
liams 1S69,  New  Jersey  1869, 
Yale  1870,  Assis.  Prof.  Math, 
and  Cheni.  llarv.,  Prof.  lustit. 
Tcchnol.,  President  Ilarv. 

*William  Hammond  Foster 
Daniel  Bicknell  Franklin 

Clerk. 

*Francis  Henshaw 

Stock  Broker  and  Auctioneer.  •1884 

John  Bogardus  Hill 

M.D.  Ilan-.  1852. 

*  William  Sturgis  Hooper  ^ 

Ilarv.  1852.  *1863 

*Henry  Blatchford  Hubbard2 

Harv.  1854.  •1862 

*William  Coit  Hubbard2 

Engineer.  *1865 

*Charles  Henry  Hurd 

Ilarv.  1853.  *1877 

George  Smith  Hyde 

Ilarv.  1853,  M.D.  1856. 

George  Frederic  Kimball 

Dwiglit  Laflin 

Edward  Wilberforce  Lambert 

Yale  1854,  M.D.  Coll.Phys.  and 
Surg.  X.Y.  1857. 

Charles  Frederic  Livermore 

Ilai-v.  1853,  S.B.  1856. 

James  Lovell  Loring 
James  Patterson  Low 
*Charles  Russell  Lowell 3 

Ilai-v.  1854,  A.M.  1863.  •1864 

James  McLaughlin 

?Coll.  Holy  Cross. 


•Edward  Gordon  Odiorne 

Merchant  (Chicago).  •ISTS 

William  Gushing  Paine 

Hai-v.  18.54,  A.M.  1858,  West 
Point  1858,  Capt.  Eng.  Corps 
U.  S.  A. 

John  Carver  Palfrey 

Ilai-v.  1853,  A.M.   1857,  Dart. 

1873,   West  Point    1857,   Capt. 

Eng.  Corps  U.S.A.,  Brev.  Brig.- 

Cieneral. 

Engineer;  Manufactxircr. 

Henry  Bradbury  Parsons 
William  John  Parsons 

Bookseller. 

*John  Sabin  Perkins  •ism 

Francis  Alonzo  Peters 

Broker. 

William  Lewis  Green  Pierce* 
Henry  Southworth  Shaw 

Treas.  Pcniberton  Mills. 

Samuel  Savage  Shaw 

Harv.  1853,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1855. 
Lawyer. 

Benjamin  T.  Ober  Snow^ 
Samuel  Snow 

B.  P.  Brown  1856,  LL.B.  Hair. 

1858. 

Lawyer. 

John  Thompson  Peters 
Treat,  afterwards  John 
Peters  Treat*^ 

Alexander  Stevenson  Twomhly 

Yale  1854,  S.T.D.  1883. 
Minister  of  Wiuthrop  Church, 
Charlestown. 

George  Latham  Underwood 

M.D.  Harv.  1858. 

Henry  Van  Brunt 

Harv.  1854. 
Architect. 


1  Sec  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies,  i,  p.  203.  a  Brothers. 

3  See  HaiTard  Memorial  Biographies,  i,  p.  296.       «  Spelled  Pcircc  in  Catalogue  of  1847. 
6  Brother  of  Daniel  W.  Snow  of  our  Class  of  1843. 
e  Brother  of  Alfred  O.  of  our  Class  of  1853,  and  Charles  R.  of  our  Class  of  1855. 


PUBLIC    LATEST   SCHOOL. 


193 


Charles  John  Whitmore 

Merchant;    Treas.  Ames  Plow- 
Co.  ;  Prest.  Market  N.  Bank. 

George  Whitney 

Pres't  North  and  Union  Nat'l 
Banks. 

James  Morris  Whiton 

Yale  1853,  Ph.D.  1861. 
Teacher ;  Prin.  Williston  Acad- 
emy, Easthampton ;  Minister  at 
Newark,  N.J. 

Pelham  Williams 

Haw.  1853,  A.M.  Trin.   1861, 
S.T.D.  Columb.  1871. 
Rector  of  Ch.  of  the  Messiah. 


1845. 

*William   Henry  Burbeck 

Allen 
*Philip  Henry  Ammidown 
Henry  Laurens  King  Bascom 

Actor. 

*William  Henry  Bass 
William  Greene  Binney 

Harv.  1854. 

*John  Gorham  Bond  *i854 

Edward  Henry  Chace 

Haw.  1855,  A.M. 

*George  William  Chapman  *i862 
Edward  AVainwright  Codman 

Harv.  1854,  A.M. 
Merchant. 

Hall  Curtis 

Harv.  1854,  A.M.,  M.D.  1857. 

Francis  Bassett  Davis 

Master  Mariner. 

William  Sidney  Davis 

Harv.  1853. 

*  Ormond  Horace  Dutton 

Haw.  1853.  *1868 


George  Eldredge 
*Edward  Brooks  Everett^ 

Harv.  1850,  A.M.,  M.D.  1853.    *1861 

Henry  Sidney  Everett^ 

Harv.  1855,  A.M.  1862 
Secretary  of  Amer.  Legation  at 
Berlin.  " 

*Edward  Fiske 


Harv.  1853. 


*1870 


*Edward  William  Forbush 

Harv.  1854,  LL.B.  18.56.  *1S80 

*Samuel  Sprague  Gilbert 

Banker.  *1856 

*Richard  Chapman  Goodwin  2 

Harv.  1854.  *1862 

James  Harris 

Charles  Sprague  Hayden^ 

LL.B.  Haw  1856. 

Charles  Tasker  Howard 

Harv.  1856,  A.M. 
Commission  Merchant. 

James  Henry  Howe 
David  Pulsifer  Kimball 

Harv.  1856. 

Samuel  Pierpont  Langley 

Ph.D.  Stevens  Inst.         ,  LL.D. 
Univ.  of  Wisconsin. 
Director    Observatory,    Alle- 
gheny, Penn. 

William  Theophilus  Rogers 
Marvin 

WiUiams  1854,  A.AL 
Printer. 

Lucius  Field  Mason 

Pianoforte  Polisher. 

Daniel  O'Connell 

?Holy  Cross. 

Francis  Augustus  Osborn* 

Banker. 

*James  Percival 
Josiah  Stedman  Priest 


1  Brothers.     Sons  of  Edward,  of  our  Class  of  1805. 
-  See  Haward  Memorial  Biographies,  i,  p.  294. 

3  Son  of  Wm.  Hayden  of  our  Class  of  1807,  and  brother  of  Wm.  of  1838. 

4  Lieut.-Colonel  and  Colonel  24th  Reg.  Mass.  Vols.,  Brev.  Maj.-Gen.  U.  S.  Vols. 


194 


PUBUC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


George  Henry  Quincy 
Robert  Samuel  Rantoul 

Han-.  1853,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1856. 
Lawyer. 

*  William  Henry  Rowe^ 

Harv.  1853.  'ISSS 

*Henry  Jackson  Sarcjent 

Master  Mariner.  •18G2 

*  James  Savage  ^ 

Harv.  1854,  A.M.  •1862 

*  Jeremiah  Evarts  Scudder 

afterwards      Lvarts 
Scudder 

Williams  1854. 

^Iinisttr  at  Great  Barrington, 

Mass  nsse 

Norman  Seaver 

Williams  18.54,    A.M.,    S.T.D. 
Miciaicb.  1866. 

Minister  at  Rutland.  Yt.,  .Syra- 
cuse, X.Y.,  and  St.  Paul,  Miuu. 

William  Bull  Sewall 

Merchant. 

George  Washington  Smith 

Merchant  (New  York). 

Francis  Peleg  Sprague 

M.D.  Harv.  1857. 

Charles  Augustus  Stoddard 

Williams    1854,  A.M.,    S.T.D. 

1871. 

Minister  at Washinirton  Heights, 

N  Y. ;  Editor  N.Y.  Observer. 

John  Hubbard  Sturgis^ 

Architect. 

Russell  Sturgis^ 

ilerchant 

*John  Henry  Sullivan         •isss 
Samuel  Lothrop  Thorndike 

Harv.  18.-j2,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1854 

George  Bates  Nichols  Tower 

Consulting  Patent  Engineer. 

Thomas  Horatio  Tucker 

Brown  1854,  A.M. 


•Oliver  Holden  Underwood 

Supercargo.  '1855 

*Isaac  Parker  Wainwright 

Harv.  1855.  •1871 

David  Henshaw  Ward 

llarv.  1853. 

Marston  Watson 

Merchant. 

Henry  Gassett  Wheelock 

IlaiT.  1856. 

George  Frederic  Wilde 

Ship  Broker. 

Alfred  Willard 
Joseph  Willard 

Harv.  1855.  LL.B  1S5S. 

Justin  Winsor^ 

Hai-v.  18.')3. 

Librarian  of  Public  and  of  Hanr. 

Libraries. 

William  Henry  Wyman 


1846. 

Edwin  Hale  Abbot^ 

Harv.  1855,  A.M.,  LL.B.  ISGl. 
Teacher;  Lawyer. 

Henry  Larcora  Abbot  ^ 

West  Point  1854. 

Captain,  Brevet  Brig.-General, 

Top.  Engineer  U.S.A. 

*Joseph  William  Allen 
Francis  Edward  Bacon 

Cotton  (loods. 

George  Middleton  Barnard 

Harv.  1857. 

*Gordon  Bartlett 


Harv.  1S53,  A.M.  1858. 
Teacher. 

•Walter  Thornton  Betton 
Albert  Bi«relow 


•1867 
•1858 


1  Died  22  July.  a  See  Harvard  Memorial  Biogiaphics,  i.  p.  328. 

*  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1876-7,  p  305. 


*  Brothers. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


195 


Phillips  Brooks'^ 

Harv.  1855,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Union 
1870,  Hai-v.  1877,  Oxford  1885; 
Usher.    Rector  of  Triu.  Ch. 

William  Gray  Brooks^ 

Cashiei'  Eagle  National  Bank. 

Francis  Henry  Brown 

Hai-v.  1857,  A.M.,  M.D.  1861. 

John  Duncan  Bryant 

Harv.  1853. 
Lawyer. 

Simeon  Howard  Calhoun 

Williams  1857- 

Lawyer;    Mayor  of   Nebraska 

City. 

*Henry  Grafton  Chapman 

Banker  and  Broker.  *1883 

*Rufus  Choate 

Amherst  1855.  *1866 

*Gardiner  Hubbard  Clarke 

Lawyer.  *1860 

John  Morton  Clinch 

Civil  En^.  Rensselaer  Polytech- 
nic Institute  1854. 
Manuf.  of  Chronometei-s. 

James  Thornton  Cobb 

Dart.  1855. 

Theodore  Edson  Colburn 

Harv.  1854 

William  Parsons  Winchester 
Dana 

Artist. 

William  Roscoe  Deane 
Hasket  Derby^ 

Amherst  1855,  M.D.Hai-v.  1858 

George  Dexter 

Harv.  1855. 

*  William  Reynolds  Dimmock^ 

Williams  1855,  A.M.,  LL.D. 
1872 ;  Usher ;  Sub  -  Master ; 
Master ;  Lawrence  Prof.  Greek 
and  Trustee  Williams ;  Master 
Adams  Academy,  Quincy.         *1878 

*Alfred  Douglass  Evans 

Harv  1855.  *1884 


Josiah  Foster  Flagg 

S.B.  Harv.  1854. 

*Nathaniel  Everett  Gage 

M.D.  Harv.  1855.  *1865 

William  Leonard  Crage 

Harv.  1853,  A.M. 
Minister  at  Hartford,  Conn. 

Edwin  Augustus  Gibbens 

Harv.  1855,  A.M. 
Usher;  Teacher. 

*Amory  Thompson  Gibbs 

Harv.  1854,  A.M.  *1878 

Frederic  Turell  Gray 
*Philip  Greely 
John  Joseph  Green 

Holy  Cross,  Worcestei*. 

James  Bradstreet  Greenough 

Hai-v.  1856,  Assist.  Prof.  Latin 
Harv. 

George  Hughes  Hepworth 

Harv.  Theol.  Sch  1855,  S.T.D. 
Rutgers  1880. 

Minister  of  Church  of  the  Unity 
and  in  New  York  City. 

Henry  Lee  Higginson 

A.M.  Hai-v.  1882. 
Banker. 

*George  Hollingsworth 

Harv.  1857.  *1859 

William  Frederic  Jackson 
Edward  Payson  Jeffries 

Harv.  1856. 
Banker. 

John  Haskell  Keep 

Merchant. 

George  Coffin  Little 

Harv.  1856,  A.M.  1862. 

William  Mackay 

Harv.  1855. 

George  Frederic  McLellan 

Harv.  1855. 

William  Powell  Mason 

Harv,  1856,  LL.B.  1861. 


1  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1879-80,  p.  89. 

2  Brother  of  Phillips  above,  and  Frederic,  of  1856,  Arthur,  of  1857,  and  John  Cotton, 
of  1861.  8  Son  of  E.  Haskett  Derby,  of  our  Class  of  1819. 

*  See  Memorial  Vohxme,  privately  printed,  1878. 


196 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


George  Perrin  May 

Armorer,  A.  and  II.  A.  Co. 

*George  Granville  Mears 

Clerk.  'ISTO 

*Calvin  Gates  Page 

Ilarv.  1852,  A.M.,  M.D.  1855.  -ISeO 

Robert  Treat  Paine 

Hai-v.  1855,  A.M. 

Theodore  Dehon  Parker 
William  Parsons 

Ilarv.  1856. 
Lumber  Dealer. 

*  Henry  Francis  Poor^         •i859 
Edward  Sprague  Rand 

Harv.  1855,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1857. 

*Lucius  Junius  Reed  *i853 

William  Whiting  Richards 

Harv.  1855. 
Teacher. 

Benjamin  Heber  Richardson 

Clerk. 

Horace  Richardson 

Hai-v.  1852,  A.M.,  M.D.  1855 

Chandler  Robbins 

Merchant  (New  York). 

*Chandler  Robbins  •1373 

Henry  Sayles 

Banker. 

•Henry  Freeman  Smith 

Coll.  Holy  Cross. 

Edward  Alexander  Strong 

Amherst  1855,  A.M. 
Merchant. 

*Alhra  Wadleigh 

Hai-v.  1854.  •1873 

Henry  Walker 

Harv.  1855. 

Lawyer ;  Police  Commissioner. 

Edwin  Adams  Ware 
Frederic  Charles  White 

Merchant. 


John  Gardner  White 

Trinity  1S54. 

Charles  Justin  Willis 

Clerk  .Assessor's  Office. 

William  Reed  Woodhridge 
Yale  1855,  A.M. 


1847. 

James  Blagden  Adams 

Musician. 

Charles  James  Fox  Allen 

Yale  1855. 

George  Blagden 

Harv.  1856. 
Merchant  (New  York). 

William  Augustus  Brewer 

S.B.  HaiT.  1854. 

Charles  Wells  Cook 
George  Gordon  Crocker 

Harv.  1855. 

Edward  Augustus  Doherty 
Isaac  Davenport  Fisher 

Rensselaer  Polvtech.  Inst.  , 
Prof.  U.  S.  Naval  Acad.,  .An- 
napolis. 

Henry  Sturgis  Grew 

Merchant. 

George  Wellington  Hall 
Jeremiah  Alexis  Harrington  ^ 

Hatter. 

Russell  Bunce  Henchman 

Drugj.'ist. 

Alexander  Martin  Higgins 
Franklin  Hunt 

Sec.  York  Miinuf.  Co. 

*Samuel  Henry  Lunt^ 

Dcp.  Re;r.  State  Land  Office, 
Dos   Moines,   Iowa;    CapL   A. 

y.  M.  Vol.  "ises 

Samuel  Insralls  Miles 


1  Died  16  Sept.  3  The  middle  name  was  omitted  in  the  Catalogue  of  IS47. 

8  Middle  name  incorrectly  given  Ingalls  in  the  Catalogue  of  1847. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.                                        197 

Joseph  Cutter  Pond  Ord- 

Charles  Wentworth  Buek^ 

way 

Amherst  1855. 

Minister  at  Fall  River,  Mass., 

James  Reed 

and  Portland,  Me. 

Harv.  1855,  A.M. ;  Usher.       , 

Jedidiah    Herrick   Buck, 

Minis.  Swedenborgian  Church 

afterwards  Robert  Her-           j 

Alphonso  Fitch  Tilden 

rick  Buck 3 

Actor. 

Lawyer;  U.  S.  Com.  Col. 

John  Boies  Tileston 

Nathaniel  Willis  Bumstead* 

Harv.  1855,  A.M. 

Yale  1855,  A.M. ;  Usher. 

Publisher;  Farmer. 

Merchant. 

*Enoch  Train                        *1854 

*  Richard  Cary^                     .;^jgg2 

Freeman  Andrew  Walker 

*Jonathan  Chapman 

Merchant. 

Harv.  1856,  A.M.                          *1881 

William  Brown  Williams 

George  Bigelow  Chase  *5 

Merchant. 

Harv.  1856,  A.M. 
Railroad  Treasurer. 

Robert  Charles  Winthropi 

George  Warren  Copeland 

HaiT.  1854,  A.M.  1858. 

James  Marsh  Ellis 

Amherst  1856. 

Lawyer;  Farmer, 

1848. 

Richard  Montgomery  Field 

Mb  x.^  ^^Xt^m 

Manager  of  Museum. 

William  Alanson  Abbe 

Horace  Newton  Fisher 

Amherst  1857. 

Harv.  1857,  LL.B.  1859. 

Merchant. 

Charles  Percival  Gorely 

Charles  Francis  Adams  ^ 

Harv.  1857,  A.M.  1865. 

Harv.  1856. 

Lawyer ;  R.R.  Commissioner. 

*Joseph  Augustine  Hale 

Harv.  1857,  A.M. ;  Usher.         *1867 

Gardiner  Adams 

John  Trull  Heard,  after- 

Civil Engineer. 

wards  John   Theodore 

*Charles  Copley  Amory      *i872 

Heard 

William  Amory 

M.D.  Harv.  1859. 

Merchant. 

James  Jackson  Higginson 

Frederic  William  Beecher 

Harv.  1857. 

Williams  1857. 

Henry  Harding  Holbrook 

Minister  at  Kankakee,  111. 

John  Homans 

*William    Havard    Eliot 

Harv.  1858,  M.D.  1862. 

Boyden                          *1866 

*  William  Russell  Lane,  af- 

Edward Ingersoll  Browne 

terwards  Russell  Lane^ 

Harv.  1855,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1857. 

Merchant;  U.S.  Coast  Sui-vey.  *1882 

1  Son  of  Robert  C.  of  our  Class  of  1818.    S 

ee  Proc.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  1879-80,  p.  89. 

2  Son  of  Charles  Francis  of  our  Class  of  \i 

il8.    See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  His- 

torical  Society,  1875-6,  p.  1. 

8  Brothers. 

4  Brother  of  Freeman  J.  of  our  Class  of  18^ 

H. 

5  Capt.  in  Second  Mass.  Regt.    Killed  in  ba 

ttle  of  Cedar  Mountain. 

e  Brother  of  Theodore  of  our  Class  of  1842. 

See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Histori- 

cal  Society,  1876-7,  p.  163. 

7  Died  in  California. 

1 

198                                       PUBLIC   LATtN   SCHOOL. 

i 

1^ 

!      George  Lyman  Locke 

William  Gray 

Ilarv.  1S-.9,  A.M. 

Treasurer  Manuf.  Cos. 

;      Arthur  Mason 

William  Payne  Hall 

Berkclcv  Div.  Sch.  Conn.,  A.M. 
Trin.  18(32 

Augustus  Allen  Hayes 

Francis  Wayland  Reynolds 

Harv.  1857,  A.M.  1870. 
State  Assaycr. 

Merchant. 

*Hollis  Hunnewell 

Horace  Holley  Smith 

Harv.  1858.                                   •1884 

'      William  Stimpson 

Clarence  William  Jones 

Richard  Harding  Weld 

Dealer  in  ILdes  and  Leather. 

Ilai-v.  18.:.G. 

*Charles  Greely  Loring       -isTa 

1      Daniel  Webster  Wilder 

*  James  Jackson  Lowell^ 

1                HaiT.  1856. 

Harv.  1858,  A.M.                         •1862 

1 

Benjamin  Page 

LL.B.  Harv.  1855. 

1849. 

James  Allen  Parsons 

J»  V^    A*  \^  • 

Thomas  Reed 

Robert  Gray  Bancroft 

Importer  (New  York). 

1                LL.B.  Ilarv.  1858. 

Arthur  John  Clark  Sowdon 

*William  Pitt  Greenwood 

Hai-v.  1857,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1861. 

Bartlett 

*George  Whitteraore* 

1                Ilai-v.  1858,  A.M.                         •1865 

Harv.  1857.                                   •1862 

Joshua  Gardner  Beals 

William  Roscoe  Williams 

Harv.  1858,  A.M. 

Bank  Teller. 

:      f  Cyrus  Cobb 

John  Worcester 

!       j                LL.IJ.  Boston  Univ.  1873. 

Joseph  Worcester 

^    Darius  Cobb 

Teacher. 

Artist. 

\      Benjamin  William  Crown- 

inshield 

1850. 

Ilai-v.  1858,  A.M. 

Morris  Dorr 

George  Samuel  Barrett 

Architect. 

Book-keeper. 

Thomas  James  Earls 

*  George  Howard  Beecher 

*Samuel  Henry  Eells^ 

Harv.  1853.                                   •1864 

Wheaton,  111,                               •ISTe 

Walter  Favor  Bicknell 

*Ozias  Goodwin 2 

Harv.  1858.                                 •1878 

Clerk. 

*Henry  Prentiss  Biuney 

Clerk.                                            •1878 

1  Sec  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies,  i,  p. 

114. 

-  Brother  of  Richuril  C.  of  our  Class  of  18^ 

5. 

8  Brother  of  Charles  Russell,  of  our  Class  c 

>f  1844.    Sec  Harv.  Mem.  Biojf.  i,  p.  422. 

*  Inserted  on  hi*  own  authority,  he  bavin; 

'joined  the  Association  as  of  this  Class.    Sco 

IlarviirJ  Memorial  Biojjraphie!!,  i.  p.  404. 

PUBLIC   LATIN"  SCHOOL. 


199 


*George  Bradford  Chadwick 

liai-v.  1858.  *1861 

Walter  Odell  Chamberlain 

Manuf.  of  Philosophical  Instru- 
ments. 

William  Conant  Church 

Publisher  of  Army  and  Navy 
Journal. 

Thomas  H.  Clapp 
Jonas  Wyetli  Coolidge 

Fiuan.Manao:er  "  Hospital  Cot- 
tatres  for  Children  "  (Baldwins- 
ville,  Mass.). 

*Walter  Curtis  *i876 

Howard  Malcolm  Davis 

Salesman. 

Peter  Francis  Dowling 
George  Draper 

Hai-v.  1859. 

*  William  Hale  Dunning 

HaiT.  1858.  *1869 

William  Redfield  Eaton 
William  Newhall  Eayrs 

Tufts  1857. 
Tcai'hc:'. 

John  Herbert  Fisher 

S.B.  Ilarv.  1853. 
Merchant. 

Charles  Harris  Frothingham 

Clerk. 

William  Turner  Gale 

Jeweler. 

James  Roby  Gregerson 

Architect. 

Frank  Seabury  Hall 

Cocoa  Manufacturer. 

William  Kittredge  Hall 

Yale  1859,  A.M.  1874. 

Frederick    Sears    Grand 
d'Hauteville 

Ilarv.  1859,  A.M. 


Marcus  Morton  Hawes 

Ilarv.  1858. 

Frederick  May  Holland 

Harv.  1859. 

*Francis  Custis  Hopkinson^ 

Harv.  1859,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1862.  *1863 

William  Henry  Hoyt 

Bookseller  and  Publisher. 

Peter  Cushman  Jones 

^lerchant  (Honolulu) . 

Edmund  Webster  Kittredge 

Lawj-er. 

David  Leavitt 
Edward  Greely  Loring^ 

M.D.  Harv.  1864. 

Henry  Franklin  McDonald 
Joseph  Crane  McKay 

Merchant. 

Joseph  Waite  Merriam^ 

Harv.  1856,  A.M.,  I^I.D.  1862 

Joseph  Waite  Merriam^ 

Dealer  in  Hardware. 

**Charles  Francis  Mifflin    *i85l 
Ellis  Loring  Motte 

Hai-v.  1859,  LL.B.  1862. 

George  L.  Newton 
Charles  Payson 

Trin.  Coll.  Camb.  Eng,  1861. 
<^  Charge  d'Atl.  Denmark,  1881. 

I    Frank  Payson 

l^  Merchant. 

Granville  Bradstreet  Put- 
nam^ 

Amherst  1861. 
Teacher. 

*  Richard  Fletcher  Putnam 

Brown  1855. 

*Nathaniel  Bradstreet  Shurt- 
leffs 

Harv.  1859,  A.M.  *1862 


1  See  Harv.  Mem.  Biog.  ii,  p.  21.  2  Brother  of  Charles  G.  of  our  Class  of  1849. 

3  Cousins.  <  Master  of  Franklin  Scliool,  Boston. 

6  Capt.  of  Latin  School  Company,  12th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.    See  Harvard  Memorial  Biog- 
raphies, ii,  p  44. 


200 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Fernando  Orville  Smith 
Thomas  Parker  Smith 
•Thomas  Greely  Stevenson^ 

Meicliant. 

Maj.  Gen'l  U.S.V.  -ISei 

♦William  Brandt  Storer 

Harv.  lSa9.  •1884 

Oliver  Fairfield  Wadsworth 

Harv.  1860,  A.M.,  M.D.  1865. 

*Josiah  Newell  Willaid 

Harv.  1857,  M.D.  1860.  •1870 


1851. 

Francis  Ellingivood  Abbot 

Harv.  1859,  Ph.D.  1881. 
Minister     at     Dover,    N.  H.; 
Teacher. 

*  William  Hooper  Adams 

Hai-v.  1860,  A.M.  1866. 

Minister  at  Charleston,  S.  C.      •1880 

Henry  Freeman  Allen 

Hai-v.  1860. 

Minister    at    Amherst,    Mass., 

Rector  of  Church  of  Messiah. 

Charles  Linzee  Amory 
Joseph  Edward  Baker 
•Joseph  Tilden  Barnard     •i884 
Frederic  William  Batchelder 

Hai-v.  1860,  A.HL  1865. 

Edward  Reynolds  Blagden 

Merchant. 

Edward  Boutell  Blasland 

Dcp.  Sui-veyor  U.S.  Customs. 

David  Augustus  Cashman 

Printer. 

Edward  Martin  Colford 
•Howard  Franklin  Damon 

Harv.  1858,  A.M.,  M.D.  1861.     •1884 

•George  Strong  Derby  * 


LL.B.  Harv.  1861. 


•1875 


Eugene  Frederic  Antoine 
Eberle 

Actor. 

•Henry   Huggeford    Free- 
man •1871 
Charles  Perkins  Gardiner 
Hersey  Bradford  Goodwin 

Commission  Merchant. 

•Francis  Gray  •i857 

John  Chipman  Gray 

Han-.  1859,  A.M..  LL.B.  1861, 
Story  Prof.  Law  Harw 

*Edivard  Hale  •\%i\ 

Franklin  Haven 

Harv.  1857,  A.M. 

U.S.  A^sistant  Treas. ;  Actuan- 

N.E.  Trust  Co. 

David  Hyslop  Hayden 

Han-.  1859,  A.^L,  M.D.  1863. 

Isaac  Hills  Hazelton 

M.D.  Harv.  1861. 

Samuel  Whittemore  Hitch- 
cock 
Charles  Paine  Horton 

Harv.  1857. 

•Frank  Boylston  Howe       "isss 
•Sidney  Walker  Howe^      •i862 
James  Mascarene  Hubbard 
Yale  1859. 

Francis  Henry  Jenks 

Assistant  Editor  Daily  Evening 
Transcript. 

Edward  Crosby  Johnson 

Harv.  1860. 
Merchant. 

Joseph  Richards  Kendall 

Class  ^Icivhant. 

George  Brimmer  Lombard* 

Merchant. 

•Jacob  Hall  Lombard*        •1875 

Merchant. 


1  Coloucl  24lli  UcK-  Mass.  Vols.     Killed  in  battle  in  the  "  Wilderness." 

a  Brother  of  Ilaskctt  of  our  Class  of  1846.  »  Killed  at  battle  of  Williamsburgh. 

*  Cousina.    Both  Captains  of  the  same  Company  of  the  44tb  Rcgt.  Mass.  Volt. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL.                                        201 

*Francis  Lodge  Mackay 

William  Henry  Whitmore^ 

Merchant.                                    *1858 

A.M.  Harv.  and  Williams  1867. 

*  Waldo  Merriami                *1864 

Robert  Willard 

William  B.  A.  Messenger 

Harv.  1860,  M.D.  1864. 

*Elijah  Willis  Monroe         *i855 

Parker^ 

*Henry  Woods  Parsons      *i86i 

1852. 

Marshall  Sears  Perry 

Robert  Chamblet  Adams'^ 

*George  Browne  Perry 

Charles  Walter  Amory 

LL.B.  Harv.  186L                      *18G7 

Harv.  1863. 

James  Schouler 

Albert  Maurice  Bartlett 

Harv.  1859. 
Lawyer. 

George  Hayward  Bayley 

*Robert  Gay  Shedd            *i876 

Samuel  Phillips  Blagden^ 

Stevens^ 

Williams  1862,  A.M. 
Insurauco  Broker  (New  York) . 

Robert  Hooper  Stevenson ^ 

Thomas  Blagden^ 

Merchant. 

Amherst  1861,  A.M. 

Francis  Henry  Swan 

Harv.  1859,  A.M. 

Insurance  Broker. 

*Edward  Blake                    *i878 

Paymaster  U.S.N. 

Francis  Everett  Blake  ^ 

William  Willard  Swan 

Book-keeper. 

Harv.  1859. 
La\vyer. 

*  George  Williams  Thacher* 

Frederic  Dana  Blahe^ 

Colby  1861. 

Miui'ster  at  Cherrvfield,  Maine. 

*1864 

John  Lee  Bowers 

Leonard  Myer  Van  Reu- 

*Winthrop Perkins  Boynton^^' 

se  n 

Harv.  1863.                                  *1864 

John  A.  Veazie 

William  Tufts  Brigham 

George  Oberlin  Ware 

Harv.  1862,  A.M. 

George  Gill  Wheelock^ 

Harv.   1860,  A.M.  1864,  M.D., 

Lawyer. 

John  Lincoln  Bullard 

Columh.  N.Y.  1864. 

Harv.  1861. 

1  Adjutant  of  16th  Eegt.  Mass.  Vols. 

2  No  Christian  names  are  given  with  these  s 

urnames  on  the  School  Register.    It  is  prob- 

able  that  they  passed  the  examination,  and  we 

re  admitted  to  the  School,  but  never  presented 

themselves  to  take  up  the  studies  of  the  Class. 

8  Brother  of  Thomas  G.  of  our  Class  of 

1850.    Major  24th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols. ;  Brig. 

Gen'l  U.S.V. 

4  Son  of  George  M.  of  our  Class  of  1818. 

See  By-laws  of  St.  Andrew's  Royal  Arch 

Chapter,  edit,  of  1866,  p.  65. 

5  Brother  of  Heniy  G.  of  our  Class  of  1845. 

«  Brother  of  Charles  J.  of  our  Qass  of  184^ 

L    See  Proc.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  1862-^,  p.  426. 

7  Brother  of  Rev.  William  H.  of  our  Class  o 

fl851. 

8  Brothers  of  George  of  our  Class  of  1847,  i 

md  Edward  R.  of  1851. 

9  Brothers.                                                 lo 

See  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies,  ii,  p.  381. 

202 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


*  George  Burroughs 

West  Point,  U.S.A.  •1870 

*Edward    Dyer   Chamber- 
lain 
*Heniy  Freyer  Chesbrough 

Beloit,  Wis.,  M.D.  Rush  Med. 
Coll.  Chicago,  Assis't  Surgeon, 

U.S.A.  'isro 

Isaac  Sumter  Chesbrough 
Francis   John   Cicchi,  af- 
terwards John  Francis 
Chickey 

Cooper. 

Clinton  Albert  Cilley 

Lawyer. 

Robert  Farley  Clark 

Broker. 

Erastus  Talbot  Colburn 

Dry  Goods  Merchant. 

James  Mason  Crafts 

B.S.  Harv.  1858;  Prof.  Chcm. 
Cornell  Univ. 

*Edward  Augustus  Crownin- 
shield 

Harv.  1861,  A.M.  •1867 

**Samuel  Heber  Dana        ♦i856 
Edward  Jackson  Dickin- 
son 
William  Wisner  Doherty 

Cumb.  (Tenu.)  Univ.  Law  Sch. 
Lawyer. 

Horace  Dutton 

Yale  18G2. 

Minister  at  Xorthboro',  Mass. ; 

Dealer  in  Paper  Stock. 

William  Everett^ 

IlaiT.  1859,  and  Camb.  Eng. 
1863,  A.M.  llarv.  and  Williams 
1869,  and  Camb.  1870,  LL.B. 
1865,  Ph.D.  1875;  Assis't  Prof, 
of  Latin,  Harv. ;  Master  Adaras 
Academy,  Qiiincy. 

Benjamin  Faxon  Field 

Bcc'y  Mercantile  Fire  and  Mai'. 
Ins.  Co. 


William  Chanuing  Gannett 

llarv.  1S60,  A.M. 
Minister  at  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Wendell  Phillips  Garrison 

Han-.  1861. 
Editor. 

Daniel  Dudley  Gilbert 

Harv.  1861,  A.M. 
Physician. 

Shepard  Devereux  Gilbert 

Harv.  1862,  A.M. 

Ezra  Palmer  Gould 

Harv.  1K61,  A.M.  1868,  Prof. 
New  Test.  Intei-p.  Newton  Thco. 
Acad. 

*William  Hoskins  Guild     •1870 
Henry  Harrison  Hayden 
Horace  John  Hayden 

Harv.  1860,  A.M. 

*Patiick    Stanislaus    Hig- 
gins  -iseo 

Francis  Lee  Higginson 

Harv.  1863. 
Banker. 

Daniel  JefPerson  Holbrook 

Brown  1863,  LL.B.  Harv.  1867. 

Joseph  Edward  Hollis 

Insurance  Agent. 

John  Prentiss  Hopkinson^ 

Ilai-v.  1861,  A.M. 
Teacher. 

*George  Albert  Hunnewell 

Clerk.  •1876 

Henry  Upham  Jeffries 

ILuv.  1862. 

*Granville  Ebenezer  John- 
son •1876 
Thomas  Murphy  Johnston 

Artist. 

David  Joseph  Kelly 
Charles  Parker  Kemp 

Harv.  ISG:,  .M.D.  1866. 

Arthur  Lawrence 

Hnrv.  isr.3.  A.M. 

Miui:>tur  ut  Stockbridge,  Mus. 


I  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1375-G,  p.  217. 
3  Brother  of  Francis  C.  of  our  Class  of  1850. 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


203 


John  Saxton  Lewis 
David  Francis  Lincoln 

Harv.  1861,  A.M.,  M.D.  1864, 

Benjamin  Breckinridge  Wis- 
ner  Locke 
*  Wright  Boott  Loring^       *i872 
Amos  Lawrence  Mason 

Hai-v.  1863,  M.D.  1872. 

*Benjamin    Crowninshield 
Mifflin 


Hai-v.  1862. 
Banker. 


*1880 


*Edward   Napoleon   Bona- 
parte Moore  2  *i87i 
Samuel  Lawrence  Moore  ^ 

M.D.  Hai-v.  1868. 

John  Hancock  Moriarty 

Ticket  Ag't  Penn.  R.R. 

*Edgar  Marshall  Newcomb^ 

Harv.  1860.  *1862 

Arthur  Howard  Nichols 

Hai-v.  1862,  M.D.  1866. 

William  Nichols 

M.D.  Ilai-v.  1862. 

John  Simon  O'Brien 
*Henry  Lyman  Patten* 

Harv.  1858.  *1864 

Aubrey  Maitland  Pendleton 

Minister  at  Dublin,  N.H. 

John  Gardner  Perry 

M.D.  Hai-v.  1863. 

*Samuel  Dunn  Phillips 

Harv.  1861.  *1862 

George  Winslow  Pierce 

Harv.  1864,  A.M. 
Special  Master ;  Teacher. 


George  Edward  Pond 

Harv.  1858,  LL.B.  1860. 

James  Frederic  Porter 
*Wallace  Ahira  Putnam     «i865 
*Benjamin  Rand 

LL.B.  Hai-v.  1865.  *1869 

Arthur  Reed 

Harv.  1862. 
Insurance  Broker. 

Joseph  Sampson  Reed 

Harv.  1862. 

Samuel  Payne  Reed 

M.D.  Univ.  Penn. 

Lewis  Frederick  Rice 

C  E.  Renssalaer  Polyt.  Inst. 

1858. 

Civil  Engineer. 

Edward  Cyrenius  Richard- 
son^ 

Merchant  (Savannah,  Ga.). 

Thomas   Henry   Richard- 
son 

William  Henry   Prentice 
Robbins 
*James  Jones  Rutledge       *i856 

*  George  Parker  Ryan^ 

Commander,  U.S.N.  *1877 

Edward  William  Sanborn 

Harv.  1861,  A.M. 

Jeremiah  Sanborn 
*Eugene  Edward  Shelton^ 

Commission  Merchant.  *1875 

Hiram  Smith  Shurtleff^ 

Harv.  1861,  A.M. 
Lawyer. 

George  Melville  Smith 

*  Vernon  Smith  ^  nses 


1  Son  of  Edward  G.  of  our  Class  of  1812,  and  brother  of  Charles  G.  of  1849,  and  Edw.  G. 
of  1850.  ^  Brothers. 

8  See  Hai-vard  Memorial  Biogi-aphies,  ii,  p.  163.  *  See  Hai-v.  Mem.  Biog.  i,  p.  443. 

6  Capt.  24th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.    Brother  of  Benj.  Heber  of  our  Class  of  1846. 
«  Lost  in  the  Huron.  '  Capt.  2d  Begt.  Mass.  Vols. 

8  Brother  of  Nathaniel  B.  of  our  Class  of  1850 ;  son  of  Nathaniel  B.  of  our  Class  of  1822. 

9  Died  in  Andersonvillc  Prison. 


204 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


•Charles  Henry  Snelling 

Dry  Goods  Merchant.  •1862 

Henry  Baker  Snow 
Winslow  Lewis  Souther 
Lewis  William  Tappaa 

Ilarv.  1S60. 

James    Bourne    Freeman 
Thomas 

nai-v.  1860.  ^ 

♦Alfred  Otis  Treats 

Williams     1863,    A.M.,    M.D. 

Bellcvue  1866. 

Missiouaiy  to  CluDa.  "ISSl 

Alexander  Fairfield  Wads- 
worth 

Haiv.  1860,  LL.B.  1863. 
Lawyer. 

Horace  Winslow  Warren 

Harv.  1863,  A.M. 
Teacher. 

John  Collins  Warren  ^ 

Harv.  1863,  M.D.  1866. 

Charles  Bartlett  Wells^ 

'Merchant. 

Albert  Blodgett  Weymouth 

IIm-v.  I860,  A.M.,  M.D.  Bowd. 

1H(36. 

Charles  Sumner  White 
*  William  Greenough  White  ♦1862 
Francis  Lincoln  Whitney 
Charles  Albert  Whittier 

Ilarv.  I860. 

Edward  Wigglesworth 

Harv.  1861,  A.M.,  M.D.  1865. 

*Arthur  Wilkinson*  -iseo 

Harv.  1860. 


William  Cutler  Winslow, 
afterwards  Willia77i  Cop- 
ley Winslow 

Hamilton  1862. 
James  Edward  Wright 

Harv.  1861. 

Minister  at  Montpelier,  Vt. 

George  Brooks  Young^ 

Harv.  1860,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1863. 
Judge  Supr.  Court  of  Minne- 
sota. 


1853. 

*Edward  Stanley  Abbot^    -ises 
*Copley  Amory" 

Williams  1861,  A.M.  •1879 

Broker. 

Francis  Eugene  Andrews 
Nathan  Appleton 

Harv.  1863,  A.M. 
Banker. 

James  Henry  Blake* 

Banker. 

Edward  Darley  Boit 

Harv.  1863. 

William  Ward  Carnith 

LL.B.  Harv.  1869. 

Horace  Parker  Chandler 

Hai-v.  1864,  A.M. 

Bookseller ;  Real  Estate  Agent. 

Arthur  Hamilton  Clark 

Master  Mariner. 

William  Tilton  Clark 

lleiil  Estate  Broker. 

*Robert  Jackson  Cowdin    •ise- 


1  See  Durfee's  Biographical  Annals  of  Williams,  p.  f)r)S. 

'  Grandson  of  John  C.  of  our  Class  of  1786,  and  son  of  .1.  Mason,  of  our  Class  of  1820. 

*  Son  of  Charles  B.  of  our  Class  of  1817. 

*  Died  while  a  member  of  the  Class  of  1860  in  Harvard  College. 

6  Brother  of  Edward  J.  of  our  Class  of  1839,  and  Chas.  L.  of  1842. 

*  See  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies,  ii,  p.42S. 

"  Sec  DuiTec's  Biographical  Annals  of  Williams,  p.  617. 

*  Sou  of  James  Ileur}-,  of  our  Class  of  1821,  and  brother  of  Edward,  of  18A2. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


205 


Phineas  Miller  Crane 
*Francis  Welch  Crownin- 

shield^  nses 

Andrew  Cutting 

Merchant. 

*Reuel  William  Dean 

Railroad  Manager.  *1870 

James  Burrill  Dow 

Railroad  Clerk,  St.  Louis. 

Edward  Bangs  Drew 

Hanr.  18^)3,  A.M. 

Corum.  Chinese  Civil  Service. 

*HorHce  Sargent  Duun^      *i86i 
William  Wilber  Farr 
Samuel   Soden  Lawrence 
Fogg 

Broker  (New  York) . 

William  Wyllys  Gannett 

Merchant. 

Albert  Otis  Gibson 
James  Francis  Goodridge 
*Samuel  Shelton  Gould^    «i862 
William  Greenough 

Harv.  1863. 
Merchant. 

Howard  Malcom  Hamblin 

LL.B.  Harv.  1862. 

James  B.  Hammond 
*Charles  William  Heaton 

Harv.  1863,  A.M.,  M.D.  1867.    *1869 

*Edward  Holman 

Amherst  1861.  *1862 

Augustus  Spencer  Holmes 

Refiner  of  Petroleum. 

Charles  Hunt^ 

Ship  Broker. 

Henry  Stone  Jones 

U.S.  Customs  Service. 


Edward  Hale  Kendall 

Architect. 

Hiram  Oscar  Lamb 
Joseph  Moseley  Moriarty^ 

Harv.  1863,  A.M. 

*Alvin  Reed  Page  *i857 

*Albert  Benjamin  Poor 
Edmund  Putnam 
Henry  Munroe  Rogers 

Hai-v.  1862,  A.M.  1866,  LL.B. 
1867. 

Albert  Cuyp  Russell 

Wood  En<rraver. 

Charles  Wilder  Ryan 

Clerk. 

Horace  Elisha  Scudder^ 

Williams  1858,  A.M. 
Author  and  Publisher. 

Thomas  Sherwin 

Harv.  1860. 

Naval  Officer  U.  S.  Customs ; 

City  Collector. 

George  Washington  Sim- 
mons 

Clothing  Dealer. 

William  Vincent  Smith, 
afterwards  William 
Smith  Carter^ 

Henry  Dorr  Sullivan 

Treas.  Naumkeag  Cotton  Mills. 


^Henry  Swift  Tappan 
John  Eliot  Tappan 

Stock  Raiser. 

Henry  Tuck 

Harv.  1863,  M.D.  Harv.  1866. 
Med.  Exam.  N.  Y.  Life  Ins.  Co 

Hampden  Waldron 
Edward  A.  Walker 


*1875 


1  Capt.  Mass.  2d  Regt.    See  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies,  ii,  p.  456. 

2  Capt.  Mass.  22d  Regt.    See  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies,  ii,  p.  401. 

2  See  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies,  ii,  p.  404.  ■*  Capt.  44th  Mass.  Vols. 

6  Brother  of  John  H.  of  our  Class  of  1852,  and  grandson  of  John  Hancock  of  1780. 
6  Brother  of  Evarts,  of  our  Class  of  1845.    See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society,  1880-31,  p.  423 ;  also  Darfee's  Annals  of  Williams,  p.  639. 


206 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Marcellus  Walker 

Wholesale  Boot  and  Shoe  Man'f. 

George  Willis  Warren 

Ilarv.  ISGO,  A.M.  18G4. 

William  Tucker  Washburn 

Ilarv.  1862,  A.M. 
l^avryci: 

Fred  Augustus  Wellington 

Wharfni<rci's  Clerk  (Constitu- 
tion Wharf). 

*Henry  Myron  Wellington -igza 
Frank  Wells  i 

Ilarv.  1864,  A.M.,  M.D.  1868, 
Master  Obstet.  Univ.  of  Vienna, 
Prof.  Obstet.  Cleveland  Med. 
Colle<re. 

Roger  Sherman  White 

Yale  1839,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1862. 


1854. 

Frederick  Baylies  Allen 

Amherst  1863,  A.M. 
Assistant  Minister,  Ti'inity. 

John  Page  Almy 

Merchant. 

Charles  Mason  Bassett 

Singer. 

John  William  Blackmore 
*John  Adams  Blanchard 

Ilarv.  1864,  A.M.  *1885 

Michael  Shepard  Bolles 

Banker  and  Broker. 

Herbert  Addison  Boynton 

Flour  and  Produce  Dealer. 

*George  Brooks 

B.S.  Ilarv.  1861.  •1863 


Walter  Gushing  Bryant 

Weigher  and  (.iaugcr. 

Horace  Buinstead^ 

Yale  1863,  A.M.,  S.T.D.  Univ. 
of  City  of  K.Y.  1881 ;  Prof,  in 
Atlanta  Univ.  Georgia. 

William  Hobbs  Chadbourn 

Ilarv.  1862,  A.M. 

Franklin  David  Child 

Superintendent  Ilinkley  Loco- 
motive Works. 

Edward  Coverly 

George  Glover  Crocker ^ 

Ilarv.  1864.  A.M. 
Lawyer;   President  of  Massa- 
chusetts Senate. 

Ebenezer  Dale 

Merchant. 

William  Abraham  Dame 

Lawjer. 

Alexander  Doane  Damon 

Clerk. 

Richard  Henry  Derby* 

Harv.  1864,  A.M.,  M.D.  1867. 

Hugh  Doherty^ 

Williams  1863,  M.D.  Ilarv. 
1867. 

Alonzo  G.  Draper 
Gilbert  Elliott 
Alford  Forbes  Fay 
Alexander  Newton  Fowler 
*Henrv  Gardner  Gardner 

Trin.  180:i,  A.M.  •1873 

*Alfred  Greenough 

Ilarv.  1865.  'ISS* 

Charles  Pelhara  Greenough^ 

Harv.  1864,  LL.B.  ll>69. 

Francis  Wilbur  Hackett 

Clothing  Dealer. 


1  Son  of  Charles  B.  of  our  Class  of  1817,  and  brother  of  Charles  B.  of  18o2. 

*  Brother  of  Freeman  J.  of  our  Class  of  1841,  and  of  N.  W.  of  our  Class  of  1848. 
8  Brother  of  Uriel  II.  of  our  Class  of  1844. 

*  Son  of  E.  Ilasket,  of  our  Class  of  1819. 

6  Brother  of  William  W.  of  our  Class  of  1862.    Sec  Durfce's  Biographical  Annals  of 
Williams,  p.  658. 

«  Son  of  William  W.  of  our  Class  of  1828,  and  brother  of  William,  of  our  Class  of  1853. 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


207 


*Charles  Willard  Hagar 

Harv.  1864,  A.M.  1870.  *1880 

Frederic  Elisha  Haskell 
Edward  Belknap  Haven^ 

Bank  Teller. 

Charles  Eustis  Hubbard^ 

Yale  1862,  LL.B. 
Lawyer. 

James  Jackson 

Real  Estate  Agent. 

Henry  Fitch  Jenks^ 

Harv.  1863,  A.M. 
Minister  at  Fitchburg,  Charles- 
ton, S.C.,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

Joseph  Sidney  Jones 

Artist. 

*James  Sherman  Kimball*  *i864 
William  Augustus  Kimball^ 

Mech.  Eng.  Instit.  of  Techno!. ; 
Commission  Merchant. 

Arthur  Mason  Knapp 

Harv.  1863,  A.M. 

Usher;   Teacher;  Sup't  Bates 

Hall,  Public  Library. 

Hugh  Lagan 
Alfred  Jackson  Mayo 
*  Arthur  Ware  Merriam^ 

Harv.  1864,  A.M.  1868. 

Banker.  *18/8 

Charles  Roswell   Messin- 
ger 
*Frank  Howard  Nelson'^     *i862 
*Sumner  Paine  ^  *1863 


*ArthurCortlandt  Parker^  *1863 
Scollay  Parker  10 

Harv.  1861,  M.D.  1866. 

Frank  Parsons 

Miller. 

Daniel  Rey  Porter 
Herbert  James  Pratt 

Harv.  1863,  M.D.  1S68. 

Edward  Gilbert  Robbins 
Edward  Blake  Robins  ^^ 

Harv.  1864,  A.M. 
Merchant. 

Henry  Augustus  Rowell 

Clerk. 

Howard  Sargent 

Mariner. 

Francis  Henry  Scudder^^ 

Clerk  U.S.  Sub-Treas. 

Henry    Blatchford   Scud- 
deri2 

Manufacturer. 

Edward  Sherwin^^ 

Paymaster  U.  S.  Navy ;  Agent 
Phila.  and  Reading  "Coal  and 
Iron  Co. 

Charles  Carroll  Soule 

Harv.  1862. 
Bookseller. 

*Francis  Dana  Stedman      *i868 
Charles  Herbert  Swan 

S.B.  Harv.  1861. 

Frederic  C.  Sweetser 
George  Miles  Townsend 


1  Brother  of  Franklin,  of  our  Class  of  1848. 

2  Brother  of  Henry  B.  and  William  C.  of  our  Class  of  1844,  and  James  M.  of  1851. 

8  Son  of  John  H.  of  our  Class  of  1821.  See  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  So- 
ciety, 1880-81,  p.  340, 

*  In  service  of  the  Christian  Commission.  See  Memoir  by  his  father ;  also  Durfee's  Bio- 
gi-aphical  Annals  of  Williams,  p.  203.  ^  Brother  of  James  S.  above. 

6  Brother  of  Waldo,  of  our  Class  of  1851.  '  Died  in  battle  of  Williamsburg,  May. 

8  Brother  of  Chas.  J.,  Wra.  C,  Robert  T.,  Jr.,  of  our  Classes  of  1843, 1844  and  1846.  See 
Harvard  Memorial  Biographies,  ii,  p.  476. 

9  Ibid,  ii,  p.  308.  JO  Brother  of  Arthur  C.  above. 

11  Grandson  of  Jonathan  Darby  Robins,  of  our  Class  of  1766.  12  Brothers. 

18  Brother  of  Thomas,  of  our  Class  of  1853. 


208 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Charles  Russell  Treat^ 

Williams  1863,  A.M.,  Goodrich 
Prof,  of  Physiol,  aud  Vocal  and 
Phys.  Cult.  Williams;  Prof. 
Vocal  Phys.  Boston  Univ.  Min. 
in  Conn,  and  Biooklyn,  N.Y. 

Francis  Carlyle  Tucker 
*Francis  Tucker  Washburn^ 

Hai-v.  1864,  A.M. 

Minister  at  Milton.  •1873 

Thomas  Waterman 

Hai-v.  1864,  A.M.  1868,  M.D. 
1868. 

*Richard.  Askey  Webb        «i862 
Frank  Waldo  Wildes 

Harv.  1864. 

William  Converse  Wood 

Harv.  1860,  A.M.  1865. 

Francis  Greenwood  Young^ 

Hotel  Keeper. 


1856. 

*Leonard  Case  Alden* 

Harv.  1861.  *\9/Si 

Francis  Richmond  Allen^ 

Amherst  1865. 
Architect. 

Edward  Linzee  Amory 

U.S.  Naval  Acad. 
Lieut.  U.S.  Navy. 

Gilbert  Russell  Bartlett 
Frederick  Francois  Baury 

U.S.N.,  U.S.  Cuatoms  Service, 
New  York. 

George  Conway  Bent 

Harv.  1866,  A.M. 


Thomas  King  Blaikie 

Farmer. 

James  Henry  Bodge 

Dart.  1865,  M.D.  Harv.  1867. 

*Jeremiah  Wesley  Boyden 

Harv.  1861,  A.M.  •1866 

William  Brooks 

Sup't  For.  Mails,  Boston  P.O. 

John  Patrick  Brown 

Harv.  1861. 

Stuart  Manwaring  Buck^ 

Williams  1864,  A.M. 

Charles  Greene  Bush^ 

Artist. 

Frederic  Deblois  Bush' 

Merchant. 

Charles  Henry  Wheel- 
wright Chamberlin, 
afterwards  Charles 
Wheelwright  Cham- 
berlin 

Wool  Dealer. 

*  William   Washburn   Cut- 
ler •1868 
Henderson  Josiah  Edwards 

Harv.  1863. 
Lawjer. 

Charles  James  Ellis 

Harv.  1865. 

George  Henry  Fales 

lUr\   1864,  A.M. 

Frank  Ferdinand 

Furniture  and  Carpet  Dealer. 

*Frederic   Augustus   God- 
bold'^  #1864 


1  Brother  of  John  T.  P.  of  our  Class  of  1844,  and  Alfred  ().  of  1852.  Sec  Durfec's  Bioj,'. 
AnnaU  of  Williams,  p.  159.  a  Brother  of  William  T.  of  our  Class  of  1853. 

8  Son  of  Alexander,  of  our  Class  of  1812,  and  brother  of  Edward  J.,  Charles  L.,  Georjfo 
B.  of  our  Classes  of  1839,  1842  and  1852,  and  Beiy.  L.  of  our  Class  of  1858. 

*  Sec  Han'ard  Memorial  Biograplues,  ii,  p.  221. 

6  Brother  of  Frederick  B.  of  our  Class  of  1854. 

«  See  Durfee's  Biographical  Anuals  of  Williams,  p.  659. 

■f  Brothers.  •  Co.  K,  29th  Mass.    Died  at  Anderaonvillc,  June  24. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


209 


George  Augustus  Goddard 

Hai-v.  1865,  A.M.  1872,  LL.B. 
1874. 

Granville  Llewellyn  Gove 
Ephraim  Abbot  Hall 
James  Morris  Whiton  Hall 

Lumber  Dealer. 

William  Hedge 

Harv,  1862,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1866. 

Franklin  Theodore  Howe 
Edward  Stanton  Hunting- 
ton 
Dermot  Warburton  Keegan 

Harv.  1862,  A.M. 

William  Henry  Lathrop 

Hai-v.  1863,  A.M.   1871,  M.D. 
Penn.  1865. 

Physician  at  State  Alms  House, 
Tewksbury,  Mass. 

Manoah     Meade    Living- 
ston 
Charles  Parker  Lombard'^ 

S.T.B.  Hai-v.  1878. 

Minister  at  Ellsworth,  Me.,  and 

Athol,  Mass. 

Ephraim  Lombard  ^ 

Merchant. 

Samuel  Kirkland  Lothrop 

Merchant. 

Benjamin  Owen  Low 

U.S.  Navy. 

John  McMahon 

LL.B.  Harv.  1861. 

*Charles  Benjamin  Meriam  *i862 
George  Harrison  Mifflin  2 

Harv.  1865. 

Printer  and  Publisher. 

Ferdinand  Gorges  Mor- 
rill, afterwards  Ferdi- 
nand Gordon  Morrill 

M.D.  Harv.  1869. 

Abner  L.  Morse 


Albert  Field  Morse 
Henry  Jones  Newman 

Wholesale  Spice  Dealer   (Chi- 
cago) . 

Lyman  Nichols 
Robert  Swain  Peabody 

Harv  1866,  A.M. 
Architect. 

George  Frederic  Poor 
Charles  Pickering  Putnam 

Harv.  1865,  M.D.  1869. 

Thomas  Cole  Raymond 

Grain  Merchant. 

Thomas  Phillips  Rich 
John  Ritchie 

Harv.  1861. 

*Eugene  Patterson  Robbins 

M.D.  Harv.  1863.  *1863 

Edward    Channing    Salt- 
marsh 
*Henry  Sanford  Shelton^ 

Capt.  of  Volunteers;    Mining 
Engineer.  *1883 

*Robert  Gould  Shaw  Shelton^ 

Clerk,  Importer,  Shoe  Manuf., 
Eeal  Estate  and  Engineering.    *1874 

George  Samuel  Tomlinson 

Hai-v.  1863,  A.M. 
Teacher. 

Patrick  W.  Torry 
*Alexander  Vinton 

Broker.  *1881 

John  Tucker  Ward 

Harv.  1864. 

William  Leffingwell  Ward 
Samuel  Bradley  Weld 
George  Derby  Welles 

Harv.  1866. 

Frank  Wildes 

Naval  Acad. 

Lieut.  Comm.  U.S.  Navy ;  Ins. 

of  Ordnance,  West  Point. 


1  Brothers  of  Jacob  H.  of  our  Class  of  1849. 

2  Brother  of  Chas.  of  our  Class  of  1850,  and  Benj.  C.  of  1852. 


8  Brothers. 


210 


PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


*Edward  Tuckerman  Wil- 
kinson 

Ilarv.  1866,  A.M.  •1873 

John  Brooks  Young 

Commission  Mei-chant. 


1856. 

John  Ware  Atkins 
*George  Gevathmey  Bacon  •1877 
Clarence  Horton  Bell 
Thomas  Wetmore  Bishop 

Han-.  1863,  A.M. 
Minister  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Wil- 
braham,  Ncwtonvillc,  liegistrar 
Boston  Univ. 

William  Blaikie 

Ilai-v.  1866,  LL.B.  1868, 
J^awyer. 

Thomas  Blanchard 
Robert  McLaren  Bockus 

Clerk  U.  S.  Customs. 

Charles  Brooks  Brigham 

Ilai-v.  1866,  A.M.,  1870,  M.D 
1870. 

*  Frederick  Brooks 

Ilai-v.  1863,  A.M.  "1874 

Minister  at  Cleveland,  O. 

George  H.  Bund}- 

Thomas  Lincoln  Chadbourne 

Harv.  1862. 

Lucius  Dexter  Chapin 
Ruf us  Wheelwright  Clark'^ 

Williams  1865. 
Minister  at  Detroit. 

James     Blanchard     Con- 
verse 


•1872 


Frederic  Crowninshield* 

Ilai-v.  1866. 

*William  Hales  Dale 

Evan  Davis 
*  Arthur  Dehon^  ,18^2 

Edward  Brown  Dickinson 

Lawyer ;  Law  Reporter. 

Theodore  Ellis* 

llarw  1867. 

William  Rogers  Ellis* 

Han'.  1807,  A.M. 

Arthur  Franklin  Ewell 

Teacher. 

Edward  Nicoll  Fenno 

IIar^•.  1866,  A.M. 

*FredericWilmot  Gardner^«i879 
Francis  Calley  Gray 

llarv.  1866,  A.M. 

Adolphus  Williamson  Green 

Harv.  1863. 
Lawyer. 

Eugene  Douglass  Greenleaf 

Harv.  1SC6,  A.M. 

Ammi  Ruhamah  Hahn 

Dart.  1865,  M.D.  Han-.  1869. 

Charles  Wellington  Har- 
ris 
John  Tyler  Hassam* 

IIar\-.  1863,  A.M. 
Lawyer. 

George  Henry  Hathaway' 

Lecture  Agent. 

Edward  Henshaw^ 

Boot  and  Shoe  Manuf.  Goods. 

*Isaac  Means  Henshaw^ 

Lawyer.  •1878 

William  Carlton  Ireland 

Safe  Manufacturer. 


1  See  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  p.  232. 

2  Brother  of  Edward  A.  and  Francis  W.  of  our  Classes  of  1852  and  IBM. 

8  Sec  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies,  ii,  p.  233.  «  Cousins. 

6  Brother  of  Henry  CJ.  C  of  our  Class  of  ISM. 

«  Sec  Proceedings  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1881-2,  p.  102. 
'  A  member  of  Co.  E,  24th  Mass,  Vols.    He  says,  "  I  believe  I  was  the  only  scholar  who 
graduated  a  soldier,  for  I  hud  a  furlough  till  my  school  term  expired."  i>  Brothers. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


211 


*George  Jotham  Johnson 

Hai-v.  1865.  *1885 

Lawrence  Keany 
*Charles  Hamilton  Mann 

Dart.  1867,  LL.B.  Harv.  1869.  *1877 

George  Hayward  Millerd 
William    Andrews    Mori- 
arty 
*Thomas  Currier  Mullin 
Thomas  Nelson 

Harv.  1866,  A.M. 

William  Nichols 

Haiv.  1863. 

Lawyer;  Supervisor  of  Schools ; 

Teacher. 

Theodore  Nickerson 

Ship-owner. 

Charles  Harris  Phelps^ 

Hai-v.  1868,  A.M.,  LL.B.  Alb. 

1869. 

Dudley  Mark  Phelps 

Dep.CoU.  U.S.  Customs  (N.Y.). 

Calvin  Brooks  Prescott 

Merchant. 

James  Rogers  Rich 

Harv.  1870. 

*George  Rolfe^  1865 

Henry  Rolfe^ 

Hai-v.  1866. 

Stock  Broker,  Virginia  City,  Nev. 

John  Turner  Sargent ^ 
William  Story  S argent ^ 

Clerk  U.  S.  Sub-Treas. 

Charles  Frederick  Power 

Shedd 
James  Henry  Standish 

Builder. 

Lemuel  Stanwood 

Cotton  Merchaat. 


Moorfield  Storey 

Harv.  1866,  A.M. 
Lawyer. 

Charles  Sturtevant 

M.D.  Hai-v.  1862. 

John  Prince  Larkin  Thorn- 
dike,  afterwards  John 
Larkin  Thorndike 

Harv.  1866,  LL.B.  1868. 

Alfred  Clarence  Vinton 

Harv.  1866,  A.M. 

*Charles  Frederic  Warren  *i865 
*Charles  Myron  Winslow, 
afterwards  Kenelm  Wins- 
low*  «1867 


1857. 

Willard  Spencer  Allen 

Clerk  Munic.  Court,  E.  Boston 
Dist. 

Francis  Amory 

Samuel  Tranuph  Apollo- 

nio 
Robert  Gale  Armstrong 
Frank  Leslie  Bailey 

Book-keeper. 

John  Solomon  Barron 
George  Tyler  Bigelow 
George  Alfred  Blackmore 
*Horace  Ambrose  Brabiner  »i86i 
Albert  Henry  Bradish 

Chicago  Paper  Union. 

Samuel  Bradstreet 

Stock  Broker. 

Arthur  Brooks^ 

Harv.  1867,  A.M. 

Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  In- 

carnatlou,  New  York. 


1  Son  of  Hon.  Charles  A.  of  our  Qass  of  1832.  2  Brothers. 

8  Sons  of  John  T.  of  our  Class  of  1818.    4  Brother  of  William  C.  of  our  Class  of  1852. 
5  Brother  of  William  G.  and  Phillips,  of  our  Class  of  1846,  George  of  1854,  and  Frederick 
of  1856. 


212 


PUBLIC   LATLN   SCHOOL. 


John  Stephenson  Bugbee 
*Richard  Cobb  Chace  •187- 

Ellery  Chanuing  Coolidge 

Clerk  N.E.  Life  Ins.  Co. 

*  William  D  wight  Crane  ^ 

Harv.  1863.  •1864 

Edgar  Corrie  Curtis 

Harv.  1869, 

George  Henry  Dadd 
Charles  Frederick  Dean 
Nelson  Lloj'^d  Derby  ^ 

Harv.  1867. 

Trueman  Cross  Dexter 

Broker,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Joseph  Holbrook  Dyer 

Insurance  Agent. 

John  Loriug  Eldridge 

Hai-\'.  1864,  A.M.,  LL.B.1866. 

Edward  Clarke  Ellis 

Ilarv.  1868,  A.M.  1872. 

Walter  Norris  Evans 

Sec.  Chicago  City  Railway  Co. 

*William     Allen     Arthur 

Foltz  •1865 

*James  Taylor  Fox,  after- 
wards James  Valentine 
Taylor 

Instit.  of  Technol. 

Architect.  •1882 

*Samuel  Quarles  French 

Harv.  1866.  •1872 

James  Frederick  Hawley 

Banking  Clerk. 

Joseph  Rockwood  Hoar 
William  Nassau  Irwin 
Charles    Lawrence    Kim- 
ball 

George  Albert  Krogman 

Commission  Merchant. 

Robert  Means  Lawrence 

M.D.  Hai-v.  1873. 


Charles  Wilkins  Little 

Lawyer,  N.Y. 

Thacher  Loring 
George  Gray  Lyman 
Charles  Biriiey  Mann 
Edwin  Colman  Newell 

Amateur   Farmer,    Broolcfield, 
N.II. 

♦William  David  O'Connell 

Har\-.  1867.  •IseS 

John  Henry  Oviatt 

Reporter,  Montpelier,  Vt. 

*Edward  Champion  Pease  •iseo 
Thomas  Bellows  Peck 

Hai-v.  1863.  A.M. 
Jeweler. 

Edward  Charles  Pickering 

S.B.  Hai-v.  1865. 

Prof.  Instit.  Technol. ;  Director 

of  Observatory,  Cambridge. 

James  Jackson  Putnam 

Han-.  1866,  M.D.  1870. 

Robert  Redington 
Edward  Renouf 

Student  of  Chemistiy. 

George  Edward  Richards 

Harv.  1867. 

William   Beaman   Roger- 
son 

Charles  Parkman  Shelton^ 

Dry  Goods  Clerk  ;  Importer. 

William  Brett  Smithett 
Henry  Harrison  Sprague 

Harv.  1864,  A.M. 
Lawyer. 

William  Brunswick  Curry 

Stickney 

Lawyer. 

Charles  Edward  Stratton 

Hiirv.  186G,  A.M.,  LL.IJ.  lt>68. 

George  Smith  Blake  Sullivan 

Clerk. 


1  Killed  at  Honey  Hill,  So.  Car.    See  Harvard  Memorial  Biographies,  ii,  p.  393. 

2  Son  of  E.  Haskctt  of  our  Class  of  1819. 

»  Brother  of  Eugene  E.  of  our  Class  of  1862,  Henry  S.  and  Robert  G.  of  our  Clou  of  1855. 


PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


213 


Frank  Henry  Thomas 

Bookseller,  St.  Louis. 

William  Perkins  Tyler 

Iron  Merchant. 

Arthur  Clarence  Walworth 

Yale  1866,  A.M. 

Wilhelm  Christian  Eber- 
hard  Claudius  Wasser- 
bohe 

Andrew  Garish  Webster^ 

Leather  Dealer. 

Augustus  Floid  Webster  ^ 
*Frederic  Hedge  Webster  «i865 
William  Whitmarsh 
Henry  Francis  Whitney 
Alexander  Hamilton  Wright 

Yale  1863,  LL.B. 

Frederic  Hazeltine  Young 

Musician;  Organist. 


1868. 

James  Barr  Ames 

Harv.  1868,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1872. 
Professor  Harvard  Law  School. 

*Stephen  Ball  «1871 

Frederic  Alleyne  Beck 

Cotton  Commission  Merchant, 

James  Arthur  Beebe 

Harv.  1869. 

Joseph  Bennett 

La>vyer. 

Ernst  William  Brenner 
Frederic  Brooks 

Harv.  1868. 
Civil  Engineer. 

Charles  Guild  BuUard 

Rice  Importer. 


James  Russell  Carrot 

Hai-v.  1867,  A.M.  187L 
Lawyer. 

*Benjamin  Hobart  Carter^  «i863 
John  Wilkins  Carter^ 

Manuf.  of  Ink. 

Patrick  Leo  Cassidy 
Charles  H.  Chase 
Matthew  Rismondo  Clark 
Edward  Hutchins  Cutler 

Wholesale  Druggist,   St.  Paul, 
Minn. 

*Henderson  Inches  Dehon^  *i867 
*George   Artemas  Dickin- 
son^ *1874 
*  Charles  Dinsmore^  *i860 

Edward  Folsom  Dinsmore^ 

James  Hale  Dodge 

City  Auditor. 

William  James  Donovan 
Edward    Louis     Hackett 

Drake  ^ 
Frank    George    Eastman 

Drake^ 

Reporter. 

George  William  Eaton 
George  Boole  Emmons 
William  De  Yough  Field^ 

Merchant. 

Charles  Henry  Fitch 
William  Sumner  Flagg 
James  Joseph  Flanagan 

St.  Charles,  Md. 

Jacob  Francis  Foltz^ 

D.D.S.  Bost.  Dent.  Coll. 
Dentist  at  Denver,  Col. 

Frederick  Gray  Frothingham 

Dry  Goods  Commission. 


1  Brothers.  3  Brothers.  3  Brother  of  Arthur  of  our  Class  of  1856. 

4  Brother  of  Edw.  D.  of  our  Class  of  1857.  6  Brothers.  «  Brothers. 

1  Brother  of  Benjamin  F.  of  our  Class  of  1853. 
8  Brother  of  Wm.  A.  A.  F.  of  our  Class  of  1857. 


'2U 


PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


*  Harris  Gray  •i863 

Mcilical  Student. 

Malcolm  S  coll  ay  Greenough 

Ilarv.  1868. 

Gca'l  ilauager  Gas  Co. 

*Seymour  St.  Clair  Torien- 
ter  Hale 
Frederic  Carl  Hamilton 

Woolen  Business. 

Frederic  Morton  Harris 
Frederic  William  Hathaway  ^ 

Redpath  Lyceum  Buieau, 

Chicago. 

Henry  Gordon  Hawes 

Merchant. 

■*Henry  Linsley  Hobart 

Book-kcciier.  •1873 

*William  Hammatt  Hodges 

M.D.  Ilarv.  1871.  •1872 

'^'William  Homer 

Harv.  1867.  "ISSl 

Christopher  Herbert  Howe 
Richard  Daniel  Irwin 
James  Edgar  Jenkins 
Sylvester  Allen  Jones 

Printer ;  Farmer,  California. 

Vincent  Elijah  Keegan^ 

M.D.  Ilai-v.  186"). 

Charles  Kreissman 
*Charles  Albert  Ladd  •i860 

Charles  Seymour  Lewis 
*Frederic  Wadsworth  Loring 

Harv.  1870. 

Author.  *1871 

James  De  Wolf  Lovett 

Clerk. 

Francis  Henry  Manning 

AVool  Merchant. 


Augustus  Francke  Mason 

A.M.  Mad.  Uuiv.  1875. 
Pastor    (Jalv.    Baptist   Cbnrch, 
Washiujjton,  D.C. 

Theodore  Aloysius  Metcalf 

Am.  Coll.,  Rome. 

Chancellor  of  Ai-ch-Dioccsc  of 

Boston. 

George  Andrews  Moriarty 

Book-keeper. 

Roland  Bunker  Morris 
Thomas  Motley 
Martin  Adams  Munroe 

Clerk,  U.S.  Customs. 

James  Byron  Nason 
Marshall  Perry  Newman 

Tailor. 

Edward  George  Nowell 
William  King  Orcutt 

Lawyer. 

George  Edward  Otis 

Lawyer. 

Charles  Dana  Palmer 

Harv.  1868,  A.M. 
Manufacturer. 

George  Pearson 

Hai-v.  1870. 

Edward  Wright  Perry 
Edward  Pfaff 
Henry  Judkins  Poole 
John  Taber  Pratt 
*Samuel  Somes  Preston 

Ilarv.  1868.  •1872 

Thomas  Cole  Raymond^ 

drain  Merchant. 

Frederic    Frank     Read, 
afterwards     Frederick 
French  Read"* 

William  Read* 

Frank  Munroe  Rice 


1  Brother  of  Geo.  of  our  Class  of  1857. 

2  Brother  of  Dermot  W.  of  our  Class  of  1855. 

8  Does  not  appear  on  the  School  Register,  hut  is  printed  in  Annual  Catalogue  for  185S. 
<  Brothers. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


215 


Richard  Henry  Salter 

Architect ;  Plauter  in  Georgia. 

John  White  Sanger 

Harv.  1870. 

Lewis  Charles  Seymour 
George  Doane  Shattuck 

Clerk. 

Benjamin  Homer  Shelton.^ 

Importer. 

Joseph  Sheltoni 

U.S.A. ;  Dry  Goods  Merchant. 

Henry  Stackpole^ 

Banker. 

William  Stackpole^ 

Hai-v.  18G3. 
Merchant. 

Francis  Manning  Stanwood 

Note  Broker. 

Seriah  D.  Stevens 
*Charles   Bradley  Stough- 
tou 
Henry  Marshall  Tate 

Accountant. 

Charles  Bates  Tower 
James  Dennie  Tracy 
Samuel  Henderson  Virgin 

Minister  at  Somerville,  and  in 
Harlem,  N.Y. 

Charles  Alfred  Welch3 

Commisson  Merchant. 

John    De  Witt    Whitte- 

more 
Albert  Henry  Wilkins 
Samuel  May  Williams* 

Clerk  (Houston,  Texas). 

*Abbott  Pomroy  Wingate5*i865 
*  William  Tobey  Wingate5*i865 


Benjamin  Loring  Young'^ 

Merchant. 


1859. 

Edward  Sullivan  Averill 
Charles  Fullerton  Bacon 

Clerk. 

George  Baker 

Francis  Homes  Barnard'^ 

Book-keeper ;  R.  E,.  Agent. 

Clement  Bates 
Thomas  Prince  Beal 

Ilai-v.  1869,  A.M. 

Vice  Pres.  Sec.  National  B'k. 

Frank  Rogers  Benedict 
Theodore  Wilbur  Bennett 

Commission  Merchant. 

Joseph  Smith  Bigelow 

Harv.  1869,  A.M. 

Edward  Bow;ditch 

Harv.  1869. 

George  Bilb}^  Brewster 

Book-keeper. 

Edward  Austin  Brigham 

Cotton  Mill  Engineer. 

Edward  Burgess 

Hai-v.  1871. 

Assist.  Prof.  Museum  Comp.  Zool. 

James  Richard  Carter^ 

Wholesale  Paper  Dealer. 

Parker  Cleaveland  Chandler ^ 

Williams  1872,  A.M. 
Lawyer. 

William  Augustus  Coburn 

Insurance  Clerk. 


1  Brothers  of  Eugene  E.  of  our  Class  of  1852,  and  Henry  S.  of  1855.  2  Brothers. 

3  Son  of  Charles  A.  of  our  class  of  1823. 

4  Was  in  Confederate  Army.  5  Brothers. 
6  Brother  of  Edward  J.  of  our  Class  of  1839,  Chas.  L.  of  1842,  George  B.  of  1852,  and 

Francis  of  1854. 
'<  Son  of  Rev.  Chas.  F.  of  our  Class  of  1820. 
8  Appears  on  the  list  of  School  as  Cutler.        9  Brother  of  Horace  P.  of  our  Class  of  1853. 


216 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Albert  Cyrus  Cole 
John  Washburn  Collins 
Albert  Harrison  Conant 

Bank  Clerk. 

**Thomas  Denny  Demond 

•*1862 

Orlando  Witherspoon  Doe 

llarv.  1865,  M.D.  1869. 

Francis  Aloysius  Doherty 
Jesse  Murton  Durell 

Boston  Univ.,  1873. 

Ignatius  Patrick  Egan 

Holy  Cross. 

James  Steele  English 

Ilarv.  1867. 

Albert  Henry  Farnum 

Merchant. 

Albert  Alonzo  Ferrin 
Donald  McLeod  Fro  thing- 
ham  ^ 
*Samuel  Frothingham^       •I86I 
Alfred  William  Geist 

Yale  Scientif.  Sch. 
Reduction    Works,     Colorado 
Utah. 

Matthew  Harkins 

St.  Edniumrs  Benedictine  Coll. 
Douai,  France,  1864. 
Minister  at  Arlinfrton,  Mass. 

William  Edward  Healy 

LL.B.  Harv.  1866. 

Charles  Frederick  Heinzen 

Litho^n'apher ;  (Swiss  Fed.  Po- 
lyl.  School,  Zurich.) 

William  Heywood 
*Artemas  Rogers  Holden 

Harv.  1866,  LL.B.  1869.  ♦1884 

George  Gilman  Hough 
William  Swift  Howard 

Apothecaiy. 

Henry  Marion  Howe 

Han'.  18C9,  A.M. 

Charles  Everett  Hunt 

Leather  Dealer. 


John  Cotton  Jackson 

Harv.  1667. 

Horatio  Williston  Knight 

Merchant  (N.Y.City). 

James  Edward  Lakeman 

Real  Estate  Atrtni. 

George  Emery  Littlefield 

Harv.  1866. 

Charles  Wing  Loring 

Steamer  Transport'n  Business. 

Wallace  Williams  Lovejoy 

Kfuyon  1868,  M.D.  Harv.  1872. 

Adolphus  Gustavus  McVey 

Holy  Cross  186-. 

Adj.  Gen'ls  Otfice,  Slate  House. 

*Martin  Milmore 

Sculptor.  'ISSS 

John  Ames  Mitchell 

Draught^ulan  and  Artist. 

Henry  Grafton  Monks 

Han-.  1867. 

Benjamin  Charles  !Moore 

Teacher. 

*  William  Oxnard  Moseley^ 

Harv.  1869,  M.D.  1878.  •1879 

*Abel  Bradley  Munroe 

U.S.N. ;  Apothecary ;  Constable 

of  Superior  Court.  "ISSo 

Willard  Atherton  Nichols 

S.B.  Harv.  186.5. 

*John  Albert  Nickerson 

Brown  18G7,  LL.B.  Harv.  1869.«1874 

Albert  Colton  Noteware 
Joseph  Wilberforce  Parker 

Importer. 

Charles  Henry  Pattee 

Lawyer  and  Editor. 

Eliphalet  Pearson 
*James  Adams  Perkins       •1374 
Henry  Kirk  Phinney 
Fenelon  B.  Rice 
George  Staples  Rice 

S.B.  Harv.  1S70. 
Civil  Euifineer. 


1  Brothers. 


-  Killed  by  an  accident  on  the  Matlerhorn. 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL 


217 


William  Munroe  Rice 

Salesman. 

Edward  Thresher  Sharp 
Manly  Hardy  Sherburne 

Boot  and  Shoe  Dealer,  (Denison, 
Texas.) 

Winthrop  Leeds  Slater 
*George  Homer  Smith 

Harv.  1865,  LL.B.  Boston  Univ. 
1875.  *1867 

Newmarch  Preseott  Smith 
Emery  Francis  Souther 

Dealer  in  Plumbers'  Supplies. 

*Philip  Rowell  Southwick  *i864 
Norman  Curtis  Stevens 
Henry  Fontrill  Thompson 
George  Francis  Thorndike^ 

Inst,  of  Technol. 

Benjamin  Lowell  Merrill 
Tower 

Harv.  1869,  A.M. 
Lawyer. 

John  Trowbridge 

S.B.  Harv.  1865,  S.D.  1873,  As't 
Prof.  Ph3-sics,  Harv. 

*Tliomas  Ellinwood  Upham 

Hai-v.  1868.  *1884 

Stanley  Perkins  Warren 

Yale  1869,  M.D.  1874. 

*James  Phineas  Whitney 

Harv.  1869.  *1871 

Charles  Edward  Wiggin 

Clerk  (Crockery  Ware). 

Charles  Frederic  Wise 

Dealer  in  Paints  and  Oils. 


1860. 

Edelbert  Polaski  Adams 

Bank  Clerk. 

Edward  Baldwin 


Rogers  Lewis  Barstow 

Clerk  Five  Cents  Savings  B'k. 

*Alphonse  Beecher  Batter- 
man  *1867 

Arthur  Gardner  Bennett 

Williams  1869. 
Merchant. 

Henry  Marshall  Bigelow 

Wholesale  Dealer   Hides    and 
Leather. 

*  George  William  Birch 

Clerk  Est.  Isaac  Rich  *1878 

*Orison  Virginius  Blackmar 

Ass't  Sup't  Woolen  Mill.  *1872 

William  Payne  Blake  ^ 

Hai-v.  1866. 

Joseph  Aster  Broad 
Samuel  Cabot  ^ 

Instit.  of  Technol. 
Civil  Engineer. 

Alexander  Bowles  Campbell 

Plasterer. 

George  Carroll 
Edward  Henry  Clark 

Harv.  1866. 

John  Hoffman  Collamore 
Charles  Fox  Cruft 

Gen.  Tick.  Ag't  St.  Paul  and 
Duluth  R.R. 

*Henry  Ferrell  Davis  *i870 

*Frank  Benson  Dyer^ 

LL.B.  Harv.  1867.  *1881 

William  Lyman  Ellison 
Ferdinand  Emerson 

Boot  and  Shoe  Salesman. 

*Manton  Everett^  ises 

Edwin  Ernest  Forrest 

Actor. 

Robert  Frothingham^ 

Miner,  (Del  Norte,  Colorado.) 


1  Brother  of  John  L.  of  our  Class  of  1856,  and  son  of  John  H.  of  1822. 

2  Son  of  Edwaid  of  oui-  Class  of  1815.  3  Son  of  Samuel  of  our  Class  of  1826. 
4  Died  8  May.  5  Co.  K,  38th  Mass.  Kaied  at  Battle  of  B  Island,  Louisiana,  April  16. 
6  Brother  of  Samuel  and  Donald  M.  of  our  Class  of  1859. 


218                                       PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.                                                    i 

Samuel  Shober  Gray^ 

1 

Franklin  Shaw  Nicholson            | 

Instit.  of  Technol. 

Kcnyon.                                                      1 

Clerk. 

*  Joseph  Paul  Thomas  O'Kane 

Ass't  Clerk  Common  Council.    '1 

Franklin  Lewis  Greenleaf 

Mei-chant  (MinueapoHs). 

Francis  Greenwood   Par- 

Albert Ellis  Harding 

ker 

Wool  Meichaut. 

Thomas  Payson 

Francis  Augustine  Harris 

Ilarv.  1866,  M.D.  1872. 

Charles   William     Plimp- 

Usher; Medical  Examiner,  Suf- 

ton 

folk  County. 

Theodore  Henry  Prentice 

Dealer  in  Shoe  Manufacturers' 

Albert  Carroll  Harwood^ 

Edward      Everett      Har- 

Goods. 

wood- 

John  Amory  Lowell  Put- 

Edward Hastings 

nam,  afterwards  John 

*Joseph  Heal}'' 

Amory  Putnam 

Han-.  1870,  LTi.B.  Harv.  1872. 

Haiv.  1868. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer  Latin 

William  Cabell  Rives 

School  Association.                    •1880 

B.A.   Corpus    Christi,    Oxford, 

Samuel  Parker  Hinckley 

1874,  M.D.  Univ.  of  N.Y.  1877. 

Ilarv.  1871. 

Francis  Cutter  Rumery 

William  Moseley  Hinman 

Pattern  Maker. 

SecV  Mystic  Rubber  Co. 

*Cabot  Jackson  Russel*      *is63 

Raymond  Fletcher  Hoi  way 

Frank  Webster  Russell 

Harv.  1870,  S.T.B.  Boston  Univ. 
1873. 

Russell  Sawyer 

0.sborn  Howes 

John  Schouler^ 

Naval  Acad. 

Insurance  Ag^ent. 

Lieut.  Com.  U.S.N. 

James  Clark  Jordan 

Marshall  Paddock  Stafford 

Harv.  1870. 
Merchant. 

Harv.  1806. 

Charles  Taylor  LoveringS 

Charles  Stanwood 

Harv.  1863,  LL.B.  1870. 

Henry  M.  Stowell 

Michael  Joseph  Maroney 

Charles  Herbert  Swan 

Charles  Lincoln  Mayo 

Harv.  1870. 
Lawyer. 

Dentist. 

Edward  Turner  Trofitter 

Albert  E.  McLean 

Clerk. 

Josiah  Green  Munro 

Lewis  Raymond  Tucker 

Powder  Manufacturer. 

Clerk  Sutlblk  Savinirs  Bank. 

Charles  Munroe 

John  Calvin  Warren 

Harv.  1870. 

Music  Teacher. 

1  Son  of  Francis  H.  of  our  Class  of  1822,  an 

d  brother  of  Francis  C  of  our  Class  of  1856. 

2  Brothers. 

8  Son  of  Joseph  S.  of  our  Class  of  1820. 

*  Sec  Harvard  Memorial  Bio^xraphies,  ii,  p. 

481. 

^  Brother  of  James  of  our  Class  of  1851. 

PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


219 


James  Edward  Watson 

Printer. 

Arthur   Mellen   Welling- 
ton 
Julius  Dominique  Werner 

M.D.  Harv.  1871. 

Herbert  Warren  Wesson 

Book-keeper. 

*George  Alfred  Whitney 

Amateur  Sculptor.  *1870 

Gelstou  Whittemore 
William  Scollay  WhitwelJ 

Harv.  1869,  M.D.  1874. 

Charles  Herbert  Williams 

Harv.  1871,  M.D.  1874,  A.M. 
1875. 


1861. 

Samuel  Appleton  Browne 
Abbott 

Harv.  1866. 
Lawyer. 

Charles  Ellery  Avery 
James  Bourne  Ayer 

Harv.  1869,  A.M.,  M.D.  1873. 

Oliver  Hubbard  Badger 
Amos  Prescott  Baker 

Harv.  1867,  A.M.  1871. 
ileal  Estate  Agent. 

Charles  Inman  Barnard 

Lawyer. 

Francis  Bassett 

Harv.  1871. 

Albert  Smith  Bigelow 

Clerk    Copper    Smelting     and 
Mining  Co. 

Edward  Dehdn  Blake  ^ 

Insurance  Agent. 

Edwin  Howland  Blashfield 

Artist  (Paris). 


*Albert  Edward  Bolkcom 

Clerk.  *1878 

Walter  Lincoln  Bouve 

Instit.  of  Technol. 
LL.B.  Harv.  1879. 

John  Cotton  Brooks^ 

Harv.  1872. 

Minister  at  Springfield. 

Augustus  Warner  Burrill 
Samuel  James  Byrne 

Reporter  Boston  Herald. 

Charles  Boomedge  Cald- 
well 
William  Harris  Chipman 

Carpet  Dealer. 

Frank  Wigglesworth  Clarke 

S.B.  Harv.  1867. 

Samuel  Washington  Clifford 

Trinity  1868. 
Lawyer. 

Cornelius  Ambrose  Coleman 

Sec.  Hamilton  Woolen  Co. 

Edwin  Eaton  Copeland 
Charles  Vose  Cox 

Salesman. 

Edward  Barrows  Crane ^ 

Cliem.  Metal,   and   Min.  Eng. 

Hens.  Polyt.  Instit. 

Teacher  of  Articulation  to  Deaf 

Mutes. 

Arthur  Milton  Currier 
Alfred  Stackpole  Dabney^ 

Harv.  1871. 

Frederic  Dabney* 

Harv.  1866. 

Eugene  Clinton  Davis 

Compositor. 

George  Frederick  Degen 
Frank  Henry  Dow 

Salesman. 

William  Gilson  Farlow 

Harv.  1866,  A.M.,  M.D.  1870. 
Ass't  Prof,  of  Botany,  Hai-v. 

Peter  Edward  Fay 


1  Brother  of  William  P.  of  our  Class  of  1860. 

3  Principal  of  an  Institution  in  Greenoch,  Scotland. 


-  See  Note  5,  p.  211. 
*  Brothers. 


220 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Francis    Theophilus   Fer- 
guson 
William  Nichols  Field 

Broker. 

*William  Fletcher  *i877 

Ludolph  George  Fogg 
John  Melvin  Ford 

*  Arthur  Louis  Foster  ^ 

Williams  1870,  A.M. 

Medical  Student.  *1873 

*  Russell  Burroughs  Foster  ^ 

Williams  1869. 

Lawyer.  *1SS3 

William  Gallagher 

Ilai-v.  18G9,  A.M. 
Master. 

Michael  Bernard  Godfrey 
Edward  Cutts  Gould 

Williams  1870,  A.M. 
Teacher. 

Peter  Ross  Guthrie 
George  Jewett  Hackett 

Hotel  Clerk. 

Darius  Miller  Harris 

I>aw  Student. 

Eugene  Healy 
Edward  Warren  Henck 

U.S.N. 

William  Horan 
William  Henry  Keating 

Lumber  Dealer. 

William  Davis  Kelly 
Edward  Beecher  Kimball 
Francis  Tappan  KimbalP 

Commercial  Ajjent. 

Alvah  Augustus  Knowles 

Il.Tl.  Afrent. 

Horatio  Appleton  Lamb 

llarv.  1871. 

George  William  Latimer 
**Osgood  Chase  Leeds 


Alden  Porter  Loring 

Harv.  1869. 
Lawyer. 

Richard  Freeman  Loring 

Huuaehuld  Decorative  Artist. 

George  Hinckley  Lyman 

Ilarv.  1873,  LL.B.  1877. 

Dennis  William  Mahoney 
*Sewell  Rollins  Mann^ 

Dealer  iu  PaiuU  aud  Oils.  "ISSS 

Charles    Wvzeman    Mar- 
shall 
*Jeremiah  Joseph  McCarthy 

M.D.  Harv.  1870.  •1883 

Frank  Merriam* 

Harv.  1871. 
Lauker. 

William  Henry  Milliken 
Josiah  Monroe 

Bank  Teller. 

George  Lyman  Morse 

Woolen  Jobber. 

Edward    Whitman    Mor- 
ton ^ 
William  James  Morton ^ 

Harv.  1867,  M.D.  1872. 

Paul  Fortunatus  Munde 

M.D.  Harv.  1866. 

William  Nelson  Murdoch 
James  Henry  Noble 

Clerk. 

Constantine  Ambrose  O' 

Donnell^ 
John  James  O'Donnell*' 
Edward  Louis  Osgood 

I'liblishcr. 

George  Henry  Pearl 

Leather  Dealer. 

Stephen  Jarvis  Perkins 
Thomas     Addis     Emmett 

Poiccr 

Holy  Cross. 


1  Brothers.        2  Brother  of  Wm.  A.  and  Jas.  S.  of  our  Class  of  1854.        s  Died  11  Mar. 

*  Brother  of  Waldo  aud  Arthur  W.  of  our  Classes  of  1851  and  1851. 

6  Brothers.  "  Brothers. 


PUBLIC   LATIX   SCHOOL. 


221 


John  Bernard  Reardon 
John  Hamilton  Rice 

Paper  Dealer. 

Charles  Theodore  Robarts 
Francis  Walcott  Robinson^ 

Harv.  1870. 

Herbert  Lloyd  Robinson ^ 

Dry  Goods  Dealer. 

Otis  Granville  Robinson  ^ 

Harv.  1870. 

Dry  Goods  Dealer. 

Charles  Wister  Ruschen- 
berger 

U   S  Naval  Academy. 

William  Thompson  Sanger 

Harv.  1871. 
Clerk. 

John  Rogers  Wentworth 
Shapleigh 

Importer  and  Jobber  of  Tea. 

Frederic  Cheever  Shattuck 

Harv.  1868,    A.M.  1872,    M.D. 
1873. 

George  Henry  Silva 
Aaron  Nichols  Skinner 
Frederick  Skinner 
*Frederic  Warren  Slade 

[Manufacturer.  *1880 

Francis  Coolidge  Stanwood^ 

Cotton  Merchant. 

Charles  Stearns 
Henry  Rust  Stedman 

M.D.  Harv.  1875. 

Walter  Rockwood  Stedman 

Stock  Broker. 

Uriah  Thomas  Stone 
Thomas  Russell  Sullivan 

Cashier    Unioi-.    Safe    Deposit 
Vaults.  ' 

William  Payson  Tilton 


Charles  Edwin  Tucker 

Clerk  City  Collector's  Office. 

Hamilton  McKown  Twombly  ^ 

Harv.  1871. 

Supt.  Grain  Elevators,  N.Y.C. 

R.R. 

*Walter  Underwood  *i875 

George  Allen  Wadleigh 
James  Warren 

Clerk  N.Y.  Mut.  Life  Ins.  Co. 

*Ashburton  Webster*  *i879 

William  Howe  Welch 

Newspaper  Publisher. 

*George  Doane  Wells^        *1863 
George  Washington  Wes- 

cott 
George  Byron  Wheaton 

Merchant. 

Francis  Blaisdell  Wilder^ 

Williams     1870,    M.D.    Harv. 
1874. 

Reuel  Williams 
Cecil  Porter  Wilson 

D.M.D.  HaiT.  1872. 

Wendell  Phillips  Wright 
William  Cutter  Wyman 

Merchant  (Iowa). 


1862. 

**Henry  Lodge  Alger         *i864 
Theodore  Atkinson 

Clerk  Boston  Sewer  Yard. 

Frank  Ormonde  Baker 

Sec.  Rotjers  Upright  Piano  Co. 

George.  Joel  Bingham 
Edward  Vanderhoof  Bird 

Wholesale  Druggist. 


1  Brothers.  ^  Brother  of  Lemuel  of  our  Class  of  1856. 

3  Brother  of  Alexander  S.  of  our  Class  of  1844. 
i  Son  of  D.  Fletcher  of  our  Class  of  1824. 

5  Brother  of  Chas.  B.  and  Frank  of  our  Classes  of  1852  and  1853. 

6  See  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  p.  251. 


OQQ 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


♦Frank  Whitney  Blake 

Yale  1872.  'ISTS 

Charles    Echvin    Stephen 
Bojnton 

Salesman. 

Thomas  Swain  Brijrham 

Cattle  Tratlei*  (Colormlo). 

William  Legate  Brown 
George  Richardson  Bullard 

Clerk. 

Arthur  Tracy  Jackson  Cabot 

Hai-v.   1872/a.M.  1S78,  M.D. 
1876. 

Edward  Warner  Cady 

Yale  1872,  LL.B.Columb.  1874. 

Mellen  Augustus  Caldwell 

Ptiuter. 

John  Bernard  Cashman 
George  Downes  Cobb 
Henry  Luprelet  Daggett 

Wholesale  Shoe  Dealer. 

Herbert  Choate  Darling 
Curtis  D wight  De  Lancey^ 
Randolph  Payson  De  Lan- 

ceyi 
William  Dudle}--  Draper 
Edwin  Manton  Fales 
George  Murray  Felch 
Henry  Sibley  Foster 

Engraver. 

James  Goldthwaite  Free- 
man^ 

Heal  Estate  Broker. 

Samuel  William  French 

Ilarv.  1873,  M.D.  1878. 

Thomas  Jamieson  Frizzell 

^lusic  Teacher. 

William  Howard  Gardiner 
Edwin  Peabody  Gerry 

Dart.  18C9,  A.M.,  M.D.  Ilai-v. 

1874. 

George  Alonzo  Gibson 

Ilarv.  1872,  LL.B.Bo^toIlUniv. 

1878. 


William  Patrick  Gorman 

Steam  Fitter. 

Edward  Gray 

IIar\-.  1872. 

Thomas  Williams  Grover 

Yale    1874,    LL.B.    Columbia 
1876. 

Thomas  Guthrie 
Chandler  Prince  Hall 
Francis  Henry  Hall,  after- 
wards Francis  Rockwood 
Hall 

Hai-v.  1872. 
Lawyer. 

Henry  Walker  Hammond 
George  Bacon  Harris 
Arthur  Edward  Hartnett 

M.D.  Harv.  1S73. 

Otis  Erastus  Haven 
Frank  Alden  Hill 
Edward  Francis  Hodges 

llarv.  1871,  M.D.  Harv.  1877. 

Perez  Briggs  Howard 
William  David  Hunt 

Harv.  1874. 
llubber  Dealer. 

Edward  Webster  Hutchins 

Harv.  1872,  LL.B.  Harv.  Ls7r). 

Washington  Irving  Jacobs 

Livery  Stable  Keeper. 

f  Alvah  Kittredge  Lawrie^ 

J  Salesman. 

]  Andrew  Davis  Lawrie^ 

L  Amherst  1873. 

George  Franci.s  Learock 
John  Mason  Little 

I  )ry  Goods  Com.  Merchant. 

Arthur  Bradford  Lovejoy 

Carpet  Dealer. 

John  William  Madigan 

Book-keeper. 

Daniel  ISIurphy  McAvoy 


1  Brothers.    ^  He  assumed  the  middle  name  subsequently  to  entering  School.    *  Brothers,      i 


PUBLIC   LATIISr   SCHOOL. 


223 


Lawrence  Patrick  McCarthy 

Nicolet  Seminary. 

Patrick  James  McCarthy 
George  Luther  McConike 
Jacob  Bernard  McGilvray 

Manufacturer. 

*Frederic  Oliver  Mendum 

Grocer.  *1880 

George  Alphonzo  Metcalf 

Real  Estate  Dealer. 

Henry  Franklin  Miller i 

Pianoforte  Maker. 

Walter  Herbert  Miller i 

Pianoforte  Maker. 

George  Prescott  Montague  ^ 

Harv.  187 1. 

Russell  Wortley  Montague ^ 

Harv.  1872. 

William  Pepperrell  Monta- 
gue ^ 

Harv.  1869,  A.M. 
Lawyer. 

Benjamin  Charles  Moore 
Patrick  Joseph   Aloysius 

Murphy 
Costello  Doddridge  Nason 
Julius  Marshall  Nazro 
Charles  Mcllvaine  Nicholson^ 

Harv.  1872. 

George  Frederick  Odiorne 

Real  Estate  Broker. 

George  Phillips  Osgood* 

Publisher. 

Joseph  Francis  Paul,  after- 
wards Frank  Paul 

Harv.  1873,  LL.B.  Boston  Univ. 
1878. 

Charles  Fletcher  Pierce 
Arthur  Wellesley  Plimpton 


Henry  Richards 

Harv.  1869. 

Herbert  Richards 
Waldo  Ogden  Ross 
Benjamin  Greenleaf  Russell 
Charles  Frederick  Russell 

Insurance  Broker. 

Edward  Baldwin  Russell 

Harv.  1872. 

William  French  Russell^ 
Michael  Scollan 
Henry  Clement  Selinger 
William  Edward  Silsbee 

Harv.  1867,  A.M.  1872. 
Lawyer. 

*Michael  Henry  Simpson 

Harv.  1871.  *1S72 

John  Wesley  Sleeper 

Mich.  Univ.  1871,  A.M. 
Lawyer. 

Josiah  Stedman 
Benjamin  Stephenson^ 
Hubbard  Stephenson^ 
Charles  Edward  Stevens 
Edward  Graham  Taylor  ^ 
Sidney  Went  worth  Tajdor" 
Charles  Solon  Thornton 

Harv.  1872. 

George  Williams  Tilton 
*George  Homer  Tower^ 

Harv.  1872.  1878 

Frederic  Henry  Viaux 

Hai-v.  1870. 

Ileal  Estate  Broker. 

James    Thomas     Richard 
Wallace 
*Joseph  Warren  Warren 
William  Hall  Wentworth 
Francis  Hale  Wheelock 


1  Brothers  of  James  C.  of  our  Class  of  1864. 

2  Brothers. 

4  Brother  of  Edward  L.  of  our  Class  of  1861. 

5  Brother  of  B.  G.  above.  6  Brothers. 


3  Brother  of  Frank  S.  of  our  Class  of  1860. 


T  Brothers. 


8  Died  Apr.  15. 


224 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Walter  Tolman  Willey 
Abbott  Williams 
Francis  Henry  Williams 

lastit.  Tech.,  M.D.  Hai-v 


S.B. 

1S77 


Henry  Manning  Williams 
Henry  Webb  Williams 


1863. 

William  Hallet  Aborn 
John  Forrester  Andrew 

Ilarv.  1872,  LL.B.  Ilarv.  1875. 

George  Washington  Babb 
Thomas  Greenwood  Baker 
Walter  Abijah  Baker 
John  Paul  Bauer 
Frederick  Herbert  Bicknell 
*Alexander  Wilson  Blaikie^ 

•1864 

Elijah  Williams  Bliss 
Charles  Virgin  Bunten 
Allen  Winslow  Burnham 
John  Francis  Casey  ^ 

Ilai-v.  1868. 

Daniel  Kimball  Chace 
*Millard  Fillmore  Chapman 

•1869 

Charles  Milton  Chase 
Frederick  Eugene  Choate 
George  Loud  Clark 
Henry  Paston  Clark 
*Joseph  Howard  Clinch^    .ig;! 
George  Oliver  George  Coale 

Ilaiv.  1871,  LL.B.  1876. 

Edmund    Cogswell    Con- 
verse 


Frederick  Herbert  Copelaud 

Ilarv.  1873,  M.D.  1876. 

Rest  Fenner  Curtis 

Hai->-.  1870. 

Tucker  Daland 

Ilarv.  1873,  LL.B.  1876. 

Benjamin  Wheelock  Dean 
James  McEwen  Drake^ 

Dart.  1869,  A.M. 

Daniel  William  Dunscomb 
Charles  Marvin  Eaton 
Eugene  Francis  Joseph  Egan 

Holy  Cross. 

James  Ozro  Egerton 
*Andrew  Otis  Evans 

Ilarv.  1870,  LL.B.  Boston Univ, 
1873.  •1879 

William  John  Gordon  Fogg 

Ilarv.  1873,  M.D.  1876. 

Julian  Fuller 

Edward  Harrison  Fuiber 

Henry  Hammond  Gallison 

M.D.  Ilarv.  1876. 

Francis  Jackson  Garrison^ 
Charles  De  Wolf  Gibson 
John  Cheever  Goodwin 

Harv.  1873. 

Robert  Grant 

Ilarv.  1873,  Ph.D.  1876,  LL.B. 

1878. 

Anson  Hardy*' 
Francis  Alonzo  Hardy' 
Richard  Girdler  Haskell 
William  Foster  Hooper 
*William  Henshaw  Horton 
Frederic  Jabcz  Huntington 
Henry  Greenough  Hunting- 
ton 


1  Bi-othcr  of  Thomas  K.  of  our  Class  of  1854,  and  William  of  our  Class  of  1856. 

2  Sub-:Ma8tcr  English  High  School. 

3  Brother  of  John  Morton  of  our  Class  of  1846.  *  With  Eaglo  Pencil  Co.,  N.Y. 
6  Brother  of  Wendell  P.  of  our  Class  of  1852.  «  Brothers. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


225 


George  H.  Janes 
Charles  Albro  Judkins 
Daniel  Dall  Kelly 

Master  Mariner. 

Jeremiah  Charles  Kittredge 
Edwin  Ainge  Lawley 
Thomas  Chew  Lewis 
Henry  Kirk  Loring 

Treasurer  Cheshire  R.E. 

Jerome  Stephen  Macdonald^ 
Francis  Maguire 
John  McDonnell 
Charles  Sidney  Menard 
Frank  Hawthorne  Monks 
William  Foster  Munro 
Otis  Norcross 

Harv.  1870,  LL.B.  1873. 

Francis  William  Norris 
Franklin  Nourse 

Harv.  1870. 

Frederick  Russell  Nourse 

Harv.  1871. 

Francis  Vose  Parker 

Banker. 

Edward  Francis  Payson 
Charles  Edward  Perkins^ 
William  May  Perkins ^ 
George  Wesley  Pettes^ 
James  Lawrence  Pettes^ 
Alphonso  Lionel  Preble 
Charles  Albert  Prince^ 

Harv.  1873. 

Gordon  Prince^ 

Francis  Kemble  Thorndike 

Rand 
John  William  Rumble 
Edward  Martial  Saunders 


James  Worthley  Skillings 
Henry  Vannevar  Slack 
Franklin  Porter  Stanyan 
George  Newell  Talbot 
William  Bingham  Tappan 
Arthur  Simpson  Thayer 
William  Tryon 
William  Royal  Tyler 

Harv.  1874. 

*Francis  Henry  Underwood 

*1879 

George  Gorham  Walbach^ 

Harv.  1873,  LL.B.  Boston  Univ. 

1879. 

Grant  Walker 

Harv.  1873. 

George  Frederic  Walton 
Francis  Clark  Welch^ 
Nathaniel  Wilder 
John  William  de  la  Fletcher 

Willson 
Clifton  Ellis  Wing 

M.D.  Harv.  1872. 


1864. 

Ellis  Ames 
Alfred  Ernest  Anthes 
Robert  Maurice  Bailey 
Herbert  Cyrus  Baker,  after- 
wards Herbert  Baker '^ 
Isaiah  Lincoln  Baker" 
Henry  Barnard^ 
Howell  Barnard s 
Joseph  Edward  Barron 
Charles  Fanning  Barstow 

Harv.  1875. 


1  luscrtecl  on  his  own  authority.  2  Brothers.  3  Brothers. 

■i  Brothers ;  sous  of  Frederic  O.  of  our  Class  of  1827. 

5  Entered  as  George  Auo^ustus.  6  Brother  of  Charles  xUfred,  of  our  Class  of  1858. 

"  Brothers.  8  Brothers. 


226 


PUBLIC   LATIX   SCHOOL. 


Robert  Edmund  Bartlett 
Edwin  Batcheller 
Frank  Andrews  Bates 

Ilaiv.  1877. 

Giorgio  Anaclete  Corrado 
Bendelari 

Harv.  1874 ;  Instructor  Ilarv. 

Henry  Blanchard 
Bodwell  Sargent  Briggs 
*John  Coffin  Jones  Brown 

lliuv.  1873,  ]M.D.  Harv.  1877.    *1876 

Frederic  William  Brownell 
*James  Jackson  Cabot 

Harv.  1874.  •1875 

Edward  Capen 
*Henry  Lane  Chipman        «i874 
Edward  Head  Church ^ 
Henry  Augustus  Church  ^ 
Theodore  Scarborough  Conant 
Ira  Couch 

Parker  Augustine  Crosby 
Frederic  Cunningham 

Harv.  1874,  LL.B.  1877. 

Edward  Thaxter  Cushing 
Arthur  Lithgow  Devens 

Ilarv.  1874. 

Henry  Clay  Edgerly 

*  William  Samuel  Eliot 

Harv.  1874.  *1874 

Arthur  Blake  Ellis^ 

Hai-v.  187;'),  LL.B.  1877. 

Martin  Elias  Evans 
Gorham  Palfrey  Faucon^ 

Harv.  1875,  C.  E.  1877. 

Henry  Albert  Fernald 

*  Charles  Lafayette  Ford     •i869 


Alfred  Dwight  Foster 

Harv.  1S73,  LL.B.  Boston  Univ. 
1K75. 

Edward  Osborne  Fowle 
*William  Harvey  Gleason  •1873 
John  James  Edward  Goff 
Ambrose  Eugene  Goulet 
Henry  Rice  Graut^ 

Han-.  1S74. 

Albert  Adams  Greene 
William  Mansfield  Groton 

Harv.  1873. 

Arthur  Dudley  Hall 
Frederic  Augustus  Ham 
Joseph  Broicn  Hamblen 

Wesleyan  1874. 

George  Bliss  Haskell 
William  Louis  Haskell 
George  Alfred  Hastings 
Joseph  Prince  Hawes^ 
Samuel  Henshaw 

Ass't  Entom.  Dep't  Nat.  Hist. 
Soc,  Boston. 

Henry  Blake  Hodges 

lustructor  Harv. 

Frank  Belcher  Homans 
Warren  Bugbee  Hopkins 
Charles  William  Jeuks*5 

Harv.  1871. 

Frank  Darling  Johnson 
Arthur  Sherwood  Kendall 
George  -Sylvester  Kenison 
Albert  Wallace  Littlehale 
Charles  Francis  ^IcDavitt 
Alfred  M'Donald 
Walter  Robertson  Meius 
James  Cook  Miller 


1  Brothers.  2  gee  Proceedings  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  1881-2,  p.  251. 

8  Son  of  E.  H.  of  our  Class  of  1816.  *  Brother  of  l{ol)crt  of  our  Class  of  1863. 

6  Brotlier  of  Henry  (i.  of  our  Class  of  1858. 
«  Brotlier  of  Henry  F.  of  our  Class  of  1854. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


227 


Godfrey  Morse 

Harv.  1870,  LL.B.  1872 

Henry  Lee  Morse 

Harv.  1874,  M.D.  1878. 

George  Melbourne  Mowton 
*Ralpli  Haskins  Nourse^    *i867 
John  O'Connell 

M.D.  Harv.  1878. 

Joseph  Atwood  Ordway 
John  Brooks  Parker 
William  Russell  Peabody 
*Eben  Nye  Phinuey  *i872 

Charles  Edward  Pliipps^ 
William  Brown  Phipps^ 
Henry  Morris  Pinkham 

Tufts  1873. 

Daniel  Lewis  Poor 
Benjamin  Taylor  Prescott 

M.D.  Dart. 

Frank  Eldredge  Randall 

Harv.  1874,  LL.B.  Columb.  1879 ; 
Usher. 

*Luther  Clark  Redfield 

Harv.  1873.  *1877 

James  Russell  Reed 

Hai-v.  1871. 
Lawyer. 

William  Reuben  Richards 

Harv.  1874,  LL.B.  1877,  A.M. 
1878. 

Ambrose  Crosby  Richardson 

Harv.  1873. 

George  Carr  Richardson 

Harv.  1874. 

James  Howard  Richmond 
Frederic  Henry  Robinson 
Adolphe  Gaston  Roeth 

M.D.  Univ.  CoU.  London,  1873. 


George  Partridge  Sanger^ 

Harv.  1874. 

Lawyer ;  Ass't  U.S.  Dist.  Att. 

Arthur  Wiuthrop  Sargent 
Oscar  Fitz  Seavey 

Harv.  1370. 

George  Russell  Shaw^ 

Harv.  1869,  A.M. 
Architect. 

John  Oakes  Shaw^ 

Hai-v.  1873. 
Lawyer. 

Robert  Gould  Shaw* 

Harv.  1869,  A.M. 
Architect. 

Walter  Shepard 

Hai-v.  1870.  S.  B.  Institute  of 
Technol.  1873. 

Edmund  Doe  Spear 

M.D.  Harv.  1874. 

William    Gardiner    Stan- 
wood 

Richard  Sprague  Stearns 

Lawyer. 

Edwin  Palmer  Stone 

Harv.  1874. 

Frederic    Albion    Spring 
Storer 

Edward  C.  Swayne 

Frederic  Herbert  Tappan 

Chandler  So.  Sch. 

*Duncan  McBeane   Thax- 
ter  *1873 

Arthur  Roswell  Underwood^ 
Henry  Wainwright 
Albert  Chaffin  Ware 
Henry  Lee  Jaques  Warren  ^ 

Instit.  Technol. 

Samuel  Dennis  Warren 

Harv.  1875,   LL.B.  1877,  A.M. 
1878. 


1  Brother  of  Frederick  R.  of  our  Class  of  1863.  2  Brothers. 

3  Brother  of  John  W.  and  \Vm.  T.  of  our  Classes  of  1858  and  1861.  4  Brothers. 

5  Son  of  J.  O.  of  our  Class  of  1830.  6  Brother  of  F.  H.  of  our  Class  of  1863. 

''  Brother  of  Joseph  W.  of  our  Class  of  1862. 


228 


PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


*George  Sidney  Wheelock 

Editor.  •1882 

John  Silas  White 

Haiv.  1870,  LL.D.  Trinitr  1879. 
Principal  Brooks  Scbool/Clere- 
land,  O. 

William  Power  Wilson 

LL.B.  Haiv.  1877,  A.M.  Dart. 
1880. 

James  Holden  Young 

HaiT.  1872,  LL.B.  1875. 


1865. 

Samuel  Leonard  Abbot 

Instit.  Technol. 

Arthur  Martineau  Alger 

LL.B.  Boston  Univ.  1874. 

George  Booth  Ambrose 

M.D.  Hai-\-.  1878. 

Henry  Hunt  Arnold 
Winfred  Baxter  Bancroft 

Amherst  1874,  M.D.  Harv.  1877- 

Clarendon  Bansrs^ 
Edwin  Maj-^o  Bangs^ 

M.D.  Boston  Univ.  1878. 

William  Banks 
Benjamin  Leighton  Beal 

Instr.  Instit.  Technol. 

George  James  Bicknell 
Sidney  Shannon  Blanchard 
John  Fowler  Bragg 
George  Barrett  Bullard 

Salesman. 

Collinson  Pierrepont  Edwards 
Burgwyn^ 

Harv.  1873,  C.E.  1876, 

John  Alveston  Burgwyn^ 


1871 


•*Deblois  Bush^ 
Francis  Campbell 

Discount  Clerk  Traders  Bank. 

George  Hyland  Campbell 
William  Taylor  Campbell* 

Ilarv.  isr.i.' 

Frank  Deigardo  Cardwell 
John  Henry  Carter 
Frederic  Ellery  Chamberlin 
Thomas  Francis  Christian 
Lester  Williams  Clark 

Harv.    1875,    LL.B.    Columbia 

1878. 

John  Francis  Colbert 
Christopher  Augustus  Connor 
Ralph  Crooker 

(.\ssistant  Sup't  Bav  Sute  Iron 
Works.) 

Daniel  Francis  Crowley ^ 
James  Linus  Crowley^ 
James  Dana 

Harv.  1875. 

Francis  Dumaresq 

Harv.  1875. 

John  James  Edward  Egan^ 
George  Tracy  Elliot 
Arthur  Brewster  Emmons^ 

Ph.D.  Lcipsic  Umv.lS74,  LL.B. 
Harv.  1S77. 

Horatio  Dunbar  Evans 
Arthur  Christopher  Farley 

Frank  Alva  Alphonso  Fer- 
guson 

Boston  Univ.  1879. 
John  Henry  Fleming 
Holy  Cross  1870. 

James  Riddell  French 


1  Brothers  a  Brothers. 

«  Brother  of  Chas.  G.  and  Frederic  D.  of  our  Claw  of  1853. 

*  Brother  of  Francis  above.  *  Brothers. 

c  Brother  of  Ignatius  P.  and  Eugene  of  our  Classes  of  1859  and  1863. 

1  Brother  of  George  B.  of  our  Class  of  1858. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


229 


Franklin  Robert  Frizzell 
Edward  Gardiner  Gardiner  ^ 

Instit.  Technol. 

Joshua  Howe  Garratt 
George  Edward  Gilchrist 
Frederic  Albert  Hackett 
James  Harney 
Edwin  Austin  Hatch 
Walter  Maynard  Hatch 
Frank  Hill 
William  Donnison  Hodges^ 

Harv.  1877,  M.D.  1S8L 

William  Lester  Howard 
John  Jamison 
Charles  Sidney  Jewett 
Melville  Augustus  Johnson 
Henry  Preston  Kendall 
Albion  Knowlton 
Frank  Warren  Knowlton 
John  Chapin  Lane 

Harv.  1875,  LL.B.  Boston  Univ. 
1876. 

Charles  Ward  Lewis 

M.D.  Columb.  1876. 

Francis  Giles  Lodge  ^ 

Instit.  Technol. 

Warren  Plimpton  Lombard 

Harv.  1878,  M.D.  1882. 

Henry  Bryant  Lord 
James  Austin  McCarthy 
Frank  Willis  Mendum 
William  Clark  Merriam 
Henry  Slade  Milton 

Harv.  1875,  LL.B.  Boston  Univ. 
1876. 

George  Howard  Monks 

Harv.  1875,  M.D.  1880. 

Charles  Sturtevant  Moore 

Hai-v.  1873. 


Warren  Gardner  Morse 
Charles  Joseph  Murphy 
Wilfred  Emmet  Murphy 
Magnus  Ventress  Niles 
Samuel  Hale  Parker 
William  Henry  Place 
Morton  Henry  Prince^ 

Harv.  1875,  M.D.  1879. 

Benjamin  Webster  Reed 
George  Allen  Salmon 

Dentist. 

Henry  Albert  Savage 
Charles  Frederic  Sawyer 
Frederic  Richard  Sears 

Harv.  1S75. 

Charles  Chauncy  Shackford 
Edward  Thomas  Shaw 
Arthur  Vincent  Spring 
Arthur   Beauvais    Stock- 
bridge 
Frank  Melzar  Stone 
Henry  Bennett  Stone 
Amos  Lawrence  Swindlehurst 
Walton  Chandler  Taft 
Walter  Tappan 
George  Henry  Towle 
Alfred  Charles  True 

Wesleyan  ? 

George  Julian  Tufts 

Tufts  1874,  LL.B.  Boston  Univ. 
1876. 

Arthur  Butler  Twombly 

Hai-v.  1876. 

*  James  Jacob  Upton  *i872 

Robert  Henry  Waters 
*Charles  Huntington  White *1884 

Charles  Burnham  Whitman 

Instit.  Technol. ;  C.E. 


1  Brother  of  Wm.  H.  of  our  Class  of  1862. 

2  Son  of  R.  M.  of  our  Class  of  1840. 


3  Son  of  G.  H.  of  our  Class  of  1816. 


*  Brother  of  Gordon  and  Charles  A.  of  our  Class  of  1862. 


•230 


TLBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Charles  Huntington  Wright 
John  Pahner  Wyraau^ 

Ilarv.  1S74,  LL.B.  1S7C. 

Samuel  Edwin  Wj-man^ 

Haiv.  1S74,  M.D.  1S79. 

Ernest  Young 

llarv.  1873,  Th.D.  1876. 

Philander  Shurtleff  Young 


1866. 

James     Henry    Thatcher 

Adams 
William  George  Alden 
Lemuel  HoUingsworth  Bab- 
cock 

Haiv.  1873. 

Charles  Everett  Baker 
James  Presley  Ball 
Franklin  Pierce  Barnes 
Winthrop  Howard  Barnes 
Frank  Parker  Barry 
Phineas  Bates 
Joseph  Nickerson  Baxter 

Ilaiv.  1875,  LL.B.  Boston  Univ. 

187G. 

John  Benjamin  Berry^ 
Rufus  Lecompte  Berry^ 
Edward  Bicknell 

HaiT.  1870,  A.M.,  LL.B.  1878. 

Frank  Hagar  Bigclow 

Ilarv.  1873,  A.M.  ISSO. 

John  Franklin  Botume 

Ilarv.  1876. 

William  Pierce  Brett 

Prof.  Holy  Cross,  also  Boston 
Coll. 

Samuel  Dacre  Bush 

llarv.  1871. 

Francis  Maley  Carroll 


Ira  Batchelder  Chase 

Charles  Lowell  Clark 

*Jolin  James  Connolly 

M.D.  Boston  Uuiv.  1875. 

Charles  Healy  Cox 
Stanley  Cunningham 

Harv.  1877. 

Frederick  Waldo  Cutler 
Ashton  Leslie  Dam 
George  Archibald  DeWitt 
John  Dodd 

Albert  Henry  Dolbeare 
William  Henry  Dolbeare 
Charles  Stewart  Dole 
John  Johnston  Donaldson 
Frank  Haynes  Drew 
John  Elliott  Dunham 
George  Homans  Eldridge 

Ilarv.  1876. 

Henry  Estabrook 
William  Farns worth 

Ilarv.  1877. 

Charles  Horace  Farrington 
Francis  Lyman  Forsyth 

M.D.  Ilarv.  1877. 

Alvarado  Morton  Fuller 
Arthur  Ossoli  Fuller 

llarv.  1S77. 

George  Henry  Gardner 
John  Francis  Gill 
Simon  Goldsmith 
James  Randall  Groton 
*Robert  Wheaton  Guild 

IIar\-.  1876.  •1880 

Arthur  Wellington  Hamblen 
Horace  Hames 
Charles  Hilhird  Hanson 
Walter  Badenaeli  Hardy 
Robert  Orr  Harris 

Ilarv.  1S77. 


1  Brothers. 


-  Brothers. 


PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


231 


Edward  Hall  Hawes 
Frank  Heunesy 
Benjamin  Dudley  Hill 
Holmes  Hinkley 

Harv.  1876.  A.M.  1877. 

Leander  Holbrook 

Harv.  1872,  LL.B.  Boston  Univ. 
1875. 

Arthur  Hooper 

Horace  Nathaniel  Hooper 

Harv.  1876. 

Edward    Thomas    Horn- 
blower 
Oscar  Roland  Jackson 

Harv.  1876. 

Henry  Percy  Jaques 

Harv.  1876,  M.D.  1880. 

Edward  Garabrant  John- 
ston. 
Richard  IngersoU  Kendall 
John  Henry  Kennealy 

M.D.  Harv.  1876. 

*  Charles  Franklin  Knowles 

Harv.  1874.  *1880 

Richard  Ernest  Kuhn 
Gardner  Swift  Lamson 

Harv.  1877. 

Alvah  Conant  Lewis 

Physician. 

Charles  Amos  Lewis 
Willie  Francis  Lord 
Thomas  Jefferson  Loud 
George  Henry  Lougee 
John  Francis  Lovejoy 
Charles  Lowell 
John  Bernard  Magee 
Nathan  Collins  Maine 
[      George  Walter  Mason 
i      Michael  John  McCann 

I  Harv.  1874. 


Norman   Alexander    Mc- 

Lellan 
Benjamin  Robinson  Meins 
George  Henry  Melvin 
Albert  Frank  Mentzer 
Eugene      Samuel     Isaac 

Meredith 
Caleb  Irving  Mills 

Wesleyan  1875,  LL.B.  Boston 

Univ.  1877. 

Isaac  Bonney  Mills 

Henry  Watmough  Montague 

Harv.  1878. 

Hosea  Ballon  Morse^ 

Harv.  1871. 

William  Edward  Nowlan 
George  Palmer 
George  Richmond  Parks 
William  Taggard  Piper 

Harv.  1874,  Ph.D.  1883. 

Alexander  Winthrop  Pope 
Frederic  Town  Proctor 
Elbert  Weir  Richmond 
Thomas  Ruddell 
Eliot  Ryder 

Charles  Edward  Sampson 
Lewis  Frederic  Sanderson 
Edmund  Hamilton  Sears 

Harv.  1874. 

Joseph  Maurice  Sheahan 

Harv.  1873. 

Edward  Emerson  Simmons 

HaiT.  1874. 

Thornton  Howard  Simmons 
*Frank  Otis  Simpson  *i878 

George  William  Smith 
Hamilton  Irving  Smith 

Hai-v.  1875. 

Charles  Edward  Stafford 
Charles  Summerfield 


1  Brother  of  Abuer  L.  of  our  Class  of  1855. 


1       282                                      PUBLIC  LATDi   SCHOOL. 

Frank  Queen  Swasey 

Clarence  Bradley  At  wood 

William  Croswell  Turbell 

Milton  Homer  Barton 

Harv.  1879,  LL.B.  1882. 

Harv.  1877. 

Newell  Aldrich  Thompson 

Ezra  Francis  Baxter 

lUi-v.  1876. 

Josiah  Alfred  Blaikie^ 

Edward  David  Towle 

Wesley  an. 

William  Horace  Blaisdell 

James  Bernard  Troy 

*Clifton  Clarence  Booth     ^ises 

St.  Chas.,  Md.  1876. 

Henry  White  Broughton 

Thomas  Edward  Tuttle 

Harv.  1875,  M.D.  1879. 

William  Henry  Tuttle 

John  Joseph  Buckley 

Columbus  Tyler  Tyler 

Newell  Rogers  Campbell 

Harv.  1874. 

•  Edgar  Willis  Carter 

Otis     Almadus     Vander- 

Charles  Frederic  Chevaillier 

voort 

Edward  Everett  Clough 
Walter  Scott  Coffin 

Orin  Treat  Walker 

Russell  Alonzo  Warren 

John  Dennis  Joseph  Colbert 

Holy  Cross  1875. 

Frederic  ]\Iorell  Wasgatt 

Charles  Edward  Watriss 

William  Gibson  Colesworthy 

Francis  Welch 

Boston  Univ.  1877,  S.T.B.  1877. 

Edward  Graefif  West 

Lawrence  Michael  Aloysius 

Harv.  1877,  M.D.  1880. 

Corcoran 

Everett  Park  White 

S.T.B.  Grand  Sem.,  Montreal 

1  CO 

Tufts  1873. 

Randal  Whittier 

lo/y. 
Bartholomew  Joseph  Cotter 

Instit.  Technol. 

Hayward  Warren  Cushing 

Francis  Herbert  Williams 

Ilai-v.  1877. 

D.M.D.  Ilai-v.  1877. 

Edward  Jones  Cutter 

Frank  Vernon  Wright 

Harv.  1877.  M.D.  1881. 

Bowdoin  1876. 

Ward  Davidson 

Charles  Harvey  Young 

Michael  Francis  Dclaney 

Grand  Sem.,  Montreal. 

Arthur  Hooper  Dodd 

1867. 

James  Edward  Dorcey 

Benjamin  Humphrey  Dorr 

Charles  Thornton  Adams 

Harv.  1878. 

Harv.  1878. 

William  Frederic  Duff 

Daniel  John  Ahern 

lliirv.  1876,  LL.B.  1878. 

Frank  Fessenden  Ainsworth 

Charles  Isaac  Duncan 

William  Ellerton  Alger 

Selah  Reeve  Eaton 

Willie  Edward  Andrews 

Charles  Benjamin  Eddy 

1  Brother  of  Thomas  K.  and  William  of  ou 

r  Classes  of  1855  and  1856. 

PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


233 


Albert  Hill  Emery 
**Francis  Joseph  Fogg       *i87i 
Thomas  Henry  Forristall 
Roger  Sherman  Baldwin 
Foster 

Yale  1878. 

Julius  Wilson  Freeman 
Arthur  Benjamin  French 
John  Flint  Gore 

M.D.  Harv.  1878. 

Charles  Montraville  Green 

Harv.  1874,  M.D  1877. 

John  Rathbone  Hague 
*John     Thomas      Francis 

Hartnett^  *1879 

William  Ingraham  Haven 

Wesleyan  1877 ;  Prof.  Latin  and 
Greek,  Claflin  Univ.,  S.C. 

Edward  James  Holden 
Henry  Bright  Hudson 
George  Edward  Jacobs 

Hai-v.  1876,  LL.B.  Boston  Univ. 
1878. 

James  Edwin  Jones 

Eben  Dyer  Jordan 

Arthur  Davis  Kingman 

Emil  Washington  Kracko- 
wizer 

M.D.  Leipsic  Univ.  1877. 

John  Francis  Leary 

James  Lee 

St.  Charles,  Md.  1873, 

George  Adams  Leland 

Amherst  1874 

William  Harvey  Litchfield 

M.D.  Harv.  1882. 

Frank  Brewer  Lloyd 
*  Charles  Chandler  Lord 

Harv.  1875.  *1878 

Gerry  Austin  Lyman 
Ernest  Mendum 


Charles  Albert  Messenger 
Charles  Edward  Miller 
Stephen  Westcott  Nickerson^ 

Brown  1878. 

Stuart  Archibald  Nicker- 
son2 

Grenville  Howland  Norcross 

Harv.  1875,  LL.B.  1877. 

Arthur  Taylor  Parker 

Bowdoin  1876. 

Matthew  Vassar  Pierce 

Harv.  1877,  M.D.  1880. 

Quincy  Pierce 
Frank  Edward  Pope^ 
Gilman  Prichard 
George  Henry  Reed 
Irving  Hale  Rich 
Walter  Herbert  Russell 

Boston  Univ.  1877. 

Alpheus  Sanford 

Bowdoin. 

Charles  William  Sargent 
Thomas  Foster  Sherman 

Hai-v.  1877,  M.D.  1881. 

*Henry  Hunt  Shorey  «i88i 

Howard  Mason  Stansbury 
*Joshua  Stetson 

Harv.  1877.  *1879 

Oliver  Crocker  Stevens 

Bowdoin   1876,   LL.B.  Boston 

Univ.  1879 

Edward  Summerfield^ 
Frank  Lyell  Terwilliger 
Daniel  Bernard  Toomey 

St.  Jos.  Seminaiy,  Troy. 

Joseph  Frank  Toppan 
Augustus  Clifford  Tower 

Harv.  1877 

Charles  Walter  Trainer 
James  William  Trant 


1  Brother  of  Aithur  E.  of  our  Class  of  1862. 
3  Entered  School  under  the  name  of  Fulton. 


2  Brothers. 
*  Brother  of  Charles  of  1866. 


234 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Jamei  Patrick  Tuite 

Henrj'  Warshauer 

Henry  Webb 

Edward  Winslow  Welliugton 

Harv.  1874. 

John  Walter  Wells 

Harv.  1879. 

Henry  Wheeler 

Hai-v.  1878,  A.M.  1879. 

William  Marcy  Whidden 
Charles  Wilbur  Whitcomb 

Dartnioutli  1876,  LL.B.  Boston 

Uuiv.  1S60. 

William  Henry  Wilson 
Reginald  Heber  Young 

Harv.  1877. 


1868. 

Frank  Willis  Adams 
Willis  Boyd  Allen 

Harv.  1878. 

William  Elliott  Appleton 
Henry  Hill  Benham 

West  Point. 

Edward  Crompton  Butler 
Robert  William  Butler 
Thomas  Edgarton  Bynner 
Joseph  Boardman  Cann 
George  Brown  Cartwright 
St.  George  Brown  Castoring 
William  Codraan 
John  Stark  Colby 

Ed.  Vox  Populi,  Lowell. 

Frederic  Robbins  Comee 

Harv.  lS7f.. 

William  Wallace  Currier 
Francis  Dana 


Frederick  Sumner  Davis 
John  Adams  Dixon 
Harold  Bayard  Eaton 
Willis  Everett  Flint 

LL.B.  Boston  Univ.  1874. 

Frederick  Lewis  Gay 
George  Lindall  Giles 
Jabez  Edward  Giles 

Han-.  1876. 

Patrick  Grant^ 

John  William  Hagerty 

Edward  Mussey  Hartwell 

Amhei-st  1873 ;  Usher,  Teacher. 

John  Homans 

Harv.  1878,  M.D.  1882. 

George  Shattuck  Jacobs 
Herbert  Jaques 
William  Arthur  Jones 
Reuben  Kidner 

Harv.  1875. 

Ass't  Minister  Trinity  Church. 

Samuel  Lee  Knight 
Henry  Whitney  Lamb 
Frank  Gage  Lamson 
Willis  Daniels  Leland 

Harv.  1876, 

Thomas  Bond  Lindsay 

Wcslcvan  1874,    A.M.,    Ph.D. 
Boston  Univ.  1882. 

Richard  Walley  Lodge  ^ 

Instit.  Tcchnol.  1879. 

Walter  Richards  Masury 
Christopher  J.  McCafifery 
Joseph  Meinrath 
John  Singleton  Mitchell 
Fiiizar  Livingstone  Montague 
Maurice  Joseph  Olveufife 
•Ernest  Kingman  Packard •i877 
•Levi  Nelson  Philbrook      •i884 


I  Brother  of  Roi)crt  i\\\A  Henry  It.  of  our  Chisses  of  1863  aud  1864. 
a  Son  of  Giles  II.  of  our  Class  of  1816. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.                                      235 

Ebenezer  Nelson  Pierce 

Daniel  Carpenter  Bacon 

James  Munroe  Reed 

*Johu  Goodridge  Bagnall  «i875 

Melville  Augustus  Richards 

William  Baird                              i 

George  Whiting  Ross 

George  Warren  Beaty 

Thomas  Russell 

*  William  McPherson  Bell 

Hai-v.  1879,  LL.B.  1882. 

Instit.  Technol.                           *1886     1 

Walter  Prescott  Shepard 

William  Dennis  Bennett 

Frank  Herbert  Sherman 

James  Edward  Bigelow 

Thomas  E.  Short 

John  Templeton  Bowen 

Julius  Palmer  Skillings 

Hai-v.  1879,  M.D.  1884. 

Dennison  Rogers  Slade 

Albert  Edwin  Bradford 

Samuel  Ellsworth  Somerby 

John  Quincy  Adams  Brett 

Hai-v.  1879. 

Samuel  Edward  Brown 

Louis  Agassiz  Sonrel 

William  Henry  Burbank 

Edmund  Barnard  Squire 

Arthur  Phillips  Bush^ 

M.D.  Boston  Univ.  1879. 

Frederick  Emerson  Chandler 

Edward  Stackpole 

James  Loring  Cheney 

Robert  Church  Stetson 

Univ.  of  Rochester,  1877. 

Herbert  Tappan 

John    Maitland    Brewer 

Harv.  1879. 

Churchill 

Benjamin  Franklin  Thayer 

Harv.  1879. 

Frank  Bartlett  Thayer 

Chandler  Robbins  Clifford 

David  Bates  Tower 

Charles  Evelyn  Comer 

Walter  Davis  Townsend 

William  Williamson  Coolidge 

Min.  Eng.  Instit.  Tech.  1876. 

Harv.  1879. 

Albert  Greorge  Uphani 

William  Albert  Creed 

Brown  1874. 

Edward  Harry  Crosby 

Charles  H.  Appleton  Ward 

Charles  Gilman  Currier 

Marshall  Prince  Washburn 

Hai-v.  1877,  M.D.  1880. 

WUliams  1877. 

Walter  Marshall  Cutler 

*Orson  Bailey  Waters        *i879 

Harv.  1877. 

Charles  Bradlee  Wetherell 

Arthur  Waldo  Dewey 

Hiram  Irving  Dillenback 

Harrison  Dunham 

1869. 

Queen's  Coll.  Oxford. 

Edward  Everett 

Ernest  Benjamin  Adams 

Lawrence  Carteret  Fenno 

Luther  Stetson  Anderson 

*  Norman  Fracker  Fenno    *1884 

George  Ernest  Armstrong 

• 

Albert  Frank  Gardner 

1  Brother  of  Chas.  G.  and  Frederic  D.  of  oi 

ir  Class  of  1854,  and  Deblois  of  1865. 

236                                      PUBLIC   LATIN  SCHOOL. 

John  Harrison  Gavin 

Lewis  Albert  Pasco 

John  William  Gorman 

David  Ewin  Power 

Junius  Benton  Gould 

Frank  Bigelow  Reed 

Caleb  Emer}'  Gowen 

James  Symmes  Richards 

*  Milton  Turpi n  Gregory    •1873 

Henry  Robinson 

Herbert  Preston  Grover 

Patrick  Joseph  Roche 

Boston  Univ.  1877. 

**Allerton  Shaw                  •1372 

Willie  Jewett  Haskins 

Lawrence  Nichols  Shaw 

John  King  Hastings 

John  Joseph  Shea 

Edward  Everett  Hayden 

Henry  Bromfield  Slade^ 

Rollin  Thorne  Hayden 

Donald  Kennedy  Smith 

George  Andrew  Henderson 

Herbert  Roberts  Smith 

George  William  Rogers  Hill 

Edwin  Stearns 

Richard  Walter  Hilliard 

Charles  John  Stedman 

Charles  Sidney  Holmes 

George  Park  Talbot 

Arthur  Holmes  James 

<-> 

Willis  Frye  Thomas 

George  Flavel  Kingman 

Robert  Stowe  Wade 

George  Stetson  Leach 

Franklin  Davis  White                  | 

William  Birckhead  Lindsay 

Ilarv.  1880.                                                    | 

Joseph  Poland  Nash  Lufkin 

Alfred  Brown  Whitney 

William  Jerrard  Lyons 

Edmond  Atkinson  Whittier 

Daniel  Bernard  McDavitt 

John  Howard  Willard 

Willis  Brooks  McMichael 

Joseph  Cotton  Withington 

Boston  Univ.  1878,  M.D.  Harv. 

1881. 

James  William  Mitchell 

llarv.  1879. 

John  Morrison 

1870. 

Edward  Leland  Morse 

Philip  Rouasevilie  Alger^ 

Peter  Francis  Mullin 

U.S.  Naval  Acad.  1876. 

Theodore  Randolph  Murray 

Arthur  Gerrish  Allan 

Edward  Wood  Newton 

Clement  Walker  Andrews 

Frederic  Obed  Nickerson 

Ilarv.  1879,  A.M.  1880. 

Boston  Univ.  1878. 

*August  Anthes                   •1873 

**Willard  Elliot  Nightingale 

Blowers  Archibald 

•1871 

1      John  O'Dou'd 

Lawyer,  No.  .Syilnoy,  C.B. 

Holy  Cross;  Student  St.  Sulp. 

Henr}'  Taylur  Barstow 

Pans. 

Ilarv.  1880,  M.D.  1884. 

1  Brother  of  Deuison  R.  of  our  Class  of  186 

8. 

'-  Brother  of  Ilcniy  Lodge  of  our  Class  of  1 

361,  Arthur  M.  of  1865,  and  Wiu.  E.  of  1867. 

PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.                                       237 

William    Harry    Warren 

John  Drew  Kibbey* 

Bicknelli 

William  Beckford  Kibbey* 

Arthur  Austin  Brigham 

M.D.  Harv.  1882. 

Edward  Brooks 

Charles  Stoddard  Lane 

Henry  Sturgis  Bush 

Amherst  1880. 

Walter  Murray  Bush 

Prescott  Loring 

William  Came  Bush 

George  William  Lowther 

Frank  Albert  Butter  worth 

John  Peter  McLaughlin 

Charles  Benjamin  Churchill 

Charles  Johnson  Means 

Arthur  Jameson  Clark^ 

George  Stow  Miller 

Louis  Monroe  Clark  ^ 

Stephen  Francklyn  Moriarty 

Hai-v.  1881. 

John  Gavin  Morris 

Thomas  Harrison  Cummings 

Harv.  1879,  M.D.  1882. 

Emil  Augustus  Danielson 

Warren  Morse 

Charles  Lewis  Davy 

George  Miner  Nash 

Frederic  Forsskol  Decatur 

Harv.  1877. 

Frank  Milo  Dix 

Henry  Derby  Page 

John  Frank  Drew 

Harv.  1878- 

William  Lloyd  Estle 

William  Hawes  Payson 

David  Leonard  Fagin^ 

LL.B.  Boston  Univ.  1880. 

James  Henry  Fagin^ 

Charles  Pfaff 

Parris  Thaxter  Farwell 

John  Wheelock  Pray 

George  Edgar  French 
Charles  Ballon  Frost 

Frederic  Henry  Prince ^ 

George  M.  Reid 

Edwin  Thomas  Frost 

John  Reynolds 

Alvin  George 
Charles  Swasey  Gibson 

John  Richardson 

Josiah  Browne  Richardson 

Henry  Marchant  Hastings 

John  Andrew  Roche 

Edward  Southworth  Hawes 

John  Thomas  Rogers 

HaiT.lS80,A.iVr.l8S2,Pli.D.1884, 

Hubert  St.  Pierre  Ruffin 

Arthur  Clarence  Hayes 

Edgar  Louis  Salom 

Olin  Adams  Holbrook 

Orrin  Buruham  Sanders 

Frederic  Blake  Holder 

M.D.  Boston  Univ.  1879. 

Haiv.  1881. 

John  Henry  Savage 

Edward  Browne  Hunt 

Harv.  1880. 

*James  Welham  Johnson   *i876 

Herbert  Sawyer 

1  Brother  of  Edward  of  our  Class  of  1866 

2  Brothers.                                               3  Br 

others.                                               *  Brothers. 

5  Brother  of  Gordon  and  Chas.  A.  of  our  CI 

1 

ass  of  1863,  and  Morton  Henry  of  1865. 

238 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Jacob    James    Augustus 

Sawyer 
Hamilton  Sutton  Smith 
*  Walter  Allen  Smith 

IlaiT.  1880.  -iss-i 

George  Frederic  Spalding 

Ilaiv.  1882. 

Clarence  Stetson ^ 

Ilaiv.  1881. 

William  Stanford  Stevens 

Harv.l880,M.D.18S3,  A.M.1884. 

Georrje  Alexander  Strong"^ 

Amherst  1881,  A.M. 

Henry  James  Thayer 
Joseph  Browne  Tilton 
Charles  Frank  Towle 
William  John  Tracy 
George  Hippolyte  Trouvelot 
Charles  Everett  Warren 

Ilai-v.  18S0,  M.D.  1883. 

Eugene  Montressor  Warren 

Charles  Luke  Welh 
Harv.  1879. 

William  Lincoln  Whitney 
Roland  Barker  Whitridge 
John  Fremont  Wilber 

M.D.  Harv.  Ifi83. 

Edward  Cabot  Wilde ^ 
George  Cobb  Wilde 3 
Charles  Albert  Wyman* 
James  Tyler  Wyman* 


1871. 

William  Joseph  Ambrose 
Louis  Andrew  Bailey 
Frank  Prosper  Bates 
Lewis  Palmer  Bates 


Samuel  Worcester  Bates* 
Waldron  Bates* 

Ilni-v.  1879.  LL.B.  Boston  Univ. 

1882. 

Charles  El  well  Brooks 
Philip  Townsend  Buckley 

Harv.  1880,  M.D.  18St. 

Godfrey  Lowell  Cabot 

Han-.  1882. 

Thomas  Bernard  Casey 
William  Edward  Cassidy 
Fred  W.  Chandler 
Frank  Walter  Colton 
James  H.  Delaney 
Samuel  Delano 

Harv.  1870.  ^LD.  1883. 

Arthur  Briggs  Denny 

Hurv.  1877. 

James  Luke  Devine 
Howard  Carey  Dunham 
Willard  Fales 

Tufts  1879  (?). 

Samuel  Tucker  Fisher 

Harv.  1876. 

Charles  Foster 

M.D.  Hanr.  1877. 

Donald  Allen  Eraser 
John  Joseph  Francis  Halligan 
William  Greene  Hanson 
George  Clarendon  Hodges^ 

Hurv.  1879. 

Harry  Foot  Hodges^ 

West  Point,  Lieut  U.S.A. 

Arthur  Josselyn 
Webster  Kelley 

Harv.  1879. 

Charles  Sprague  Lincoln 
William  Henry  Loudon 
Alanson  DeWitt  Lyon 


1  Brother  of  Joshua  of  our  Class  of  1807,  uuil  llobert  C.  of  1SG8. 

2  Son  of  Eilwaril  A.  of  our  Class  of  184G. 

*  Brothers.  '  Brotlicrs. 


»  Brothci-*. 
*  Brothers. 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


239 


Charles  Egbert  Frithiof  Lyon 
Lott  Mansfield 
Charles  White  McCorklei 
William  Foster  McCorklei 
George  White  Merrill 

Harv.  1880. 

Daniel  Edward  Millerick 

Holy  Cross  1873,  M.D.  Harv. 
1881. 

Arthur  Norris  Milliken 

Amherst  1880. 

Jacob  Charles  Morse 

Harv.  1881. 

Francis  Henry  Mullen 

M.D.  Harv,  1879. 

William  Mellon  Norman 
Charles  Pierce  Nunn 

Hai-v.  1879. 

Francis  Bartlett  Patten 

Harv.  1879. 

Frederick  Gardner  Perry 

Harv.  1879. 

George  Alcott  Phinney 
Frank  Wheeler  Pierce 
James  Ridgway  Poor 
Charles  Harry  Reed 
Warren  Jarrett  Rees 
Edward  Reynolds^ 

Harv.  1881,  M.D.  1885. 

Frank  Chase  Richardson 

M.D.  Boston  Univ.  1879. 

William  Stanton  Rogers 
Francis  Waldron  Rollins 

Harv.  1877. 

George  Gray  Sears 

Amherst  1880,  M.D.  Hai-v.  1885. 

William  Wyman  Somes 
Frank  Gilbert  Steele 
James  Wise  Walker 

Hai-v.  1877,  S.T.B.  Boston  Univ. 
1878.  M.D.  Harv.  18S0. 


Arthur  Augustus  Walters 

Martin  Welles 

William  Badger  West,  af- 
terwards William  Bad- 
ger Lawrence 

Harv.  1879. 

Charles  Galen  Weston 

M.D.  Harv.  18S2. 

Charles  Addison  White 
Arthur  Stanley  Woodward 
Theodore  Worcester 
Sanford  Edmund  Young 


1872. 

Alanson  Joseph  Abbe 

Harv.  1881,  A.M.,  M.D.  1885. 

Ezra  Henry  Baker 

Harv.  1881. 

George  Edgar  Bartley 

Boston  Umv.  1881. 

Alexander  Thomas  Bowser 

Hai-v.  1877,  S.T.B.  1880. 

Edward  E.  Brady 
David  Batchelder  Cheney 
Benjamin  Preston  Clark 

Amherst  1881. 

Charles  Greenough  Codman^ 
Lester  Warren  Cornish 

West  Point  1881. 

Thomas  Joseph  Crahan 
Reuben  Francis  Crooke 
George  Warren  Currier 
Charles  Francis  Cutler 

Harv.  1882. 

Edward  Irving  Darling 
Edgar  Addison  Davis 
Charles  Hamlin  Dunton 


1  Brothers.        ~  Sou  of  John  P.  of  our  Class  of  1837,  and  grandson  of  Edward,  of  1802. 
3  Brother  of  William,  of  our  Class' of  18C8. 


240 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


James  Brainerd  Field 

Ilarv.  ISSO,  M.D.  1884. 

Henry  Delano  Goodale 
Edward  Rogers  Hastings 
Nathaniel  Wade  Hastings 
Charles  Edmund  Hayes 
Phineas  Camp  Headley 

Amherst  1880. 

George  Gordon  Hoifendahl 
Francis  Marion  Holden 
Eustace  Jaques 
Henry  Gilmore  Kelly 
Henry  Nason  Kinney 

llarv.  1879. 

Alonzo  Augustus  Krauss 
Webster  Chase  Langmaid 
Victor  Joseph  Loring 
*Berwick  Manning 

Amherst    1882,    A.M.     Ilarv. 
1634.  *1884 

George  Walter  Mason 
Martin  Alan  McDonald 
Frederic  Rodney  McLaughlin 
Nehemiah  Thomas  Merritt 
James  Frederic  M' Kenny 
Walter  Welch  Morons: 
Daniel  John  Murphy 

*Herbert  Goodridge  Nick- 
erson 

Ph.B.  Boston  Univ.  1877.  •1882 

George  Bernard  O'Connor 
Edward  Robinson 

Harv.  1879. 

Edward  Abbot  Robinson 

llaiv.  1879. 

Henri/  Jlufus  Sargent 

Ilarv.  1879. 

Frederic  Richards  Smith 
Frederic  Swan  Smith 
Howard  Linlev  Smith 


Frederic  Maynard  Stearns 
Charles  Breed  Steele 
*Theodore  Fiske  Stimpson»i874 
John  Sever  Tebbets 

Harv.  1880. 

Frederic  Eldridge  Thompson 
Larkin  Trull 
*George  Crystie  Van  Ben- 

thuysen  -issa 

Charles  Henry  Vinton 

Harv.  1878. 

John  Forrest  Walters 
Rufus  Waples 
Langdon  Lauriston  Ward 
Franklin  Cooley  Warren 

M.D.  Ilarv.  1879' 

Arthur  Giles  Whitney 

Charles  Collier  Williams 

Franklin  Delano  Williams  i 

William  Cowles  Williams^ 

Herbert    Grafton    Wood- 
worth 

Harv.  1882. 

Henry  Ainsworth  Yenetchi 


1873. 

Thomas  Cogswell  Bachelder 

llarv.  1882 

Benjamin  Frederick  Bates 
George  Washington  Beeching 
James  Williams  Bowen 

Ilarv.  1882. 

Lloyd  Milton  Brett 
Daniel  Chauncy  Brewer 
Frank  Joseph  Briggs 
Charles  John  Cameron 


1  Brothers. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


241 


George  Washington  Carter 
George  William  Chesley 
Fred  Willard  Clark 
Harvey  Newton  Collison 

Harv.  1881. 

Henry  Winchester  Cunning- 
ham 

Harv.  1882. 

Thomas  Alo3^sius  Curtin 
William  Henry  Deasy 
Frederick  Lincoln  Denton 
William  James  Dickson 
William  Smith  Eaton 

Harv.  1880. 

Pierrepont  Edwards 
John  Milton  Earle  Farnum 
Frederick  Barker  Ferris 
Joshua  Gardner  Beals  Flagg 
John  Joseph  Flynn^ 
William  Patrick  Flynn^ 
Burnside  Foster^ 
Charles  Alexander  Eraser 
William  Liddiatt  Glover 
Ludolph  William  Gunther 
Charles  Wesley  Hamilton 
Ernest  Greenleaf  Hartwell 
**Howard  Hinds  *i874 

George  Francis  Howe 
Herbert  Lincoln  Hunt 
Michael  John  Kelliher 
Samuel  Stetson  Knapp 

Ph.B.  Boston  Univ.  1880. 

Alfred  Church  Lane^ 

Harv.  1883. 

Roswell  Linscott 
William  Maginn 
James  Mclnnis 
Henry  Clay  Mixter 
Park  Morrill 


Charles  Bailey  Moseley 
Alfred  Humphrey  Murphy 
Michael  Joseph  Murray 
William  Hussey  Page 

Harv.  1883. 

William  Sullivan  Pattee 
Charles  Laselle  Perry 
Robert  Samuel  Povah 
Arthur  Hastings  Russell 
Joseph  Briggs  Sanford 
Richard  Joseph  Sargent 
Frank  Everett  Saville 
Karl  Schmitt 
Edward  Weston  Shannon 
Daniel  Joseph  Shea 
Frank  Otis  Small 
Henry  Wooster  Sprague 
Thomas  John  Sproul 
Albert  Sturtevant 
Henry  Willard  Taylor 
William  Eldridge  Thayer 
Alfred  Tonks 

Hai-v.  1883. 

William  Fitzgerald  Towne 
Frederic  Clinton  Woodbury 

Harv.  1882. 

1874. 

Henry  Thayer  Abbe 
Willis  John  Abbot 
George  Allen 
Isaac  William  Allmand 
Horace  Davis  Andrews 
Joseph  Lyman  Andrews,  after- 
wards Joseph  Andrews 
Thomas  Frederic  Attner 
William  Gustavus  Babcock 


1  Brothers.  2  Brother  of  R.  S.  B.  of  our  Class  of  1867,  and  Alfred  D.  of  1864. 

3  Brother  of  John  C.  of  our  Class  of  1865, 


242 


PUBLIC   LATIN    SCHOOL. 


William  Crocker  Babitt 
Theodore  Badger 
John  Franklin  Bailey 
Parker  Nell  Bailey 

Ilarv.  1881. 

Peter  Williams  Bailey 
Benjamin  Wilton  Baker 
D wight  Baldwin 
Thomas  Tileston  Baldwin 
Maturin  Howland  Ballon 
Clifton  Nichols  Barber 
George  Alfred  Barnes 
Thomas  Aloysius  Barron 
Joseph  William  Barrows 
John  Francis  Barry 
Dana  Prescott  Bartlett 
Charlton  Bontecou  Bidwell 
Edward  Clay  Bigelow 
Wesley  Birmingham 
Elliot  Bright 

Crawford  Richmond  Brown 
William  Francis  Charles 

Brown 
Frederic  Edward  Brj'-ant 
Oliver  Graham  Buifress 
Charles  Frank  Butler 
Frank  Eugene  Butler 
Osgood  Carlton  Caswell 
John  Edward  Chamberlin 
George  Clarence  Cheney 
Eugene  Lester  Clark 
Joseph  Eddy  Clark 
Clarence  Gay  Cobb 
Charles  Henry  Coburn 
Frederic  Broadman  Cochran 
William  High  Coggin 


Michael  Bernard  Colwell 
Frederick  Shurtleff  Coolidse 
Walter  Louis  Copeland 
Louis  Cormier 
James  Carr  Crane 
George  Uriel  Crocker^ 
John  Silsbee  Curtis 
William  Prince  Cushman 
Frank  Herbert  Daniels 

Harv.  1879,  M.D.,  A.M.  1884. 

Frederick  Homes  Darling 

Harv.  1884. 

Charles  Jordan  Davis 
Josiah  Stevens  Dean 
Arthur  Charles  Dittmar 
William  Henry  Doliber 
James  Joseph  Dooling 
Joseph  Rutter  Draper 
George  Washington  D'Vys 
Percy  David  Dwight 
Howard  Clark  Eastman 
Arthur  Eldridge 
Rufus  Ellis2 
John  Farren 
Frederic  Walter  Farwell 
William  Wallace  Fenn 

Ilarv.  18S4. 

Joseph  Emanuel  Fernandez 
Reginald  Foster 

Yale  1884. 

Ephraim  Langdon  Frothing- 

ham 
John  Edward  Galvin 
William  Vaughn  Garner 
Horatio  Nelson  Glover 

llaiv.  1884. 

Joseph  Arthur  Willis  Good- 
speed 


1  Son  of  Uriel  H,  of  our  Class  of  1844. 

2  Brother  of  William  R.  and  Arthur  B.  of  our  Classes  of  1866  nml  1S64. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


243 


James  Gorman 
George  Franklin  Gould 
George  Gourley 
Joseph  Tilden  Greene 
Martin  Gerald  Griffin 
Loren  Erskine  Griswold 

Harv.  18S4. 

Joli-n  Henry  Grout 
Frederick  William  Gunn 
Frederic  Herbert  Haines 
David  Graham  Hall 
Alpheus  Sumner  Hardy 
Thaddeus  William  Harris 

Harv.  1884. 

*  William  Walker  Hartwell  «i879 
Francis  Brown  Hayes  ^ 
Hammond  Vinton  Hayes^ 

Harv.  1883. 

John  Joseph  Hayes 
William  Allen  Hayes 

Harv.  1884. 

Richard  Heard 

Harv.  1879. 

Frank  Benjamin  Hemenway 
Joseph  Lawrence  Hills 
Charles  Russell  Hurd 
Henry  Stanton  Hurd 
Edwin  Everett  Jack 

Harv.  1884. 

Freflerick  Lafavette  Jack 

M.D.  Harv.  1884. 

Frederic  Asbury  Jackson 
William  Furness  Jarvis 

M.D.  Harv.  1880. 

William  Durant  Jenness 
William  Jay  Jewett 
Frank  Winchell  Jones 
Herbert  Waldo  Kendall 
James  Aloysius  Kerrigan 
Charles  Dexter  Keyes 


Frederic  Theron  Knight 

Harv.  1881,  LL.B.  1884. 

Henry  May  Knowlton 
Washington  Libbey  Krogman 
Elavil  Winslow  Kyle 

M.D.  Harv.  1880. 

Abraham  Jarrett  Lewis 
Hersey  Goodwin  Locke 
Edwin  Louis  Lovejoy 
William  Haslet  Mackay 
Franklin  Gould  Mahoney 
Jonathan  Harrington  Mann 
Frank  Martin 
Eugene  McDonald 
Winthrop  Minot  Merrill 
William  Andrew  Minchin 
Ezra  Palmer  Mills 
Charles  Dickenson  Milton 
Joseph  Andrew  Money 
George  Patrick  Morris 
Carleton  Moseley 
Thomas  Aloysius  Mullen 
Harold  Murdock 
Matthew  Henry  Nihill 
Walter  William  Nowell 
George  Read  Nutter 
George  Palmer  Osborn 
James  Otis 

Harv.  1881. 

George  Hills  Page 
Sidney  Marshall  Parker 
George  Grindley  Spence 
Perkins 

Amherst  1881. 

Francis  Asbury  Perry 
Frank  Johnson  Phelps 
Walter  Elsworth  Pierce 
Luther  Boutelle  Pluraer 


1  Brothers. 


244 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


William  Chipman  Pope 
Walter  Conway  Prescott 
William  Trutch  Preston 
John  Sampson  Reed 
John  Phillips  Reynolds ^ 
Paul  Revere  Reynolds^ 
Samuel  Henry  Rodgers 
John  Henry  Russell 

M.D.  Boston  Univ.  1878, 

George  Baylies  Sanford 
Samuel  King  Sanford 
George  Santa3'ana 
Wilson  Henrj'  Savage 
John  Joseph  Scanlon 
Charles  Quantic  Scoboria 

M.D.  Ilarv.  1880. 

Edward  David  Scott 
Henry  Ellison  Seaver 

Ilan-.  1881. 

Willie  Edgar  Shaw 
Lindsley  Shepard 
Ernest  Warburton  Shurtleff 
Charles  Francis  Sloan 
George  Chittenden  Smith 
John  Somers  Smith 
Washington  Snelling 
Hollon  Curtis  Spaulding 
George  Andrew  Stewart 

Harv.  1884. 

John  Butler  Studley 
John  Henry  Taff2 
William  Walter  Taff2 
Marston  Tebbetts 
Frederic  Henry  Temple 
Augustus  Larkin  Thorndike 
Frank  Gibson  Tomlinson 
Arthur  Farragut  Townsend 


Edward  Lambert  Twombly^ 

Yale  1881. 

James  Frederick  Twombly* 
William  Francis  Tyner 
Edward  Livingstone  Under- 
wood 

Ilarv.  1882. 

George  Robinson  Underwood 
Robert  Baxter  Upham 
Amory  Davis  Wainwright^ 
Arthur  Wainwright^ 
Clement  Adams  Walker 
Harold  Ward 

George  William  Washington 
Albert  Smith  Watson 
Hosea  Webster 
Edward  Franklin  Weld 
Willie  Amasa  Weldou 
Arthur  William  Wheelwright 
McDonald  Ellis  White« 
Perrin  Ellis  White^ 
Frederic  Jacques  Whiting 
James  Augustus  Williams 
Henry  Jules  Williams 
Sidney  Williams 
William  Winslow 
Henry  William  Woodason 
James  Haughton  Woods" 
Joseph  Fitz  Woods'^ 


1875. 

Clinton  Edwin  Achorn 
Jacob  Appell 
Elmer  Ellsworth  Atwood 
Joshua  Harris  Aubin 


1  See  note  2,  p.  239.  a  Brothers.  «  Son  of  Alex.  S.  of  our  Class  of  1844. 

*  Brother  of  Williuin  H.  of  1876.  *  Brothers.  «  Bi-uthers.  1  Brothci-s. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.                                         245 

George  Herbert  Babbitt 

Carl  August  de  Gersdorff^ 

Frank  Hurd  Bacbelder 

George  Bruno  de  Gersdorff^ 

Frederick  Badger 

John  Henry  de  Graan 

Harry  Seaver  Badger 

Charles  Francis  Doyle 

George  Cook  Bailey- 

Thomas  Barry  Egan 

Benjamin  Bates  Bardwell 

Herbert  Godfrey  Emery 

Fred  Augustus  Barnard 

Joseph  James  Feely 

John  Lewis  Bates 

Edward  Sanborn  Foss 

Boston  Univ.  1882. 

Gordon  Blake 
George  Gerry  Boardman 
Parker  Richardson  Bradley 
Elmer  Ellsworth  Brown 
Charles  Holbrook  Bullock 
Walter  Channing  Burbank 
Fred  Hartshorn  Burdett 
"William  John  Burnett 

John  Wilcox  Fowle 
Joseph  McHale  Foy 
Henry  Edward  Eraser^ 
John  James  Eraser  ^ 
Mark  Frothingham 
Paul  Revere  Frothingham* 
Thomas  Frothingham* 
Joseph  McKean  Gibbons 

Hai-v.  1881. 

John  Edward  Butler 

Charles  Freeman  Gilman 

Charles  Henry  Carew 

Philip  Joseph  Gleason 

William  Elisha  Chenery 

Walter  Howard  Gleason 

Ruluff  Sterling  Choate 

Francis  Henry  Goodman 

Morris  Clark 

Harry  Newbury  Hall 

Joseph  Taylor  Clarke 

Newbert  Jackson  Hall 

Frank  Herman  Clock 

Martin  Henry  Hannon 

John  Codman 

Herbert  Nathan  Hanson 

Henry  Smith  Collier 

Charles  Nathan  Harris 

Frank  Barker  Comins 

Joseph  Clarence  Hathaway 

Charles  Cummings  Coolidge 

Cyrus  Alger  Hawes 

David  Hill  Coolidge  i 

Alpheus  Hill 

Charles  Clarke  Currier 

Charles  Harvey  Holman 

George  Erastus  Curry 

William  Hervey  Holmes 

John  Andrew  Daly 

Lincoln  Frost  Howard 

Willie  Walter  Damon 

Frank  Henry  Howland 

Albert  Vincent  Daunt 

John  Henry  Hunt 

Arthur  Augustus  Davis 

David  John  Fielding  Jewett 

1  Son  of  David  H.  of  our  Class  of  1844. 

2  Brothers.                       8  Brothers. 

*  Brothers,  and  sons  of  Thos.  B.  of  our  Cla 



iss  of  1830. 

246 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Herbert  Keightley  Job^ 
Robert  Job  1 
Francis  Jones 

Freeman  Marshall  Josselyn 
Albert  Francis  Keevan 
James  Andrew  Kerr 
Frank  Clifton  Kimball 
George  Washington  Kimball 
William  Elbridge  Knight 

M.D.  Boston  Univ.  1S76, 

Arthur  Jacob  Knowles 

Ilarv.  ISSL 

Benjamin  Clarke  Lane 
William  Henry  Langdon 
Anselm  Augustus  Lauriat 
Thomas  Stanislaus  Sumner 

Lavery 
Patrick  Henry  Joseph  Loan 
Thomas  Rafter  Lord 
Howard  Augustus  Lothrop^ 
John  Howland  Lothrop^ 
Timothy  John  Mahoney 
William  Mather  Marvin 
Edward  Hammond  Mason 
Edward  Clark  Matthews 
Alanson  Herbert  Mayers 

Ilai-v.  1881,  A.M. 

James  Thomas  McDonald 
Joseph  McDonald 
Joseph  Melanephy 
William  Bradford  Merrill 
Theodore  James  Mignault 
William  Sumner  Miller 
Franklin  Blackstone  Mitchell 
Charles  White  Morris^ 
Edward  Everett  Morris ^ 
Edward  Oilman  Morse 


John  Cummings  Munro 

Harv.  1881,  M.D.  ISS."). 

Michael  Francis  Murphy 

Henry  Reed  Neale 

Frederick  Campbell  Nelson 

Louis  Nelson 

John  Briggs  Newcomb 

Jolin  Newell 

George  Henry  Nichols 

Ilarv.  1883. 

John  Andrew  Noonan 
John  Joseph  Noonan 
William  John  O'Connor 
George  Henry  Olin 
Edward  Stanton  Paul 
Mark  Wentworth  Peirce 
Patrick  James  Pennycuick 
Harry  Melville  Pope 
Albert  John  Povah 
Benjamin  Adams  Prager 
Edmund  Rice 
Thomas  Henry  Roberts 
Isaac  Lothrop  Rogers 
John  Bernard  Ryan 
Walter  Earle  Sawyer 
Arthur  Clayton  Sellon 
Frank  Winthrop  Sherman 
Frank  Manuel  Silva 
Edward  Symmes  Skinner 
Charles  Llewellyn  Smith 
Charles  Armstrong  Snow 

lliu-v.  1882. 

Harrison  Abbott  Souther 
Frederick  Henry  Spaulding* 
William  Wayland  Spaulding* 
Charles  Francis  Spring 
George  Squadron 


1  Drothcr'S. 


2  Brothors. 


'  Brothers. 


*  Brothers. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


247 


Frank  Staniford 
Livingston  Boyd  Stedman 
Charles  Henry  Stewart 
James  Edward  Stewart 
■Tracy  Sturges 
Cornelius  Joseph  Sullivan 

LL.B.  Boston  Univ.  1882. 

Michael  F.  Sullivan 
Herbert  Capen  Talbot 
William  Taylor 
Henry  Bancroft  Twombly^ 
William  Herbert  Twombly^ 
Herman  Muller  Underwood 
Stiles  Gannett  Wells 
Albion  Otis  Wetherbee 
Philip  Dumaresq  Wheatland 
John  Monroe  Whitman 
Edson  Leone  Whitney 
Edwin  Bassett  Whittemore 
Henry  Morland  Williams  ^ 
Harvey  Thayer  Wing 
Ambrose  Woods* 
Thomas  Henry  Woods* 
Merle  St.  Croix  Wright 

Hai-v.  1881,  A.M. 


1876. 

John  Albree 
Victor  Clifton  Alderson 
Addison  Lyman  Aldrich 
Cyrus  Willis  Alger 
Brainard  Alger  Andrews 
Harry  Newell  Appleton 


Harry  DeWitt  Atwood 
Albert  Henry  Baldwin 
Charles  Franklin  Bellows 
Joseph  Irving  Bennett 
Howard  Kendrick  Blair 
Arthur  Frank  Boardman 
Charles  Damon  Bolander 
John  Sydney  Bragan^ 
Joseph  Patrick  Bragan^ 
Paul  Cuff  Phelps  Brooks 
Fred  Keyes  Brown ^ 
George  Henry  Brown^ 
George  Butler  Bryant 
Frederic  Field  Bullard 
Albert  Henry  Burbank 
Frank  Elwood  Burbank 
James  Burton 
Colin  Campbell  Cameron 
Frank  Edwin  Carr 
Andrew  Chamberlain 
William  Choate 

Hai-v.  1881. 

Mortimer  Hall  Clarke 

Harv.  1883. 

Frederic  Codman  Cobb 
Edward  Benjamin  Cole 
Frank  Irving  Cordo 
Charles  Wesley  Crawford 
Montgomery  Adams  Crockett 

Harv.  1882. 

Arthur  Henry  Crompton,  af- 
terwards   Arthur    Henry 

Wright 

Trinity  1883. 

Franke  Osier  Cunningham 
Walter  Scott  Currier 


1  Son  of  A.  S.  of  our  Class  of  1844 ;  brother  of  E.  L.,  A.  H.  and  C.  G.  of  our  Classes  of 

1874,  1878  and  1880.  2  Brother  of  James  F.  of  our  Qass  of  1874. 

3  Brother  of  Charles  H.  of  oin-  Class  of  1860,  and  son  of  Hemy  W.  of  our  Class  of  1833. 

*  Brothers.  5  Brothers.  6  Brothers. 


248 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Thomas  Reynoldson  Curtis 
Walter  Curtis 

Ilarv.  1883. 

John  Aloysius  Daly 
Charles  Peavey  Davis 
Frank  Edward  Davis 
John  Francis  Drummond 
Edmund  Chase  Eastman  ^ 
Charles  Eugene  Estabrook 
Charles  Clement  Everett 
Frederic  Emerson  Farrar 
Eugene  Hamilton  Fay 
Edward  Rawson  Flint 
George  Frank  Folsom^ 
Paul  Foster  Folsom^ 
Frank  Edward  Fowle 
Langdon  Frothingham^ 
Warren  Fisher  Gay 
Harry  Winslow  Gile 
George  Washington  Mans- 
field Given 
Edward  Henry  Going 
Louis  Samuel  Goullaud 
*Arthur  Stevens  Gregory*  .isjo 
William  Andrew  Haskell 
Everett  Wesley  Hatch 
Frank  Arthur  Heath 
James  Freeland  Heath 
John  Augustine  Hickey 
Dudley  Watson  Holman 
Pliny  Dixi  Houghton 
Charles  Hale  Hoyt 
Gorham  Hubbard 
Godfrey  Michael  Hyams 

Ilai-v.  1881. 


Lewis  Pius  Jager 

Charles  Edwin  Jarvis 

William  Henry  Keevan^ 

Walter  Malcolm  Scott Kilgour 

John  Joseph  Koula 

Richard  Francis  Krackowizer 

Adoniram  Judson  Gray  Leach 

Daniel  David  Lee 

Isaac  Louis 

Clarence  Channing  Lynch 

James  William  MacConnell 

Frank  Meredith  Macomber 

Robert  Homan  Magwood 

James  Nicolass  McLaughlin 

Samuel  Warren  Mendum 

Irving  Samuel  Meredith 

William  Blakemore  Merrill 

Wallace  Dexter  Merrow 

Charles  Fisher  Meyer 

Edward  William  Meyer 

Walter  Lewis  Milliken^ 

John  Moakley 

John  Eugene  Scarlett  Moore 

Michael  Moore 

William  Lincoln  Moore 

John  Wells  ^Morss 

James  Pierpoint  Neal 

Edward  Hall  Nichols 

Joseph  Partridge  Nickerson 

John  Joseph  Kihill 

John  Berchmans  O'Conor 

Bernard  Ignatius   Loyola 
O'DonnelF 

Michael  Joseph  O'Donnell" 

William  John  O'Neil 


1  Bix)ther  of  Howard  C.  of  our  Class  of  1874. 

«  Brother  of  Thomas  aiul  Taul  Revere,  of  our  Class  of  1876. 

6  Brother  of  Frank  A.  of  our  Class  of  1875. 

0  Brother  of  Arthur  N.  of  our  Class  of  1871. 


2  Brothers. 
*  Died  10  June. 


Y  Brothers. 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL.                                      249      I 

i 

Louis  Henry  Paddock 

Roland  Thaxter                            j 

Walter  Gilman  Pa^e 

Harv.  1882.                                               1 

1 

1       Francis  Xavier  Parker 

Frank  Harrison  Thompson         '< 

I       John  Frost  Parker 

William  Bartlett  Tyler               j 

1 

1       James  Henry  Payne 

William  Lyman  Underwood       | 

Harry  Joseph  Pearson 

Richard  Dana  Upham                  1 

Moses  Philipps 

Frank  Vogel                                 | 

Joseph  Alexander  Poggi 

Edward  Augustus  Walker          | 

j       George  Jonathan  Porter 

Edwin  Garrison  Walker 

Harv.  1883. 

Ashley  Watson 

John  Edward  Putnam 

Michael  James  Joseph  Welch 

Charles  Augustus  Sumner 

George  Henry  Weston 

Randolph 

Frederic  Augustus  Whitney 

Alfred  Ranney 

Harv.  1884. 

Frederic  James  Reed 

Alvah  Ellsworth  Willis 

Laurence  Grenville  Ripley 

Kenelra  Winslowi 

A.  C.  B.  Hai-v.  1883. 

Arthur  Everett  Roberts 

Willard  Winslow^ 

Charles  Augustus  Rogers 

Aaron  Commodore  Wisher        i 

Franklin  Russell 

Harold  Russell 

Philip  Sydney  Rust 

1877. 

Thomas  Bernard  Shea 

John  Richard  Slattery 

Benjamin  Fuller  Ager 

J 

Arthur  Howard  Smith 

Sydney  Currier  Bagley               j 

Ernest  Herman  Smith 

Edward  Marcellus  Baker 

Frank  Warren  Smith 

Frederic  Henry  Barnes 

Joseph  Leonard  Smith 
Robert  Dickson  Smith 

John  Patrick  Barrett 

Thomas  Francis  Barry 

1      Thomas  Edwin  Smith 

Frank  Elliot  Bateman 

Frederic  Wheeler  Snow 

Henry  Sisson  Beaman 

William  Pardie  Sprague 
Charles  Strecker 

William  Hancock  Blakemore 
Stanley  Pearce  Bradish 

Frederic  William  Stuart 

George  Kendall  Briggs 

Harv.  188L 

Alexander  Philip  Brown             j 

Charles  Sumner 

Gilbert  C^  Brown 

John  Osborne  Sumner 

Joel  Harvey  Brown 

William  Arnold  Swasey 

Charles  Henry  Cass 

Robert  Thomas  Teamoh 

James  Cummings  Clark 

1  Brothers.                                               -  Th 

1 

is  is  simply  aa  initial  aiul  stands  for  no  name.      , 

1 

250 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


William  Jacob  Cloues 
Maurice  Cobe 
Edmund  Dwight  Codman 
Michael  Joseph  Collins 
Auckland  Bazil  Cordner^ 
Edwin  Thompson  Cordner^ 
George  Warren  Coyn 
Isaac  Wellington  Crosby  ^ 
James  Wellington  Crosby^ 
Warren  Chapman  Daggett 
Harry  Walter  Dale 
Frank  Mason  Davis 
Thomas   Edward  Francis 

Devonshire 
Percival  Richards  Eaton 
John  Hardeuberg  Eddy 
Paul  Francis  El  a 
Carl  Frederich  V:illiam  El- 
linger 
Hammond  Theodore  Fletcher 
William  Chester  Fletcher 
Clarence  Eugene  Foss 
Robert  Warner  Frost 
Gardiner  Frye 
*James  Newton  Garratt 

Harv.  1883.  *1885 

Emil  Auguste  Gems 
Edwin  Robert  Goering 
Fred  Sprague  Goodwin 
Richard  Aaron  Guinzburg 
Timothy  Aloysius  Hagerty 
Frank  Lubbock  Handlen 
Selwyn  Lewis  Harding 
William  Otis  Harding 
Charles  Hamant  Harwood 
George  Edwin  HilP 
William  Francis  Hill* 
Joseph  Melser  Hobbs 


Willis  Kennedy  Hodgman 
William  Erdix  Hooton 
Samuel  Bugbee  Hopkins 
Neidhard  Hahnemann  Hough- 
ton 
Joseph  John  Howe 
George  Moore  Wells  Humph- 
reys 
Fred  Ellsworth  Hurd 
Archibald  Johnson 
Samuel  Brewster  Johnston 
Frederic  Hedge  Kennard 
Ashburn  Cogswell  Kilgour 
James  Dickinson  KimbalH 
William  Sandford  Kimball* 
Richard  Ellsworth  King 
Edmund  Winchester  Kings- 
bury 
Albert  Kolb 
John  Henry  Krey 
Lawrence  Litchfield 
Guy  Templeton  Little 
Charles  Augustus  Logue 
John  Francis  Malone 
John  Edward  Maynard 
William  Henry  McKendry 
Freeman  Alexander  McKenzie 
John  Austin  McKim 
Joseph  McSheehy 
Richard  Nugent  Meagher 
James  Gregerson  Meauy 
John  Moran 

Joseph  Aloysius  Moriarty 
Charles  Francis  Morse 

IIuiv.  1883. 

Gardner  Morse 
George  Maxwell  Randall 
Morse 


1  Brother- 


-  Brothers. 


3  Brothers. 


*  Brothci-s. 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL.                                         251 

Willie  Clapp  Mosher 

James  Barry  Sullivan 

Joseph  Aloysius  Murphy 

Gottlieb  Sutermeister 

Samuel  Dinsmoore  Nesmith 

Harold  Meriam  Swan 

James  Safford  Norton 

Winthrop  Tisdale  Talbot 

Henry  Orsamus  Nute 

*William  Albert  Towle      *i880 

William  Fogg  Osgood 

William  Smith  Townsend 

Alfred  Worcester  Otis 

John  Edward  Tyrrell 

George  Blass  Peacock 

Kingsley  Underwood 

Henry  Grover  Perkins 

Harry  Lincoln  Wadsworth 

Samuel  Perry 

Frank  Joseph  Walsh  ^ 

Reuben  Peterson 

Walter  James  Walsh^ 

James  Franklin  Phelps^ 

Samuel  Ervin  Ward 

George  Franklin  Pitts 

Stephen  Holden  Wardwell 

Percival  Wentworth  Pope 

Bentley  Warren 

Irving  Melvin  Powers 

Henry  Dexter  Warren 

Alexander  Rae 

John  Marshall  Washburn 

Fred  Waldo  Reed 

Horace  Lee  Washington 

Charles  Lenox  Remond 

Percival  Welch 

Frank  Richards 

Edward  Howard  West 

Warner  Symmes  Richards 

Winthrop  Wetherbee 

Emery  Herman  Rogers 

Harral  Wheelwright 

Winthrop  Lincoln  Rogers 

George  Amiel  Whipple 

George  Winthrop  Sargent 

Franklin  Kittredge  White 

Harry  Savage 

William  Edward  White 

Ai  Manson  Seavy 

George  Percy  Williams 

James  Shepherd 

Charles  Henry  Winn 

Ferdinand  Shoninger 

Isaac  David  Wolf 

Walter  Simmons 

Frederic  Stevens  Young 

Edward  Otis  Simonds 

Royal  Bos  worth  Young 

Prescott  Orde  Skinner 

David  Arthur  Smith 

1878. 

James  Frederic  Sprague 

John  Adams  Squire 

Llewellyn  Francis  Aiken 

John  Warren  Stearns 

Arthur  Anthony 

Warren  Lord  Stevens 

Hartley  Fred  Atwood 

Frederic  Lappage  Street^ 

Francis  Warren  Bacon 

James  Street^ 

Seth  Beale 

1  Brotbei-  of  John  S.  of  our  Class  of  1879. 

2  Brothers.                  8  Bi-others. 

252 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


George  Bartlett  Billings 
Hans  Heinrieh  Max  Borg- 

hardt 
Arthur  Henrj-  Bridge 
George  Henry  Brown 
Bartholomew  Aloysius  Calla- 

nan 
Frank  Augustus  CaiupbelU 
Joseph  Aloysius  CarapbelU 
Arthur  Conley  Chamberlain 
Henry  Ernest  Chase 

Han-.  1SS3. 

Clift  Rogers  Clapp 
William  Wordsworth  Cleve- 
land 
Lucius  Powers  Coffin 
John  Aloysius  Collins 
Francis  Joseph  Conley 
Howard  Walker  Cook 
Joseph  Ballard  Crocker^ 
Charles  Henry  Stone  Billings 

Dalrj'mpie 
Harry  Rogers  Dalton 
Dennis  Henry  Daly 
Francis  Boyden  Dana 
William  Henry  Devine 

M.D.  Harv.  1883. 

Charles  Frederick  Wood 
Dillaway 
*Ward  Irving  Dodge^         *i880 
Frank  Willard  Doty 
Edward  Henry  Eldredge 
George  William  Evans 

llttiv.  1883. 

James  Joseph  Fitzgerald 
William  Andrew  Follan 
Carleton  Shurtlell"  Francis 
Walter  French 
Frank  Muuroe  Frizzell 


ThomasGoddardFrothingham 
James  Albert  Frye 
Edgar  Aloysius  Garceau 
Ernest  Joseph  Garceau 
Charles  Lewis  Girardin 
Charles  Henry  Glazier 
John  Joseph  Gleeson 
George  Henry  Goddard 
David  Parsons  Goodrich 
Karlton  Spaulding  Hackett 
Rudolphus  Amiui  Halm 
Sydney  Granville  Haha 
Frank  Elmer  Ellsworth 

Hamilton 
Eugene  Hamlin  Hatch 

Haiv.  1SS4. 

Harry  Edgar  Hayes 
Norman  Francis  Hesseltine 
Jasper  Jenkins  Hobbs 
James  Francis  Hopkins 
John  Horgan 
Cyrus  Arnold  Houghton 
Edwin  Howard 
John  Galen  Howard 
John  Thomas  Howe 
George  Edwin  Howes 
Thomas  John  Hurley 
Ernest  Gustavus  Adolphus 

Isenbeck 
Lewis  Lincoln  Jackson 
Edward  Stearns  Johnson 
Eugene  Bates  Jones 
Harry  Watson  Kent 
Frederick  White  Kinipton 
♦Charles    William    Law- 

reuce*  •isso 

Hugh  Gavin  Maguire 


1  Brothers.         a  Brother  of  George  U.  of  1874.  s  pk-illO  Occ.  <  Died  1  June. 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


253 


Alexander  Rice  McKini 
William  Henry  Merry 
John  Hamilton  Morse 
William  Stanislaus  Murphy 
Herbert  Hill  Nickerson 
George  Merrill  Norris 
Herman  Page 
James  Jacobs  Parker 
Harry  Wright  Perkins 
Fred  Dennison  Plumb 
Albert  Edwin  Pond 
William  Crowell  Prescott 
Albert  William  Provan 
George  Harris  Wildei  Pul- 

sifer 
Arthur  Collins  Putnam 
Foster  Pierce  Ranlett 
Joseph  Albert  Reed 
James  Walton  Rich 
Daniel  Merchant  Richardson 

Harv.  1883. 

George  Tilton  Richardson 
Herbert  Lincoln  Roberts 

*John  Milton  Roberts ^       *1880 
Henry  Tracey  Rogers 
Edward  Albert  Rollins 
Albert  Carl  Rosenstein 
Frank  Edwin  Sanborn 
Frank  Philip  Schmitt 
Arthur  Shepard 

*Francis  Albert  Smith        *i882 
Jason  Bent  Smith 

*Julius  Warren  Strauss      *i885 
Fred  Arnold  Sutermeister 
William  Holbrook  Thayer 
Hayward  Glazier  Thomas 
Edgar  David  Tibbetts 


Thomas  Eugene  Todd 
Fred  Lawrence  Toppan 
George  Rooke  Totman 
Alexander  Hamilton  Twom- 
bly2 

William  Henry  Wadleigh 
George  Flint  Warren 
William  Homer  Warren 
John  Cornelius  Waters 
Morrill  Wyman  Watson 
Francis  Winthrop  White 
Harry  Howard  White 
Harold  Neal  Willis 
Edward  Chase  Wilson 
Stephen  Edmund  Wilson 
Samuel  Clement  Wiswall 


1879. 

**Lewis  Aquila  Adams      *i88i 
Edward  Raymond  Ames 
Ellis  Atkinson,  afterwards 

Sheridan  Atkinson 
William  George  Bail 
Arthur  Marty n  Baker 
William  Martin  Ballon 
William  Shepherd  Beaumont 
Robert  Sloan  Bickford 
Frederick  Woodward  B Ian- 
chard 
Edward  Everett  Blodgett 
Henry  Bowie  Blue 
Edward  Kirk  Botsford 
Ernest  Brennan 
Henry  Chase  Brewer 
Lloyd  Vernon  Briggs 


1  Died  12  June. 


2  See  note  1,  p.  247. 


254                                        PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 

Edward  Justin  Bromberg 

Edward  Everett  Hardy 

Edward  Lyman  Brown 

George  Herd  Hardy 

Walter  Hosford  Butcher 

William  Frederic  Hart 

Joseph  Francis  Campbell 

Russell  Bunce  Henchman* 

Cleaveland  Angier  Chandler^ 

William  Pride  Henderson 

Frederic  Edgar  Chapin 

Edward  Aloysius  Heyer 

William  Paine  Clarke 

John  Aloysius  Hickey 

Frank  Joseph  Coakley 

Edward  Hobart 

Arthur  Cochrane 

Bruce  Webster  Hobbs 

Wilton  Lincoln  Currier 

Howard  Gregory  Hodgkins 

William  James  Cutler 

Daniel  Curtis  H  older ^ 

Winthrop  Herrick  Dame 

Oscar  Howe  Holder^ 

Daniel  Denny 

Henry  Fish  Holland 

Patrick  Joseph  Deven 

Sidney  Homer 

Aloysius  Breckinridge  Doo- 

William  Kimball  Horton 

ling 

Edmund  Foster  Hoskin 

Thomas  Francis  Dowd 

Robie  Stearns  Howe 

George  Eliot 

Sydney  Reginald  Johnson 

Vincent  Farnsworth 

William  Augustine  Leahy 

Frederick  Winthrop  Faxon 

Leo  Rich  Lewis 

William  Emerson  Fay 

George  Albert  Lyons 

Paul  George  Fiedler 

Fred  Edward  Magdeburg 

** Francis  Mason  Fisher      «i882 

Joseph  Dodd  Matthews 

John  Francis  Fitzgerald 

Frederic  Milton  Mayo 

Matthew  James  Flaherty 

James  Thomas  McCarty 

Isadore  Henry  Franklin 

Samuel  Foster  McCleary^ 

Richard  Frothingham^ 

Alonzo  Thayer  Mendum 

James  Ambrose  Gallivant 

Frederic  Homer  Morse 

William  Joseph  Gallivant 

William  Elbridge  Newell 

Charles  Albert  Gay 

Albert  Thompson  Perkins 

Meylert  Granger 

Charles  Albert  Peterson 

Harold  Bradford  Gray 

John  Samuel  Phelps 

Alonzo  Hall 

Luther  Bigelow  Pollard 

Frederic  Davis  Hall 

Ariel  Low  Poor 

1  Son  of  Horace  P.  of  our  Class  of  1853. 

2  Brother  of  Thomas  G.  of  our  Class  of  18 

rs.                                                 •  Brothert. 

*  Son  of  Russell  B.  of  our  Class  of  1847. 

*  Brothers. 

e  Sou  of  Samuel  F.  of  our  Class  of  1831. 

PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


255 


Henry  Temple  Pope 
Abraham  Captain  Ratshesky 
John  Thomas  Ray 
Henry  Bromfield  Rogers 
George  Hermou  Russ 
Samuel  Simmons 
Charles  Henry  Slattery^ 
Arthur  Reiuhardt  Smith 
Charles  William  Stoddard 
Cornelius  Patrick  Sullivan 
John  Thompson  Taylor 
John  Gifford  Thompson 
"Walter  Scott  Thompson 
George  Napier  Towle 
Robert  Elmer  Townsend 
John  Prentice  Tucker 
Charles  Cummings  Turner 
Frank  Bourne  Upham 
Francis  Chetwood  Wain- 

wright 
Frank  Tonnely  Watson 
Christopher  Webb 
Frank  William  Wesner 


1880. 

Norman  Ilsley  Adams 
George  Denny  Alden 
Schuyler  Colfax  Ball 
Henry  Bartlett 
Charles  Clarence  Batchelder 
William  Beals 
Charles  Freeland  Beard 
Joseph  Albert  Beckford 
Frederick  Foye  Briggs 
Franklin  Herrick  Brooks 
Francis  Edward  Burke 


Edward  Bush 
Edward  Joseph  Callauan 
Louis  Edwin  Chalenor 
William  Munroe  Chase 
Ernest  Bernard  Chenowith 
Franklin  Lincoln  Codman 
Henrj''  Tilton  Coe 
Charles  Frederick  Cogswell 
William  Henry  Cole 
James  Culliney 
Frederick  Farley  Cutler 
Herbert  Andrew  Daniels 
Addis  William  Dempsey 
Charles  Downer 
Nicholas  Daniel  Drummey 
Stillman  Robert  Dunham 
Albert  Sullaway  Edwards 
Alfred  Page  Emmons 
Eugene  Lewis  Fellner 
Hadley  Greeley  Fuller 
\  Edwin  Lemist  Furber^ 
I  Everett  Howard  Furber^ 
Arthur  William  Furlong 
Walter  Newell  Giles 
Hugh  Joseph  Gormley 
John  Andrew  Gormley 
Ernest  Barron  Gordon 
Spencer  Pettis  Gracey 
Leon  Stacy  Griswold 
Jean  Milton  Grosvenor 
Jonathan  Eddy  Hamblen 
Harry  May  Hartshorn 
Shattuck  Osgood  Hart  well 
Horatius  Bonar  Hastings 
Joseph  Warren  Hearne^ 
Thomas  Francis  Hearne^ 
Cornelius  Francis  Hennessey 


1  Brother  of  John  Eichard,  of  our  Class  of  1876. 


2  Brothers. 


3  Biotheis. 


256                                       PUBLIC   LATIN  SCH(X)L. 

Ernest  Burton  Holmes 

■ —  1 

I 

Eben  Blanchard  Thaxter             j 

John  Henry  Huddleston 

Fritz  Edward  Townsend 

George  Chad  wick  lugraham 

Clifford  Gray  Twomblyi              1 

Daniel  Parker  Kimball 

Joseph  Vila                                    j 

Miner  La  Harpe  Leavitt 

1 

John  Sherman  Whitaker 

Francis  Watts  Lee 

Charles  Lincoln  Wood                  j 

James  Joseph  Lee 

Francis  William  Woodward        ' 

William  Abram  Levi 

i 

Albert  Henry  Lovett 

Michael  Francis  Lyons 

1881. 

Lorenzo  Abner  Maynard 

George  Dodd  Meston 

Frederic  Randolph  Abbe 

William  Bolten  Morris 

Hermon  Aborn 

Joseph  Nickerson 

Alfred  Eben  Adams 

Harvey  Lovett  Norton 

Charles  Carlton  Ayer 

John  Dudley  Paige 

George  Storer  Baldwin 

Philip  Stanley  Parker 

Herman  Frost  Baldwin 

Charles  Henry  Pearson 

James  Curamings  Barr 

Arthur  Howe  Pingree 

William  John  Barrett 

Albert  Hale  Plumb 

Frank  William  Barry 

Frederic  Henshaw  Pollard 

John  Daniel  Joseph  Barry 

Horace  John  Prince 

Bernard  Berenson 

Myron  Wallace  Richardson 

John  Smith  Blair 

Henry  Bradford  Rockwood 

Charles  Edwin  Bockus 

Cornelius  Francis  Ryan 

Richmond  Hood  Brown 

William  John  Ryan 

Joseph  Hartshorn  Butler 

Albert  Derby  Sayer 

Joseph  Byrne 

Thomas  Franklin  Schley 

James  Tolman  Byron 

Willard  Blossom  Segur 

Walter  Deland  Came 

Vernon  Villiers  Skinner 

Georgo  Herbert  Chittenden        i 

Harold  Smith 

Harry  Edgar  Cilley 

William  Fenno  Spear 

George  Bucklin  Clapp 

Charles  Franklin  Stacey 

Wilfred  Atherton  Clapp               i 

Wales  Roger  Stockbridge 

Allen  Lincoln  Clark                     } 

Milton  Jerome  Stone 

Frank  Mulliken  Clark 

Edward  Walter  Taff 

Alfred  Alonzo  Clatur                   j 

Charles  Henry  Taylor 

Fred  Everett  Cobb 

1  Sceuote  1,  p.  217. 

PUBLIC   T.ATIK   SCHOOL.                                       257 

Herbert  Copeland 

William  Thacher  Jenny 

Frank  Buxton  Cotton 

Frederick  Nathaniel  Kemp 

*Alvin  Matthew  Gushing   •isss 

Frank  Alexander  Kendall 

Howard  Bigelow  Daniels 

George  Henry  Kincaid 

John  Barnard  Darling 

Tarrant  Putnam  King 

John  Dearborn 

Carlton  Howard  Lee 

Henry  Fairbanks  Devens 

Richard  Le  Francis 

Arthur  Wyman  Dexter 

Edmund  Francis  Leland 

George  Whittemore  Dodd^ 

John  William  Thomas  Leo- 

Alexander Dow 

nard 

George  Irving  Drake 

Harry  Liebman 

Edwin  Herbert  Djer 

Charles  Eldridge  Littlefield 

Charles  William  Earley 

Atherton  Loring^ 

Osgood  Tilton  Eastman 

Harrison  Loring^ 

George  Washington  Egerton 

Richard  Tuttle  Loring^ 

Fred  Reid  Estes 

Robert  Gardner  Loring^ 

George  Winfield  Farrington 

John  Ambrose  Lyons 

John  William  Frederick  Fick 

Alexander  Macdonald 

Eliot  Worcester  Field 

Robert  Lawton  McCuUoch 

Nehemiah  Butler  Ford 

Edward  McGlynn 

Charles  Robert  Gilchrist 

Thomas  James  McMahon 

Edward  Selmar  Goulston 

Frank  William  Maley 

Harry  Maynard  Gracey 

Henry  Marsh 

Arthur  Lyman  Greene 

Charles  Augustus  Martin 

Nathaniel  Greene 

Edward  Butler  Merriman 

Frederick  Emerson  Harnden 

Benjamin  Edward  Bates 

Louis  Joseph  Harrington 

Mitchell 

Francis  Joseph  Hart 

William  Festus  Morgan 

William  Edgar  Haskins 

Robert  Emmet  Morris 

Arthur  Elliott  Hatch 

George  Carpenter  Morton 

Alfred  Samuel  Hayes 

Joseph  Ambrose  Muller 

James  Francis  Hendrick 

Alfred  Alexander  Nickerson 

Hubert  Thomas  Holland 

Louie  Erastus  Noble 

James  Robinson  Hosford 

Frank  Clark  Nowell 

Harry  Howard 

Walter  Williams  Noyes 

Oliver  Edwards  Hurd 

George  Laurie  Osgood 

Barton  Pickering  Jenks 

Alexander  Otis 

1  Brother  of  John,  of  our  Class  of  1866. 

2  Brothers.                      »  Brothers. 

258                                       PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 

Arthur  Warren  Paine 

Howard  Whitcomb 

Francis  Edwin  Park 

Charles  James  White                    i 

Franklin  Eddy  Parker 

Frank  Herbert  White                  ' 

Julius  Pekiir 

Frederick  Russell  White 

David  Crowel  Percival 

Charles  Allen  Whiting 

Frank  Reed  Peters 

Joshua  Whitmarsh 

George  Darsie  Pettigrew 

1 

Wallace  Berton  Phinney 

1882.                ' 

Edward  Joseph  Pierce 

Edward  Waldron  Poor 

Howard  Shirley  Adams 

Frank  James  Porter 

Frederic  William  Alexander 

Milford  Seward  Power 

William  Howard  Allen 

Frederick  Stocker  Raddin 

David  Edgar  Atwood 

Herbert  Appleton  Richardson 

George     Sherwin     Clark 

John  Riley 

Badger 

Nathan  Stone  Robinson 

Robert  Melville  Baker 

Abbott  Henry  Rollins 

William  Sleeper  Bangs 

Joseph  Edward  Rourke 

Amos  Noyes  Barron 

Edward  Hosmer  Savary 

Randolph  Sherman  Bauer 

Homer  Eugene  Sawyer 

Charles  Harrison  Bean 

Otto  Schindleri 

Charles  Arthur  Blake^ 

Paul  Schindler^ 

Fred  Blake^ 

John  Lyman  Shorey 

Fred  Shepard  Bliss                       ! 

Sidney  Shuman 

Charles  Horace  Botsford 

Herbert  Small 

Abraham  Lincoln  Bowman 

William  Lincoln  Smith 

Frederick  Wires  Brown               1 

George  Adolph  Sonneman 

William  Henry  Brown 

Paul  Spicer 

Edwin  Coleman  Browne 

Edward  Colton  Spring 

Joseph  ^Lartin  Bulger 

Edward  Burnham  Stearns 

John  Ryan  Burke 

George  Henr}'  Stone 

Frank  Xavier  Burns                     | 

Charles  Louis  Swan 

John  Andrew  Burt                       ' 

Frank  Lawson  Walker 

Harry  Edwin  Burton                   ! 

Stoughton  Walker 

Stillman    Percy    Roberts           ! 

George  Albert  Warren 

Chad  wick 

Eugene  Carroll  Webster 

Porter  Chandler 

Montgomery  Sears  West 

Charles  Samuel  Chase 

1  Brothcis. 

3  Brothers.       { 

1                                                     PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.                                        269 

1 

1 

1             ,_,-.. 

'      Alfred  Cheney 

Paul  Hunt 

1      Benjamin  Pierce  Cheney^ 

Stephen  Perkins  Hurd 

1      Charles  Paine  Cheney  ^ 

Frederic  Perley  Johnson 

i      Walter     Albert     Samuel 

Herbert  Parlin  Johnson 

'           Chrimes 

Robert  Clark  Johnson 

William  Harvey  Clifford 

William  Frost  Jones 

Irvin  McDowell  Conness 

Daniel  David  Kearns 

Louis  Adolph  Corue 

Arthur  Gilbert  Kelso 

Alfred  Frazer  Coulter 

Paul  Constantine  Klein 

Fred  Thomas  Crowell 

William  Robert  Koch 

Charles  Franklin  CuUis 

George  Vincent  Leahy 

Harry  Alonzo  Cushing 

Luther  Whitmarsh  Lee 

Edward  Perkins  Cutler 

Frank  Homer  Leonard 

Edward  Gardner  De  Wolfe 

George  Henry  Leonard 

Charles  Thomas  Donnelly 

James  Warren  Longstreet 

;      Luke  Joseph  Doogue 

De  Francis  McGarry 

Florance  John  DriscoU 

Francis  Patrick  McKenna 

James  Blair  Dunn 

John  Wesley  Mills 

Charles  Earnshaw 

Edward  Appleton  Moore 

William  Joseph  Edwards 

Andrew  Marcus  Morton 

Walter  Baldridge  Ennis 

Loring  Blanchard  Mullen 

Herbert  Luther  Felton 

John  Joseph  Murphy 

!      Milton  Evans  Fottler 

John  Parker  Nowell 

Allen  French 

Richard  Paul  Nute 

'      Thomas  Cyprian  Frenyear 

Edward  Patrick  O'Hara 

Harold  Beach  Goodrich 

Lewis  Gray  Park 

I      Maximilian  Charles  Francis 

Starr  Parsons 

Groll 

Walter  Jordan  Phelan 

Charles  May  Hale 

Edgar  Pierce 

Frederic  Bellows  Hall 

Edward  Poole 

Edward  Avery  Harriman 

William  Alphonsus  Quinn 

George  Henry  Hayes 

John  Richard  Rablin 

William  Henry  Hayes 

Albert  Michael  Readdy 

'.      John  Bernard  Hebron 

William  Redman  Reed 

{      Fred  Walter  Hersey 

Joseph  Dearborn  Robinson 

1      Henry  Arthur  Hildreth 

George  Lyman  Rogers 

William  Langley  Horton 

Charles  Manuel  Sanborn 

1  Brothers. 

260 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


John  Joseph  Schayer 
Herbert  Kendall  Seott 
Alvin  Proctor  Shattuck 
William  Henry  Shea 
Edward  Sheehan 
Cyrus  Kendrick  Small 
Asa  Newhall  Smith 
George  Batterman  Smith 
Harry  Holland  Spaulding^ 
Jesse  Fenno  Stevens 
Joseph  James  Sullivan 
Charles  Barnard  Tucker 
George  Van  Raalte 
William  Porter  Van  Praag 
Richard  Darwin  Ware 
Samuel  Wells^ 
George  Leon  West 
Frank  Backus  Williams 
Frank  Lansdowne  Wood 
Harry  Johnson  Wood 
Arthur  Hale  Woods 
Thomas  Smith  Woods 
James  Everett  Young 

1883. 

William  Wirt  Abbott 
Frank  William  Adams 
Charles  Herman  Alley 
Henry  Spencer  Arnold 
Percy  Lee  Atherton 
Joseph  Black  Baker 
Lawrence  Barr 
George  Ross  Bates 
Herbert  Anderson  Beebee 
Charles  Francis  Belknap 


Prescott  Hartford  Belknap 
Walter  Danforth  Bliss 
Charles  Martin  Blodgett 
Charles  Merric   Bradbury 
George  Franklin  Brown 
Walter  Aloysius  Buckley 
James  Burke 
Arthur  Ellington  Burr 
Lewis  Thomas  Byron 
Patrick  Henry  Joseph  Camp- 
bell 
Frederick  Nason  Carter 
Walter  James  Cavanagh 
Robert  Tyler  Chapman 
William  H.  Ashley  Clark 
Bernard  Capen  Cobb 
Morris  Henry  Cobe 
William  Joseph  Conway 
Benjamin  Cook 
George  William  Cook 
William  Amos  Cook 
Samuel  Franklin  Coues 
Joseph  Gordon  Coughlan 
James  Francis  Creed 
Frank  Henry  Curless 
Joseph  Hilton  Allen  Cur- 
rier 
**Ethan  Allen  Cushing       •isss 
Charles  Ulysses  Davison 
John  Joseph  Dolan 
Walter  Giles  Dowling 
William  Wallace  Downs 
John  Joseph  Driscoll 
Henry  Poole  Jackson  Earn- 

shaw 
Frederick  David  Ely 


1  Brother  of  Frederick  II.  and  William  W.  of  our  Class  of  187.^. 

2  Brother  of  Stiles  G.  of  our  Class  of  1875. 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL.                                       261 

Oscar  Eugene  Farnum 

Clement  Garnett  Morgan 

William  Oliver  Farnsworth 

George  Albert  Morrill 

Sewall  Edward  Faunce 

John  Thomas  Mullen 

William  Chaffin  Fessenden 

Howard  Gardner  Nichols 

Ernest  Franklin  Flanders 

Walter  Lincoln  Niles 

Frank  Gallivant 

Daniel  O'Connell 

Thomas  Silas  Glynn 

William  Curran  O'Leary 

Arthur  Hale  Gordon^ 

Arthur  Calvin  Page 

John  Francis  Griffin 

Jeremiah  Joseph  Pastene 

Elias  Grossman 

Alexander  McAdam  Paul 

William  Shelley  Fisher  Haden 

Alfred  James  Paul 

Edwin  Fisher  Harriman 

William    Morris    Austin    Pe- 

Albert Louis  Hart 

ters^ 

William  Osmar  Hersey 

Fred  Bradley  Pitcher 

Harry  Benjamin  Hibbard 

Frank  Rinaldo  Porter 

Frank  Stanley  Hobbs^ 

Harry  Staples  Potter 

Herbert  Gilmore  Hodler 

Mark  Winthrop  Rand 

James  Fleming  Home 

Eugene  Austiuella  Reed 

John  Thomas  Hosford* 

John  Bernard  Regan 

Herbert  Randall  Jones 

Henry  Rich 

Stephen  Augustus  Kelley 

Abraham  Rosenberg 

Daniel  Joseph  Kiley 

Harry  Edward  Sears 

Walter  Rogers  Lamkin 

Daniel  Webster  Shea 

Lucius  Page  Lane^ 

Thomas  Loring  Shute 

Frederick  Hasting  Lewis 

Albert  Greenleaf  Smith 

Charles  William  Mackie 

Leonan  Jason  Smith 

Henry  Orlando  Marcy 

James  Arthur  Spare 

Melvin  Reuben  Marquand 

Francis  Upham  Steams'^ 

Vincent    Stanislaus     McDon- 

Bernhard  Harry  Stenzel 

ough 

Willis  Whitemore  Stover 

Robert  Alexander  McNinch 

William  Osgood  Taylor  ^ 

Arthur  Drake  Millette 

Percy  Holbrook  Thomas 

1  Brother  of  James  A.  and  William  J.  of  o 

ur  Class  of  1879. 

2  Brother  of  Ernest  B.  of  our  Qass  of  188( 

).                      8  Brother  of  Jasper  J.  of  1878. 

*  Brother  of  James  R.  of  our  Class  of  1881 

. 

6  Brother  of  John  C.  of  1865,  Alfred  C  of 

1873,  and  Benjamin  C.  of  1875. 

6  Brother  of  Frank  R.  of  our  Class  of  1881 

'  Brother  of  Edward  B.  of  our  Class  of  18 

81. 

8  Brother  of  Charles  H.  of  our  Class  of  18f 

!0. 

262 


PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL. 


Julius  Heriidon  Treadway 
George  Badger  Tuttle 
Edward  Francis  Varney 
Harry  Benjamin  Wakefield 
John  James  Walsh  ^ 
Henry  Waterman 
Herbert  Bryant  Willey 
Charles  Fenno  Winslow 
Henry  Dudley  Young 


1884. 

Nathan  Anthony 
Edward  D wight  Atherton^ 
Frank  Paine  Ayer 
Robert  CoUyer  Baldwin^ 
Sidney  Miller  Ballou 
Joseph  Gardner  Bartlett 
Frederick  Southgate  Bigelow 
Walter  Henry  Billings 
Edward  Frank  Blake 
Edward  Payson  Boone 
John  Henry  Boynton 
Lawrence  Antonio  Brignati 
William  Joseph  Brown 
Albert  William  Bullard 
Harry  Grant  Butler 
John  Patrick  Carey 
William  Augustus  Carey 
William  Wood  Carter 
John  Clement 
John  Thomas  Grant  Coyle 
Edward  Knowles  Cressey 


Thomas  Franklin  Currier 
George  Knight  Dearborn 
Robert  Kerr  Dickerman 
Edward  Warner  Dodge 
James  Richard  Donlon 
Arthur  McArthur  Emery 
John  Patrick  Fay 
Horace  Cecil  Fisher* 
George  Converse  Fiske 
Leon  Frederick  Foss 
James  Albert  Foy 
Argyll  Eraser 
Horace  Elbridge  Eraser 
Henry  Adams  Frothingham^ 
Albert  Garceau 
Sherwiu  Gibbons 
Robert  Watson  Gilchrist* 
Charles  James  Gillespie 
Joseph  Byron  Groce 
George  Guppy 
William  Fenwick  Harris 
James  Henry  Hawkins 
Frederick  George  Hermann 
Everett  Pray  Hervey 
George  Higgins 
Harry  Lincoln  Hillard 
Ralph  Pratt  Hoagland 
William  RoUin  Holman 
Frederic  Abram  Hortter 
George  Edgar  Hume 
William  Henry  Irving 
Frederic  Gibbs  Jackson 
William  Austin  .lepson 
Benjamin  Chauncey  Jutten 


1  Brother  of  Fnmk  J .  of  our  Class  of  1877.       ^  Brother  of  Percy  L.  of  our  Lloii  of  1883. 
8  Brotlier  of  George  S.  of  our  Class  of  1881.        *  Sou  of  Iloruce  N.  of  our  Class  of  1848. 
6  Brother  of  Tliomas  G.,  Jr.,  and  Richard  of  our  Classes  of  1878  aud  1879. 
«  Brother  of  CharliM  R.  of  our  Class  of  1881. 


PUBLIC  LATIN  SCHOOL.                                     263 

Thomas  Henry  Keenan 

Charles  Oliver  Richardson 

James  Patrick  Keliher 

Ernst  Shimmler 

Edward  Thomas  Kelly 

Frederick  Charles  Schlegel- 

John  Martin  Kendricken 

milch 

Edward  Lawrence  Kent 

Macy  Millmore  Skinner 

Arthur  William  Krey^ 

Claude  William  Slader 

Daniel  Winn  Lane 

Herbert  Allen  Sleeper 

Philip  Lo  Cascio 

Harrison  Willard  Smith^ 

Robert  Loring 

John  Edward  Squire 

Arthur  Henry  Lovesy 

Joseph  Eliot  Stanford 

Charles  Granville  Lund 

Frederick  St.  John  Stearns 

Daniel  Bernard  Lyons 

Joseph  Eaiie  Stevens 

Charles  Francis  Mally 

Eugene  Frederic  Storrs 

William  Elmer  McDonald 

William  James  Henry  Strong 

Cornelius  Joseph  McGilli- 

Henry  Seivers  Susmann 

cuddy 

George  Henry  Thomas 

Robert  Michael  Merrick 

Larkin  George  Thorndike 

Sherburn  Moses  Merrill 

Geo.  Warren  Tower 

Henry  Taylor  Mills 

Peter  David  Walsh 

Alexander  Moore 

Herbert  Dorchester  Warner 

Henry  Percival  Moore 

John  Broadfield  Warren 

John  Vincent  Neary 

George  Edward  Warring 

**Herbert  Warner  Nelson  *i885 

Bertram  Gordon  Waters 

Hugh  O'Neill 

Paul  Clarendon  West 

Calvin  Gates  Page^ 

William  Bartholomew  Whalen 

Damon  White  Paine 

Parker  Williams  Whittemore 

Charles  Anthony  Pastene 

Frank  Wilbur  Wilder 

John  Richards  Perry 

John  Sebastian  Wilson 

William  Alexander  Cunning- 

Herbert Richardson  Woods ^ 

ham  Pilkington 

Liverus  Hull  Woodvine 

Henry  Austin  Potter 

Maurice  Young 

William    Alfred    Sylvester 

Registered  later. 

Quigley 

Joseph  Valentine  Ludy. 

1  Brother  of  John  H.  of  our  Class  of  1878. 

2  Son  of  Calvin  G.  of  our  Class  of  1846. 

3  Brother  of  Frank  "Wan-en,  of  our  Class  ol 

f  1876.              *  Brother  of  James  H.  of  1874. 

APPENDIX. 


A. 

While  these  pages  have  been  passing  through  the  press  we  have  found  in 
tlie  History  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  the  names  of 
the  following  Boston  boys. 

Several  of  them  were  graduates  of  Harvard  College,  and  if  prepared  at 
school  it  seems  not  unlikely  that  they  were  our  boys,  and  that  their  names 
might  with  reasonable  probability  be  added  to  those  given  beneath  the  line  in 
Chapter  I. 

1633?     Samuel  Shrimpton   [p.  182]  *1726. 

1647  ?     Habijah  Savage  *1668  or  9. 

Harv.  1659. 

1648  ?     Samuel  Joy   [p.  176] 

Hezekiah  Usher  [p.  176]  *1697. 

1649?     Thomas  Savage  [p.  175]  *1705. 

Bro.  of  Habijah  above. 
1651?  WaitWinthrop  [p.  224] 
1654  ?     Ephraim  Savage  [p.  193]  *1731. 

IlaiT.  1662. 

1657  ?     Samuel  Green  [p.  255]  *1690. 

.    John  Usher  [p.  189]  *1726. 

(b.  27th  April,  1648.) 
1662?     John  Ballentine  [p.  216]  *1734. 

1669?     Ebenezer  Savage  [p.  217] 

1670  ?     John  Savage. 

Harv.  1694. 

1671  ?     Benjamin  Savage  [p.  217] 

1677?     Thomas  Savage  [p.  228]  *1721. 

1678  ?     Addington  Davenport  [p.  227]  *1736. 

Harv.  1689. 

1682  ?     Penn  Townsend  [p.  240] 
Harv.  1693. 

*  The  page  reference  is  to  the  second  edition  of  Whitman's  History  of  the  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company. 

{ 265  ) 


266 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


1684?     John  Ballentine  [p.  231]  •1735. 

llai-v.  1694. 
Oliver  Noyes  [p.  238]  niU. 

Harv.  1695. 
Habijah  Savage  [p.  23.3]  *174G. 

Haiv.  169J. 
Nathaniel  Oliver  [p.  242]  meg. 

Harv.  1701. 
Edward  Hutchinson  [p.  2-4-1]  •1752. 

Joseph  Hiller  [p.  252]  •1753. 

Thomas  Hubbard  [p.  280]  *1773. 

Harv.  1721. 
1711  or '12?     llabijah  Savage  [p.  284]  •1746. 

llaiv.  1723. 


1690? 


1694? 
1711? 


B. 


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ACCIDENCE, 


The  book  most  generally  associated  with         introduction 
the  name  of  Cheever  is   "The  Accidence."  '' °  *"' 

This  lie  WTOte,  it  is  supposed,  while  he  was  in    L  A  T  I  K   TONGUE: 
New  Haven .     A  f ac-simile  of  the  title-page  of 
the  eighteenth  edition  is  shown  lierewith. 

The  Rev.  William  Bontley,  D.  D.,  of  Salem 
[1759-1819],  thus  speaks  of  it  in  his  "Notes 
for  an  Address  on  Education." 

"His  Accidence  was  the  wonder  of  the 
age,  and  though,  as  his  biographer  and  pupil 
Dr.  Cotton  Mather  observed,  it  had  not  ex- 
cluded the  original  grammar,  it  passed 
through  eighteen  editions  Ijeforc  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  had  been  used  as  generally  as  any 
elementary  work  ever  known.  The  familiar 
epistles  of  this  master  to  his  son,  minister  of 
lilarblehead,  are  all  woi-thy  of  the  age  of  Eras- 
mus, and  of  the  days  of  Ascham." 

"  Before  Mr.  Clievcr's  Accidence  obtained,  Mr.  John  Brinsloy's  method  had 
obtained,  and  this  was  published  in  1611,  tln-ee  y<'ars  before  Chever  w:is 
born.  It  is  in  (pit'stiun  ami  answer,  and  was  undoubti-dly  known  to  Cliever, 
who  has  availed  himself  of  the  exjjression,  Inil  has  most  ingeniously  reduced 
it  to  the  form  of  his  Accidence,  1:54  small  4to  i)ages.  to  79  small  12mo.  with 
the  addition  of  an  excellent  Table  of  Irregular  ^'erbs  from  the  great  work  of 
the  days  of  Roger  Aseham." 


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APPENDIX.  267 


The  library  of  Hai-vard    College  contains  ciieever's 

several  editions  of  this  book,  the  earliest  be-  LATIN  ACCIDE NX7E. 
ing  the  tenth,  Boston,  1767.  Mr.  Barnard  " 
mentions  the  seventh,   Boston,   1704,  as  be- 

.     ^,      ,.,                 p^  ELEMENTARY-  GRAMMAR, 

ing  in  the  library  of  George  Brmley,  Esq.,  of 

Hartford,  Conn.      He  gives  a  representation  beolnnim  in  the  study 

of  the  title-page  of   the  twentieth  edition,  •'". 

Salem,  1785.     The  last  edition  was  published  latin  language;. 

in  Boston  as  late  as  1838,  and  it  had  the  ac-  ""■"" " 

companding  title-page. !.^f.^'!h..*^"^f.!f."; , 

This  edition  was  ijreeeded  by  a  prospectus* 

containing  commendations  of  the  work  from  " '°  "»T."7"A\V"',".'°*c"«'ci.o' 

Hon.  Josiah  Quincy,   LL.   D.,  President  of  


Hai-vard    University;     Benjamin     Shurtleff,        "•"vll,  ........  .o,...,.„,  ..=  .,„,ott»«. 

A.  M.,  M.  D. ;  Hon.  Benjamin  Abbott,  LL.D.,  '"" '"  ^'""""  ^"""• 

Principal  of  Pliillii^s  Exeter  Academj- ;  Hon.  ""'■"  '■  '■'"°- 

John  Pickeiing,    LL.  D. ;    Samuel  "Walker,      »>  eAi*  »  T.it  p»..vc.rAL  bookseixeu  o  m 
Esq.:   Rev.  Nathaniel  Thayer,  D.  D. :   Rev.  """° "'""'- 

Thaddeus  M.  Hams,  D.D. ;  Hon.  John  Davis,  '*=»«• 

LL.  D.,  Judge  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court ;  Hon.  Benjamin  Whitman,  A.  M. ; 
Rev.  Ezra  Ripley,  D.D. ;  Rev.  Palmer  Dyer,  A.  M. ;  Hon.  Alden  Bradford, 
A.M.,  S.H.S. ;  Hon.  Nahum  Mitchell,  A.M.,  S.H.S. ;  and  Hon.  George 
Blake,  A.M.,  A.A.S.  President  Quincy  says  :  "  A  work  which  was  used  for 
more  than  a  century  in  the  schools  of  New  England  as  the  first  elementary 
book  for  learners  of  the  Latin  language ;  which  held  its  place,  in  some  of  the 
most  eminent  of  those  schools,  nearly,  if  not  quite,  to  the  end  of  the  last 
centui';y  ;  which  has  passed  through,  at  least,  twenty  editions  in  this  country ; 
which  was  the  subject  of  the  successive  labor  and  improvement  of  a  man 
who  spent  seventy  years  in  the  business  of  instruction,  and  whose  fame  is 
second  to  that  of  no  schoolmaster  Nbav  England  has  ever  produced,  requires 
no  additional  testimony  to  its  worth  or  its  merits."  Samuel  "Walker  says :  "  I 
have  carefully  revised  and  corrected  the  ancient  and  useful  elementary  Latin 
manual,  compiled  and  successfully  used  by  one  of  New  England's  earliest 
and  best  literary  friends, — Ezekiel  Cheever.  His  Latin  Accidence,  which 
Avas  the  favorite  little  book  of  our  youthful  days,  has  probably  done  more  to 
inspire  young  minds  with  the  love  of  the  study  of  the  Latin  language,  than 
any  other  work  of  the  kind,  since  the  first  settlement  of  this  coimtry.  I  have 
had  it  in  constant  use  for  my  pupils,  whenever  it  could  be  obtained,  for  more 
than  fifty  years ;  and  have  found  it  to  be  the  best  book  for  beginners,  in  the 
study  of  Latin,  that  has  ever  come  within  my  knowledge ;  and  no  work  of 
the  kind  have  I  ever  known,  that  contains  so  much  useful  matter  in  so  small 
a  compass."  Rev.  Thaddeus  M.  Harris  says : — "  I  have  examined  and  used 
various  Latin  grammars  which  possessed  much  merit  for  ingenious  analysis 


*  There  is  a  copy  in  the  library  of  the  Mass.  Hist.  Society,  and  another  in  the  possession 
of  Prof.  David  Williams  Cheever,  M.D.,  of  Boston. 


268  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


and  copious  illustration ;  some  of  which  liavo  proved,  and  must  continue  to 
prove,  guides  and  helps  of  essential  importance  to  the  scholar  and  teacher ; 
but  I  know  of  no  elementary  work  so  well  calculated  for  the  beg'inner  as 
Cheever^s  Accidence, — pre-eminently  i)erspicuous,  concise,  and  comprehen- 
sive." 


c. 

Among  the  Hutchinson  Papers*  now  in  the  Secretar^-'s  office,  Boston,  is 
the  following  petition,  endorsed,  "^Mr.  Cheevers  Petition  for  Continueing 
the  place  of  schoolmaster,  1G87  or  1688." 

"To  his  Excellency  Sr.  Edmund  Andros  Knight,  Gk>vemour  &  Capt. 
Generall  of  his  Majesties  TeiTitories  «S;  Dominions  in  New  England, 

"  The  humble  peticon  of  Ezekiel  Cheever  of  Boston  Schoolmr.  Shewetli, 
that  yom'  poor  peticoner  hath  neer  fifty  yeares  been  employed  in  ye  work  & 
office  of  a  publick  Gi'amar-Schoolmr.  in  sevei'all  places  in  this  Countrey, 
With  wt.  acceptance  &  success  I  submit  to  tlio  judgment  of  those,  that  are 
able  to  testify.  Now  seeing  God  is  pleased  mercifully  yet  to  continue  my 
wonted  abilities  of  mind,  health  of  body,  vivacity  of  spirit,  delight  in  my 
work,  which  alone  I  am  in  any  way  fit  for,  &  capable  of,  &  whereby  I 
have  my  outn^ard  subsistence.  I  most  humly  entreat  your  Excellency, 
yt  according  to  your  former  kindness  often  manifested,  I  may  by  your  Ex- 
cellencies favour,  allowance,  &  encouragemt  still  be  continued  in  my  present 
place.  And  whereas  there  is  due  to  me  about  fifty  five  pounds  for  my 
labours  past  &  ye  former  way  of  that  part  of  my  maintenance  usually  raised 
by  a  rate,  is  thought  good  to  be  altereil.  I  wiLli  all  submission  beseech  your 
Excellency,  that  you  would  be  pleased  to  give  order  for  my  due  satisfaction, 
ye  want  of  which  would  fall  heavy  upon  me  in  my  old  age,  &  my  children 
also  who  are  otherwise  poor  enough. 

And  your  poor  peticonr.  shall  ever  i)ray  &c 

Yom*  Excellencies  most  humle  sei'vt. 

Ezekiel  CnEEVEn." 


D. 

At  a  town  meeting  Mai-ch  10,  1701,  it  was  "  Voted,  That  a  House  be  Built 
for  Old  nu".  Ezek.  Cheever  the  Latino  schoolmaster,  and  it  was  further  Voted 
that  the  Selectmen  to  Take  Care  about  the  Building  of  it."f 

"At  a  Council  held  at  the  Council  Chamber  in  Boston  upon  Friday  the  20th  day  of  June 
1701."  "A  Certificate  l)iMnf^  presented,  of  the  approbation  of  the  major  part  of  the  Jus- 
tices and  the  Selectmen  of  the  Town  of  Boston  for  tlie  erectiii;;  n  Timber  Dwelling  house 
for  the  accommodation  of  the  Master  of  the  Latin  Free  school  in  Bost<.>n,  on  the  Land 
where  Mr  Cheever  the  present  Master  now  dwels,  of  forty  foot  long,  twenty  foot  wide 

•  Vol.  iii.  343.  t  lioston  Ti.wn  Ueconls,  ii.  239. 


APPENDIX.  269 


and  seventeen  foot  stud,  with  a  convenient  kitchin  adjoyning.    Licence  is  hereby  granted 
to  erect  the  sd  Building  of  Timber  accordingly."     (Council  Becords,  ii.  215.) 

The  Boston  Records  contain  many  interesting  details  concerning  the  school- 
master's house,  which  are  as  follows : — 

April  28,  1701.  "  mr  James  Barns  &  mr  Eobt  Gibbs  are  appointed  to  provide  a  House 
for  mr.  Chever  to  dwell  in  untill  a  House  be  built  for  him."     (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  2. ) 

Aug.  25,  1701.  "  mr  Ezekiell  Chever  entered  into  the  house  in  wch  he  now  dwells  the 
3d  day  of  may  last  at  nine  pounds  p  anum."     {Thid.  i.  13.) 

Nov.  6, 1701.  "  Ordered  that  a  noat  be  given  mr  John  Alden  Junr  for  £4  :  10 :  0 :  for 
his  halfe  years  rent  of  the  House  in  wch  mr  Ezekiell  Chever  dwells  9br:  6th."  {Ibid. 
i.  20.) 

Nov.  24, 1701.  "Agreement  made  between  the  Selectmen  and  Capt.  John  Barnet  vizt 
That  the  said  Barnet  shall  Erect  a  House  on  the  Land  where  mr  Ezekiell  Chever  Lately 
dwelt,  of  forty  foot  Long  Twenty  foot  wide  and  Twenty  foot  stud  with  four  foot  Rise  in 
the  Roof,  to  make  a  Cellar  floor  under  one  halfe  of  Sd  house  and  to  build  a  Kitchin  of 
Sixteen  foot  in  Length  and  twelve  foot  in  bredth  with  a  Chamber  therein,  and  to  Lay  the 
floors  flush  through  out  the  maine  house  and  to  make  three  paire  of  Stayers  in  ye  main 
house  &  one  paire  in  the  Kitchin  and  to  luclose  sd  house  &  to  do  and  compleat  all  Car- 
penters worke  and  to  finde  all  timber  boards  Clapboards  nayles  glass  and  Glasiers  worke  & 
Iron  worke  and  to  make  one  Celler  door  and  to  finde  one  Lock  for  the  Outer  door  of  said 
House,  and  also  to  make  the  Casemtsfor  Sd  house,  and  perform  Sd  Worke  and  to  finish  Sd 
Imilding  by  the  first  day  of  August  next.  In  consideration  whereof  the  Selectmen  do  agree 
that  the  Sd  Capt  Barnet  shall  have  the  Old  Timbr  boards  Iron  work  &  glass  of  the  Old 
house  now  Standing  on  Sd  Land  and  to  pay  unto  him  the  Sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty 
pounds  money  that  is  to  say  forty  pounds  down  in  hand  &  the  rest  as  the  worke  goes  on." 
(Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  22.) 

Nov.  24,  1701.  "Agreement  made  between  the  Selectmen  and  mr  John  Goodwin  vizt 
That  the  Said  John  Goodwin  agrees  to  do  and  perform  the  masons  worke  of  the  house  now 
to  be  built  on  the  Land  where  mr  Ezekiell  Chever  Lately  dwelt.  Sd  house  to  be  of  the 
dimentions  agreed  for  wth  Capt  John  Barnerd.  The  Sd  Goodwin  to  digg  and  Stone  a 
Celler  under  the  Largest  end  of  Sd  House,  to  underpin  the  whole  house  &,  Kitchen  Sd 
Cellar  to  be  Six  foot  &  four  Inches  deep  under  the  Cell,  the  wall  to  be  Laid  with  Lime  and 
Sand  morter,  to  turn  an  arch  in  Sd  Celler  and  to  build  a  good  stack  of  brick  chimneys,  Avth 
three  Lower  room  chimnyes  two  chamber  chimneys  and  one  garret  chimney,  to  fill  Lath 
and  plaster  all  the  walls  under  the  plate  of  said  house  and  Kitchen  to  Ceile  two  floors 
through  out  the  said  House  and  plaster  the  Gable  ends  and  under  the  Staires  within  Sight, 
and  to  plaster  the  clossets  and  all  the  brickworke  as  high  up  as  the  Garret,  to  lay  the  Hearth 
of  the  Chimnyes  with  Two  rows  of  Tile  in  the  Lower  rooms  and  Chambers,  and  to  plaster 
the  Coveing,  and  to  point  the  garret  and  to  Parge  the  chimnyes  with  good  Lime  morter,  and 
at  the  Said  Goodwin's  charge  to  finde  all  stones,  brick,  lime,  sand.  Lath,  Haire,  nayles  and 
other  materiaUs  for  the  Said  worke,  and  to  compleat  &  finish  the  Same  by  the  first  day  of 
.Hugust  next.  In  consideration  whereof  the  Selectmen  shall  pay  unto  the  sd  John  Goodwin 
the  Sum  of  Ninety  pounds  money,  ■svith  the  free  Liberty  of  his  useing  all  the  Stones  and 
Brick  of  the  Old  house  now  there  Standing  for  his  oun  use,  and  to  have  forthwith  an  order 
for  Twenty  pounds  in  part  of  paymt."     (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  2,  3.) 

Dec.  28, 1701.  "  Ordered,  that  noats  be  given  to  mr  John  Barned  for  £  :40 :  and  to  mr 
John  Goodwin  for  £  :20 :  being  their  first  payment  towards  building  the  Schoolmasters 
House."     (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  27.) 

March  29,  1701-2.  "  Ordered  that  the  House  for  the  Latten-school  master  be  set  twelve 
foot  farther  back  then  the  Old  House  stood  and  five  foot  oflf  from  Henry  Tites  fence. '  The 
Said  House  to  have  two  windows  in  each  Roome  one  in  the  front  and  the  other  at  the 
end."     (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  38.) 


March  30,  1702.  "  Upon  a  debate  with  Severall  of  his  majties  Justices  With  relation  to 
the  placeinjj  the  Lattin  Schoolmasters  House;  The  Selectmen  do  now  order  the  Same  to 
be  placed  the  front  thereof  to  be  as  necr  as  may  be  where  the  front  of  the  Old  house  Stood 
wch  is  neer  abt  Eleven  foot  from  the  Street  &  the  N :  west  end  to  be  five  foot  from  Doctor 
Cooks  Garden  fence."     (.Selectmen's  Minute^,  i.  44.) 

May  12,  1702.  "  Ordered  that  mr  John  Aldeu  have  a  noat  for  £4 :10  being  for  halfe  a 
years  Salery  for  the  house  in  wch  mr  Chevcr  now  dwells,  ending  ye  5th  instant."  (Select- 
men's Minutes,  i.  49.) 

June  3,  1702.  "Ordered  that  Capt  John  Barnerd  do  provide  a  Kaysing  Dinner  for  the 
Raysing  the  Schoolmasters  House  at  the  Cliarge  of  the  Town  not  exceeding  the  Sum  of 
Three  pounds."     (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  52.) 

June  29,  1702.  "  Ordered  that  Capt  John  Barnerd  have  a  noat  for  three  pounds  expened 
by  him  for  a  dinner  at  Raysing  the  Schoolmasters  House."     (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  Z3.) 

Sept.  28,  1702.  "  Ordered  that  mr  John  Goodwin  have  a  noat  on  the  Treasury  for 
Thirty  pounds  to  be  given  him  when  he  Shall  have  finished  the  Plaistering  of  the  School- 
masters House."     (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  61.) 

Oct.  13,  1702.  •'  Ordered  that  mr  John  Barnet  take  the  Care  of  geting  a  sufficient  fence 
&  gate  made  at  the  Latten-School  masters  House,  &  also  for  ye  makeing  a  House  of  Eas- 
ment  there."     (Scleetmen's  Minutes,  i.  62.) 

Oct.  30,  1702.  "  Ordered  that  mr  Thomas  Child  do  the  following  work  abt  the  Latten 
Schoolmasters  House  vizt  finish  the  gate  &  prime  the  fence,  finish  th  Outside  work  of  the 
House  And  to  prime  the  Inside  worl;e  of  the  Same  and  to  be  paid  what  is  reasonable  for 
the  Said  work."     (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  63.) 

July  24,  1704.  "  Agreed  wth  mr  John  Barnerd  as  followeth,  he  to  build  a  new  School 
House  of  forty  foot  Long  Twenty  five  foot  wid  &  Eleven  foot  Stud,  with  eight  windows 
below  &  five  in  the  Roofe,  with  wooden  Casements  to  the  ight  Windows,  to  Lay  tlie  lower 
flowr  with  Sleepers  &  double  boards  So  far  as  needful!,  &  the  Chamber  flowr  with  Single 
boards,  to  board  below  the  plate  inside  &  inside  and  out,  to  Clapboard  the  Outside  and 
Shingle  the  Roof,  to  make  a  place  to  hang  the  Bell  in,  to  make  a  paire  of  Staires  up  to  the 
Chamber,  and  from  thence  a  Ladder  to  the  bell,  to  make  one  door  next  the  Stieet,  and  a 
partition  Cross  the  house  below,  &  to  make  tliree  rowes  of  benches  for  the  boyes  on  each 
Side  of  the  room,  to  finde  all  Timber,  boards,  Clapboards  shingles  navies  hiuges.  In  con- 
sideration whereof  the  sd  mr  Jolin  Barnerd  is  to  be  pai<l  One  huudred  pounds  and  to  have 
the  Timber,  Boards  and  Iron  worke  of  the  Old  School  House."   (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  89.) 

Oct.  30,  1704.  "  Ordered  that  mr  John  Barnerd  do  make  House  convenient  for  ye  laying 
ofwoodatthc  Easterly  end  of  the  School  House,  and  to  repaire  the  fence  of  the  burying 
place  and  to  Set  up  a  fence  before  the  Scholl  House  and  to  advise  wth  mr  Oliver,  mr 
Fitch,  mr  Dyer  &  Capt  Clark  or  any  two  of  them,  abt  what  remaynes  to  be  done  there." 
(Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  93.) 

April  8,  1707.  "  Capt  Timothy  Clark  &  mr  Stephen  Minot  is  desired  to  agree  wtli  nir 
Samll  Bridge  or  Some  other  Carpenter  to  repaire  the  house  belonging  to  the  Town  Scituate 
nigh  mrs  Whetcombs  and  also  to  Erect  a  House  of  Easment  for  the  accomodation  of  the 
Lattin  School  House."     (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  12G.) 

Anno  1707.  "  At  a  meeting  of  the  Selectmen  June  30th  they  being  Sencible  of  the  ne- 
cessity of  setting  up  a  House  of  Easment  for  the  Lattin  Free-School,  and  that  no  otlicr 
more  convenient  place  for  the  Same  can  be  found,  they  do  agree  and  order  that  the  Same 
be  set  on  the  South  Side  of  the  wood  House,  joyniug  to  the  South  Easterly  Corner  of  Sd 
School  House."     (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  132.) 

Sept.  2d,  1707.  "  mr  Samuell  Bridg  is  by  the  Select-men  directed  to  place  &  Set  up  the 
House  of  Easement  for  the  Latten  School  at  the  Weslly  end  of  ye  School  House."  (Select- 
men's Minutes,  i.  136.) 

At  a  council  held  at  the  Council  Chamber  in  Boston,  Nov.  24,  1687,  *'  Liberty  "  had 
been  "  granted  to  the  French  Congregation  to  mcete  in  the  Lutinc  Schoolhousu  att  Bobtoo 
as  desired."     (Council  Records,  i.  155.) 


APPENDIX. 


271 


On  the  completion  of  the  new  School  house  the  Selectmen,  (Jan.  29, 1704-5) ,  voted  as  fol- 
lows :  "  Whereas  the  Congregation  of  French  Protestants  have  for  Some  years  past  had 
their  Publick  meetings  for  the  Worship  of  God  in  the  Free  School-House  in  Boston,  and 
that  they  for  Some  moneths  past  have  mett  in  another  convenient  room  while  the  Said 
School-House  was  taken  down  and  a  more  Comodius  one  built  in  the  room  thereof,  the 
wch  House  being  now  finished  it  is  voted  that  the  Said  French  Congregation  have  the 
liberty  to  meet  in  sd  New  Schol  House  for  the  Worship  of  God  as  formerly  they  did  in  the 
Old."    (Selectmen's  Minutes,  i.  95.) 


E. 


Coti 


enus    Americanus. 


o  r  O.N 
TfiaGflsiEDUCATlOU  of  CHILDREN. 

Au4  ifhtX  itit)^  Hopcfu!!/  he  Attfitiyti'J    for 


FUNERAL  SERMON 

UP  ON 

Mr   EZEKIEL  CHEEVEK. 

"nie"Vi«i.-"  JuI  W.-<'-T/t/frMA<;nR'of  the 

VREK-SCHOOL  in  H  pi.- 
Vht  I.-rt  r(F,  Iv.'.:  ^;i:n  M  -rtslity  tr-ofc  him  rff,  ir 
'*'!!'/'>  17=3.  'ihc  Ninny  Fiiiirih  Year  olliii  Aa 
With  an  tLEC^V  aul'sn  tPITAPH  iipnn  him; 


Rev.  Dr.  Cotton  Mather's  funeral  ser- 
mon on  Cheever  was  first  printed  with  the 
accompanying  title-page. 

It  was  again  printed  in  1774.  The  title- 
page    bears    this  imprint:    "Boston:  | 
Printed  by  Ezekiel  Russell,  next  the 

I  Cornfield,  Union-Street.  |  m,dcc,- 
Lxxrv."  Verso,  a  skull  and  cross-bones, 
then,  "The  following  Sermon,  ]  on  the 
Death  of  that  faithful  Servant  of  God,  the 
lateVe  |  nerable  |  Mr.  Ezekiel  Cheever, 

I  Is  now  Re-published  toperpe  |  tuate  the 
Memory   of  that  Good  |  Man,   by   his  | 
Great-Grand-Son,    |   Ezekiel   Price,*  | 
Boston,  Jan.  1,  1774." 

In  1828  the  Rev.  Ezekiel  Cheever  Whit- 
manf  published  an  Abridgment  of  the 
Corderius  Americanus.  In  tlie  words  of 
the  title-page,  it  was  "somewhat  abridged, 
by  omitting  the  Latin  phrases,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  an  attempt  to  render  the  lan- 
guage throughout  more  perspicuous  and  energetic."  It  was  printed  in 
Boston  by  "  Dutton  &  Wentworth,  Nos.  1  «&  4  Exchange  Street,  1828,"  and 
had  for  a  frontispiece  a  fac-simile  of  the  "  Carmen  Genethliacon,"  or  Birth- 
day Ode  to  the  Princess  Mary,  fi*om  the  Cheever  manuscript  in  the  Boston 
Athenaeum,  and  some  poems  in  Greek  and  Latin  from  the  same  manuscript. 
Cotton  Mather's  sermon  is  preceded  by  "An  Historical  Introduction," 
which  besTns  as  follows : 


nj  OK  tij. 


•  d  A.', 


[  cuklv£:u;s,  j  oi*  /ci..,« i 


KB'JSTON,  PrinttJ  hfjihit  //*=,  f'r  Hi'htU^ 
3  3t  the  Sign  ■  ot"  ih:  BilU  i:i  Ca-ntiH,  u 
21    Cornet  o£  Si%tol-ir/tut^iiz^» 


*  Register,  xix.  329-^38.    Proceedings  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  1863-1864,  pp.  185-262. 

t  Ezekiel  Cheever  Whitman,  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  and  Grace  [Cheever]  Whitman,  was 
born  in  Ashby,  Sept.  17,  1783.  He  had  his  name  changed  to  Ezekiel  Cheever  in  1828,  died 
in  Williamsburg,  Mass.,  in  April,  1862,  and  was  buried  in  Goshen,  Mass.,  May  1,  1862, 
where  his  father  had  formerly  been  installed  as  pastor  of  the  church  there. 


-72  PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Duty  to  the  Merit  aud  Memorj'  of  my  Departed  Masteie,  Is  now  in  ita  Opera- 
tion. The  Fifth  Commnmlfnt  well  considered  will  demand  such  a  Duty.  When 
Quirinus  made  a  Marble  Monument  for  his  Master,  there  was  this  Effect  of  it, 
Invisunl  Locum  t'^tudiosi  J uvencs  frequenter,  ut  hoc  Extmplo  Edocti,  quantum 
Discipuli  ipsi  ]}raeceptoribus  suis  debeaut,  perpetuo  meminisse  velint.  Scholars 
that  saw  it,  Learnt  from  the  Sight  what  Acknowledgroents  were  due  from 
Scholars  to  their  Masttrx.  I  wish  my  little  feeble  Essmj  for  Mine,  may  in  any 
measure  animate  the  Gratitude  of  any  Scholars  to  tlieir  Well-deserving  Tutors. 

A  due  Care  about  a  Funeral  for  the  Dead,  among  tlie  Jeirn  had  that  Phrase  for 
it;  A  Bestowing  of  Mercy.  But  the  Sermon  which  I  have  Employ'd  on  the 
Funeral  of  my  Master,  must  be  called;  A  Doing  of  Justice.  And  I  am  very 
much  misinformed,  if  this  were  not  the  General  Voice  of  all  the  Auditory. 

Perfection  in  this  Life,  is  to  be  Despaired  of,  must  not  he  prtended  to.    •    • 
*    *    *    *    We  must  not  wonder  at  it  then,  if  the  Best  of  our  Masters  be  thought 
attended  with  their  Imperfections.    Whatever  mine  might  have,  they  are  hurid. 
And  we  generally  concur  in  acknowledging,  That  Xew-England  has  nerer  knoinn, 
a  better.     I  am  sure,  I  liave  as  much  Reason  to  appear  for  him,  as  ever  Crito  for 
his  Master  Socrates. 

The  Short  History  of  his  Long  Usefulness,  is  to  be  comprized  in  the  Ensuing 
Articles: 

He  was  Born  in  London,  many  years  before  the  Birth  of  ycic-England.  It 
was  Jan.  2o.  1614. 

He  arrived  into  this  Country,  in  June  1637.  with  the  rest  of  those  Good  men, 
who  sought  a  peaceable  Secession  in  an  American  Wilderness,  for  the  pure 
Evangelical,  and  Instituted  Worship  of  our  Great  Redeemer;  to  which  he  kept  a 
strict  Adherence  all  his  Days.  He  then  Sojourned  first  a  little  while,  part  of  a 
Year,  at  Boston  ;  so  that  at  Boston,  he  both  Commenced  and  Concluded  his 
American  Race.     His  Holy  Life,  was  a  Married  Life. 

He  began  the  Laborious  Work  of  a  ;§)cbooI.-jEQa^trr,  at  Neio-haven;  where 
he  continued  for  Txcehe  Years. 

From  New-haven,  he  removed  unto  Ipswich,  in  December,  1650.  where  he 
Laboured  Eleven  Years. 

From  Ipsioich,  heremoved  to  Charlstown,  in  November,  166L  where  he 
Laboured  Nine  Years. 

From  Charlstoton,  he  came  over  to  Boston,  Jan.  6, 1670.  where  his  Labours  were 
continued  for  Eight  &  Thirty  Years. 

He  Died,  on  Saturday  morning,  Aug.  21.  170*^.  In  the  Ninety  Fourth  Year  of 
his  Age;  After  he  had  been  a  Skilful,  Painful,  Faithful  Schoolmaster,  for  Seventy 
Years;  And  had  the  Singular  favour  of  Heaven,  that  tlio'  he  had  Usefully  spent 
his  Life  among  Children,  yet  he  was  not  become  Twice  a  Child;  but  held  his 
Abilities,  with  his  Usefulness,  in  an  unusual  Degree  to  the  very  last. 

In  the  sermon  he  says : 

"ScuooL-5iASTKi:.s  tliat  have  Used  the  Office  well,  purchase  to  themselves,  a 
Good  Esteem  to  Out-live  their  Death,  as  well  as  Merit  for  themselves  a  goo«l 
Support  while  thoy  Lice.  'Tis  a  justice  to  them,  that  they  should  be  had  in  ever- 
lasting liemembranrc;  and  a  Place  and  a  Name  among  those  Just  men  does 
particularly  belong  to  that  Ancient  and  Honourable  Man;  a  Master  in  our  Israel; 
who  was  with  us,  the  last  Time  of  my  Standing  here;  but  is  lately  Translated 
unto  the  College  of  Blessed  Spirits,  In  tlie  Mansions,  M'here  the  Fiiwr  Resuruec- 


APPENDIX.  273 


Tiox  is  Waited  and  Longed  for.  Allow  me  the  Expression;  For  I  Leam't  it  of 
my  Hebrew  Masters,  among  whom,  '  tis  a  phrase  for  the  Death  of  Learned  and 
Worthy  men,  Requisiti  sunt  in  Acadeiniam  C(elestem.^^ 

t(  Yerrius  the  Master  to  the  N'ephews  of  Aiirjustus,  had  a  Statue  Erected  for 
him;  And  Antoninus  obtained  from  tlie  Senate,  a  Statue  for  his  Master  Fronto. 
I  am  sorry  that  Mine  has  none.  And  Cato  counted  it  more  glorious  than  any 
Statue,  to  have  it  asked.  Why  has  he  JVone  f  But  in  the  grateful  Memories  of 
his  Scholars,  there  have  been  and  will  be  Hundreds  Erected  for  him." 

"Under  him  we  Learnt  an  Oration,  made  by  Tully,  in  praise  of  his  own 
Master;  namely  that.  Pro  Archia  Poeta.  A  Par/an  shall  not  out-do  us,  in  our 
Gratitude  unto  our  Master.  There  was  a  famous  Christian  in  the  Primitive 
Times,  who  wrote  a  whole  Book,  in  praise  of  his  Master  Ilierotheus;  Entituling 
it,  UsfJi  TOO  iiaxaptorj  Iipodto'J  Concerning  the  Blessed  Hierotheus.  And 
if  I  now  say  a  few  things.  Concerning  the  Blessed  Cheever,  no  man  who  thinks 
well  of  Gratitude,  or  likes  well  to  see  the  Fifth  Commandment  observed,  will 
censure  it." 

"  In  the  Imx)erial  Laio,  we  read,  that  Good  Grammarians,  having  taught  with 
diligence  Twenty  Years,  wei'e  to  have  Special  Honour  conferr'd  upon  them.  I 
Challenge  for  my  master,  more  than  a  Treble  portion  of  that  Special  Honour. 
But,  Oh,  Let  it  all  pass  thro'  him,  uj)  to  the  Glorious  Lord,  who  made  him  to  be 
"What  he  was  I" 

"  His  Eminent  Abilities  for  the  Work,  wliicli  rendred  him  so  long  Useful  in 
his  Generation,  were  imiversally  acknowledged.  The  next  Edition  of  Tran- 
quillus  de  Claris  Grarninaticis,  may  well  enough  bring  him  into  the  Catalogue, 
and  acknowledge  him  a  Master.  He  was  not  a  2Ieer  Grammarian;  yet  he  was  a 
Pwe  One.  And  let  no  Envy  Misconstrue  it,  if  I  say.  It  was  noted,  that  when 
Scholars  came  to  be  Admitted  into  the  Colledge,  they  who  came  from  the 
Cheeverian  Education,  were  generally  the  most  unexceptionable.  What  Excep- 
tion shall  be  made,  Let  it  fall  upon  him,  that  is  now  speaking  of  it." 

"He  flourished  so  long  in  this  Great  Work,  of  bringing  our  Sons  to  be  Men, 
that  it  gave  him  an  opi)ortunity  to  send  forth  many  Bezaleels  and  Aholiabs  for 
the  Service  of  the  Tabernacle;  and  Men  fitted  for  all  Good  Employments.  He 
that  was  my  Master,  Seven  and  Thirty  Years  ago,  was  a  Master  to  many  of  my 
Betters,  no  less  than  Seventy  Years  ago;  so  long  ago,  that  I  must  even  mention 
my  Fathers  Tutor  for  one  of  them." 

"  And  as  it  is  written  for  the  Lasting  Kenown  of  the  Corderius,  whose 
Colloquies  he  taught  us;  That  the  Great  Calvin  had  been  a  Scholar  to  him;  So 
this  our  American  Corderius  had  many  Scholars  that  were  a  Crown  mito  him; 
yea,  many  that  will  be  his  Croion,  in  the  Presence  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  at 
his  Coming;  yea,  many  that  were  got  into  the  Heavenly  World  before  him. 
And  the  mention  of  the  Heavenly  World,  leads  me  to  that  which  I  would  prin- 
cipally take  notice  of.  His  Piety,  I  say.  His  Piety;  and  his  care  to  infuse 
Documents  of  Piety  into  the  Scholars  under  his  Charge,  that  he  might  cany 
them  with  him  to  the  Heavenly  World.  When  Aristotle  set  up  a  Monument 
for  his  Master  Plato,  he  inscribed  upon  it,  this  Testimony,  He  was  one  whom 

ALL  GOOD  MEN  OUGHT  TO  IMITATE,  AS  AVELL  AS  TO  CELEBRATE.      My  MASTER 

went  thro'  his  Hard  Work  with  so  much  Delight  in  it,  as  a  Work  for  God  and 
Christ,  and  His  People:  He  so  constantly  Pray'd  with  us  eveiy  Day,  and 
Catechis'd  us  every  Week,  and  let  fall  such  Holy  Counsels  upon  us;  He  took  so 
many  Occasions,  to  make  Speeches  imto  us,  that  should  make  us  Afraid  of  Sin, 


274  PUBLIC   L-VTIX   SCHOOL. 


and  of  incurring  the  fearful  Judgments  of  God  by  Sin;  That  I  do  propose  him 
for  Imitation." 

The  sermon  concludes  as  follows:  "  Ye  hate  heard,  what  my  siaster  was,  In 
the  School.  Sir  Walter  liaiclci'jh  commends  it  as  a  piece  of  wisdom,  to  use 
great  moderation  when  we  are  treating  men  with  Commendation.  I  will  not 
forget  the  Rule,  in  carrying  on  my  Commendation  of  mi/  Manter.  But  I  will  say 
very  much  in  a  Little.  Out  of  the  School,  he  was  One,  Ayitiqua  Fide,  prisris 
moribus;  A  Christian  of  the  Old  Fashion  :  An  Old  Xkw  Exglisu  Cuuistlvx: 
And  I  may  tell  you.  That  was  as  Venerable  a  Sight,  as  the  World,  since  the 
Days  of  Primitite  Christianity,  has  ever  look'd  up  on." 

"  He  was  well  Studied  in  the  Body  of  Bitinity:  An  Able  Defender  of  the 
Faith  and  Order  of  the  Gospel;  Notably  Conversant  and  Acquainted  with  the 
Scriptural  Prophecies ;  And,  by  Consequence,  A  Sober  Chiliast. 

"He  Lived  as  a  ila.'iter,  the  Term,  which  has  been  for  above  three  thousand 
years,  assign'd  for  the  Life  of  a  Man;  he  continued  mito  the  Ninety  Fourth 
year  of  his  Age,  an  imusual  instance  of  Litelinesti.  His  Intellectual  Force,  as 
little  abated  as  his  Xatural.  He  exemplified  the  Fulfillment  of  that  word, 
As  thy  Days,  so  shall  thy  Strength  be  ;  in  the  Gloss  which  the  Jerusalem  Targum 
has  put  upon  it;  As  thou  wast  in  the  Dayes  of  thy  Youth,  such  thou  shall  be  in 
thy  Old  Age.  The  Reward  of  his  Fruitfulness  !  For,  Fructus  Liberal  Arborem  ! 
The  product  of  Temperance  ;  Rather  than  what  my  Lord  Verulam  assigns,  as  a 
Reason  for  Vivacious  Scholars." 

"Death  must  now  do  its  part.  lie  I>y\l,  Longing  for  Death.  Our  old 
SiMEOX  waited  for  it,  that  he  might  get  nearer  to  the  Consolation  of  Israel,  lie 
Dyed  Leaning  lilie  Old  Jaco'i,  upon  a  Staff;  the  Sacrifice  and  the  liighteousntss 
of  a  Glorious  Christ,  he  let  us  know,  was  the  Golden  Staff,  which  he  Lean'd 
upon.  lie  Dyed  mourning  for  the  Quick  Apostasie,  which  he  saw  breaking  in 
upon  us;  very  easie  about  his  own  Eternal  Happiness,  but  full  of  Distress  for  a 
poor  People  here  imder  the  Displeasme  of  Heaven,  for  Former  Iniquities,  he 
thought,  as  well  as  Later  Ones.  To  say  no  more:  He  Dyed,  A  Caxdidate  for 
THE  First  Resurrection.  And  Verily,  oiu*  Land  is  "Weakened,  when  those 
Fly  away,  at  whose  Flight  we  may  cry  out,  My  Father,  My  Father,  the  Chariots 
o/New  England  and  the  Horsemen  thereof.^* 


GRATITUDIKIS  ERGO. 


An  Essay  on  the  Memory  of  my  Venerable  Masteb  ; 

lE|ckicl  €!)ccfacr. 

Augiisto  perstringere  Carmine  Laudes, 
Quas  nulla  Eloquij  vis  Cehbrare  queat. 
You  that  arc  Men,  &  Thoughts  of  Manhood  know, 
Be  Just  noAV  to  the  Man  that  made  you  so. 
Martyred  by  Scholars  the  stabb'd  Cassian  dies, 
And  falls  to  cursed  Lads  a  Sacrifice. 
Not  so  my  CnEK\'EU  ;  Not  by  Scholars  slain. 
But  Prais'd  and  Lov'd,  and  wish'd  to  Life  again. 
A  mighty  T^-ibc  of  Well-instructed  Youth 
Tell  what  they  owe  to  him,  and  Tell  with  Truth, 


appen:dix.  275 


All  the  Eight  parts  of  Sjieech  he  taught  to  them 

They  now  Employ  to  Trumpet  his  Esteem. 

They  fill  Faiuen  Trumpet,  and  they  spread  a  Fame 

To  last  till  the  Last  Trumpet  drown  the  same. 

Marjister  pleas' d  them  well,  because  'twas  he  ; 

They  saw  that  Bonus  did  with  it  agree. 

While  they  said  Amo,  they  the  Hint  improve 

Him  for  to  make  the  Object  of  their  Love. 

No  Concord  so  Inviolate  they  knew 

As  to  pay  Honours  to  their  jMaster  due. 

With  L-iterjectioivi  they  break  oif  at  last, 

But,  Ah,  is  all  they  use,  Wo,  and  Alas! 

We  Learnt  Prosodia,  but  with  that  Design 

Our  blasters  Name  should  in  our  Verses  shine. 

Our  Weeping  Ovid  but  instructed  us 

To  write  upon  his  Death,  De  Tristibus. 

Tidly  v/e  read,  but  still  with  this  Intent, 

That  in  his  praise  we  might  be  Eloquent. 

Our  Stately  Virgil  made  us  but  Contrive 

As  our  Anchises  to  keep  him  Alive. 

When  Phoenix  to  Achilles  was  assign'd 

A  Master,  then  we  thought  hot  Homer  blind: 

A  Phoenix,  which  Oh !  might  his  Ashes  shew  ! 

So  rare  a  Thing  we  thought  our  Master  too. 

And  if  we  made  a  Theme,  'twas  with  Eegret 

We  might  not  on  his  Worth  show  all  om-  Wit. 

Go  on,  ye  Grateful  Scholars  to  proclame 
To  late  Posterity  yoiir  Masters  Name. 
Let  it  as  many  Languages  declare 
As  on  i  or ei to-Table  do  appear. 

Too  much  to  be  by  any  one  exprest : 

Fll  tell  my  share,  and  you  shall  tell  the  rest. 

Ink  is  too  vile  a  Liquor;  Liquid  Gold 

Should  fill  the  Pen,  by  which  such  things  are  told. 

The  Book  should  ^)H?/au^/«/s-Paper  be 

All  writ  with  Gold,  from  all  corruption  free. 

A  Learned  Master  of  the  Languages 
Which  to  Rich  Stores  of  Learning  are  the  Keyes: 
He  taught  u?,  fii-st  Good  Sense  to  imderstand 
And  put  the  Golden  Keyes  into  om-  Hand, 
We  but  for  him  had  been  for  Learning  Dumb, 
And  had  a  sort  of  Turkish  Mutes  become. 
Were  Grammar  quite  Extinct,  yet  at  his  Brain 
The  Candle  might  have  well  been  lit  again. 
If  BheVrick  had  been  stript  of  all  her  Pride 
She  from  his  Wardrobe  might  have  been  Supply' d. 
Do  but  Name  Cheevee,  and  the  Echo  straight 
L^pon  that  Name,  Good  Latin,  will  Repeat. 


A  Ctiristian  Terence,  Master  of  the  File 
That  arms  the  Curious  to  Kefomi  their  Style. 
Now  liniite  and  Athens  from  their  Ashes  rise  ; 
See  their  P^jfouicfc  Year  with  vast  surprize: 
And  in  our  School  a  Miracle  is  wrought  ; 
For  the  Bead  Languages  to  Life  are  brought. 

His  Work  he  Lov'd:  Oh  I  had  we  done  the  same  '. 
Our  Phnj-ilai'es  still  to  him  ungrateful  came. 
And  yet  so  well  our  Work  ailjusted  Lay, 
We  came  to  Work,  as  if  we  came  to  Plarj. 

Oiu:  Lads  had  been,  but  for  his  wondrous  Cares, 
Boyes  of  my  Lady  Mores  unquiet  Pray'rs. 
Sura  were  it  not  for  such  informing  Schools, 
Our  LaVran  too  would  soon  be  fill'd  with  Oicltts.  1 

Tis  Corlet's  pains,  »k  Cheever's,  we  must  own, 
That  thou,  Neic-England,  art  not  Scythia  grown.  I 

The  Lsles  of  Silly  had  o' re-run  this  Day  i 

The  Continent  of  our  America.  j 

Grammar  he  taught,  which  'twas  his  work  to  do:  j 

But  he  would  Ilagar  have  her  place  to  know.  I 

The  Bible  is  the  Sacred  Grammar,  where 

The  Rules  of  speaking  well,  contained  are. 
He  taught  us  Lilly,  and  he  Gospel  taught; 
And  us  poor  Children  to  our  Saviour  brought. 
Master  of  Sentences,  he  gave  us  more 
That  we  in  our  Sententice  had  before. 
We  Learn't  Good  Things  in  Tv.lUes  Offices  ; 
But  we  from  him  Learn't  Better  things  than  these. 
With  Cato's  he  to  us  the  Ilighcr  gave. 
Lessons  of  Jesus,  that  our  Souls  do  save. 
We  Constru'd  Otid's  Meta)iiorphosis, 
But  on  ourselves  charg'd,  not  a  Change  to  miss. 
Young  Austin  wept,  when  he  saw  Dido  dead, 
Tho'  not  a  Tear  for  a  Lost  Soul  he  had: 
Our  Master  would  not  let  us  be  so  vain. 
But  us  from  Virgil  did  to  Datid  train, 
Textors  Epistles  would  not  Clonthe  our  Souls; 
PauU  too  we  heard;  we  went  to  School  at  Paids. 

Syrs,  Do  you  not  Remember  well  the  Times, 
When  us  he  wam'd  against  our  Youthful  Crimes: 
What  Honey  dropt  from  our  old  Xestors  mouth 
When  with  his  Counsels  he  Keform'd  our  Youth: 
How  much  he  did  to  make  us  ll7.se  and  G<}tid  ; 
And  with  what  Prayers,  his  work  ho  did  conclude. 
Concern'd  that  when  from  him  we  Learning  had. 
It  might  not  Armed  Witkidn>ss  be  made  ! 
The  .S'i(/i  shall  first  tho  Zodiac  forsake, 
And  Stones  unto  the  Stars  their  Flight  shall  make; 


First  shall  the  Summei'  bring  large  drifts  of  Snoio, 
And  beauteous  Cherries  in  December  grow; 
E're  of  those  Charges  we  Forgetful  are 
Which  we,  O  Man  of  God,  from  thee  did  hear. 

Such  Tutors  to  the  Little  Ones  would  be. 

Such  that  in  Flesh  we  should  their  Angels  see; 

Ezekiel  should  not  be  the  Name  of  such ; 

We'd  Ayathangelus  not  think  too  much. 
Who  Serv'd  the  School,  the  Church  did  not  forget; 
But  Thought,  and  Pray'd,  and  often  wept  for  it. 
Mlfjhty  in  Prayer  :  How  did  he  wield  thee,  Pray'r! 
Thou  Reverst  Thunder:  Christ' s-Sides-piercing  Spear  ? 
Soaring  we  saw  the  Bird  qf  Paradise ; 
So  Wing'd  by  Thee,  for  Flights  beyond  the  Skies. 
How  oft  we  saw  him  tread  the  Milky  Way, 
Which  to  the  Glorious  Throne  of  Mercy  lay! 

Come  from  the  Mount,  he  shone  with  ancient  Grace, 
Awful  the  Sjylendor  of  his  Aged  Face. 
Cloath'd  in  the  Good  Old   Way,  his  Garb  did  wage 
A  War  with  the  Vain  Fashions  of  the  Age. 
Fearful  of  nothing  more  than  hateful  Sin ; 
'Twas  that  from  which  he  laboured  all  to  win, 
Zealous;  And  in  Truths  C(a<8e  ne'r  known  to  trim; 
No  Neuter  Gender  there  allow' d  by  him. 
Stars  but  a  Thousand  did  the  Ancients  know; 
On  later  Globes  they  Nineteen  hundred  grow : 
Now  such  a  Cheever  added  to  the  Sphere; 
Makes  an  Addition  to  the  Lustre  there. 

Mean  time  America  a  Wonder  saw; 
A  Youth  in  Age,  forbid  by  Natures  Law. 

You  that  in  t'other  Hemisphere  do  dwell. 
Do  of  Old  Age  your  dismal  Stories  tell. 
You  tell  of  Snoioy  Heads  and  Bheumy  Eyes 
And  things  that  make  a  man  himself  despise. 
You  say,  b, frozen  Liquor  chills  the  Yeins, 
And  scarce  the  Shadow  of  a  Man  remains. 
Winter  of  Life,  that  Sapless  Age  you  call. 
And  of  all  Maladies  the  Hospital : 
The  Second  Nonage  of  the  Soul ;  the  Brain 
Cover'd  with  Cloud;  the  Body  all  in  pain. 
To  weak  Old  Age,  you  say,  there  must  belong 
And  Trembling  Palsey  both  of  Limb  and  Tongue  ; 
DayesaW  Decrepit;  and  a  Bending  J5oc A:, 
Propt  by  a  Staff,  in  Hands  that  ever  shake. 

Nay,  Syrs,  our  Cheever  shall  confute  you  all. 
On  whom  there  did  none  of  these  Mischefs  fall. 
He  Llv'd  and  to  vast  Age  no  Illness  knew; 
Till  Times  Scythe  waiting  for  him  Rusty  grew. 


278  PUBLIC    LATIX    SCHOOL. 


lie  iic'tZ  and  Wrouyht ;  Ilia  Labours  were  Immense; 

But  ne'r  JJeclin'd  to  Prcetcr-j^erfect  Tenve. 

A  Blooming  Youth  ia  him  at  H^inety  Four 

"We  saw;  But,  Oh!  when  such  a  sight  before! 

At  Wondrous  Age  he  did  his  Youth  resume, 

As  when  the  Eagle  mew's  liis  Aged  plume. 

With  Faculties  of  lieanon  still  so  bright, 

And  at  Good  Services  so  Exquisite ; 

Sure  our  soimd  Chiliast,  we  wondring  thought, 

To  the  First  Resurrection  is  not  brought! 

Xo,  He  for  That  was  waiting  at  the  Gate 

In  the  Pure  Things  that  fit  a  Candidate. 

He  in  Good  Actions  did  his  Life  Employ, 

And  to  make  others  Good,  he  made  his  Joy. 

Thus  well-appris'd  now  of  the  Life  to  Coine, 

To  Lire  here  was  to  him  a  Martyrdom. 

Our  brave  Macrobius  Long'd  to  see  the  Day 

Which  others  dread,  of  being  CalVd  avmy. 

So,  Ripe  with  Age,  he  does  invite  the  Hook, 

Which  watchful  does  for  its  large  Harvest  look; 

Death  gently  cut  the  Stalk,  and  kindly  laid 

Him,  where  our  God  His  Granary  has  made. 

Who  at  New-Haven  first  began  to  Teach, 
Dying  Unshijnoreck^ d,  does  White-Haven  reach. 
At  that  Fair  Haven  they  all  Storms  forget ; 
He  there  his  DAVEXPorx  with  Love  does  meet. 
The  Luminous  Robe,  the  Loss  whereof  with  Shame 
Our  Parents  wept,  when  Naked  they  became; 
Those  Lovely  Spirits  wear  it,  and  therein 
Serve  God  with  Priestly  Glory,  free  from  Sin. 

But  in  his  Paradisian  Pest  above. 
To  Us  does  the  Blest  Shade  retain  his  Love. 
With  Pip'ned  Thoughts  Above  conceni'd  for  Us, 
We  can't  but  hear  him  dart  his  Wishes,  thus. 
'  TuTOKS,  Be  Strict;  But  yet  be  Gentle  too: 

*  Don't  by  fierce  Cruelties  fair  Hopes  undo. 

'  Dream  not,  that  they  who  are  to  Learning  slow, 
'  Will  mend  by  Arguments  in  Ferio. 

*  "Who  keeps  the  Golden  Fleece,  Oh,  let  him  not 
'  A  Dragon  be,  tho'  he  Three  Tongues  have  got. 

•  Why  can  you  not  to  Learning  find  the  way, 

•  But  thro'  the  Province  of  Severia  ? 

'  Twas  Moderntus,  M-ho  taught  Origen; 

'  A  Youth  which  prov'd  one  of  the  Best  of  men. 

'  The  Lads  with  Honour  first,  and  lieason  Rule; 

'  Jilowes  are  but  for  tho  lic/ractory  Fool. 

'  But,  Oh  !  First  Teach  them  their  Great  G<xl  to  fear; 

'  Tljat  you  like  me,  with  Joy  may  meet  them  here.' 


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H'has  said  I— 
Adieu,  a  little  while,  Dear  Saint,  Adieu; 
Your  Scholar  won't  be  Long,  Sir,  after  you. 
In  the  mean  time,  with  Gratitude  I  must 
Engrave  an  Epitaph  upon  your  Dust. 
'Tis  true,  Excessive  Merits  rarely  safe: 
Such  an  Excess  forfeits  an  Epitaph. 
But  if  Base  men  the  Rules  of  Justice  break. 
The  Stones  (at  least  upon  the  Tombs)  will  speak. 

Et  Twnulwn  facite,  et  Tumido  superaddite  carmen.  (Vlrg.  in  Daphn.) 


EPITAPHIUM. 

EZEKIEL    CHEEVERUS: 

Ludi-magister; 
Primo  Neo-portensis ; 
Dinde,  Ipsuicensis; 
Postea,  Carolotenensia 
Postremo,  Bostonensis ; 

cujus 

Doctrinam  ac  Virtutem 

N6sti  si  Sis  Nov-Anglus, 

Colis,  si  non  Barbaras; 

Grammaticus, 

a  Quo,  non  pure  tantum,  sed  et  pie, 

Loqui 

Rhetoricus, 

a  Quo  non  tantum,  Ornate  dicere 

coram  Hominibus, 

Sed  et  Orationes  coram  Deo  fundere 

Efficacissimas; 

POETA, 

a  Quo  non  tantum  Carmina  pangere, 

Sed  et 

Caelestes  Hymnos,  Odasq :  Angelicas, 

canere, 

Didicerunt, 

Qui  discere  voluerunt ; 

LUCERNA, 

ad  Quam  accensa  sunt, 

Quis  queat  numerare, 

Quot  Ecclesiarum  Lumina? 

Et 

Qui  secum  Corpus  Theologiae  abstulit, 

Peritissimus  Theologus, 

Corpus  hie  suum  sibi  minus  Charum, 

deposuit. 

Vixit  Annos,  XCIV. 

Docuit,  Annos,  LXX. 

Obiit,  A.D.M.DCC.VIII. 

Et  quod  Mori  potuit, 

Heic, 

Expectat  Exoptatq : 

Primam  Sanctorum  Resurrectionem 

ad  Immortalitem. 

Exuvijs  debetur  Honos. 


280  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


r. 

The  following  appeared  in  the  Boston  Weekly  News  LEXTEn,  from 
Thursday,  Jan.  5th,  to  Thursday,  Jan.  12tli,  1738:  "Boston.  Last  Tuesday 
in  the  afternoon  died  here  the  Reverend  and  Learned  Mr.  Nathaniel  Williams, 
a  Gentleman  who  has  been  a  faitliful  and  upright  Servant  in  his  generation  ; 
being  for  many  Years  Master  of  the  South  Grammar  School  in  this  Town 
which  difficult  and  important  Business  he  discharged  with  great  Industry 
and  Fidelity ;  and  as  he  was  by  the  Blessing  of  GOD  a  very  skilful  and 
successful  Physician,  so  he  was  very  much  iraployed  and  approved  among 
us.  As  his  Life  has  been  very  extensively  serviceable,  so  his  Death  is 
esteemed  as  a  publick  loss." 

The  following  is  the  extract  from  the  funeral  sermon  of  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Prince,  referred  to  in  the  text : — 

Nathaniel  Williams  was  born  in  Boston  August  25th  1675  of  Pious  parents,  his 
father  a  deacon  of  this  church  and  his  mother  a  sister  of  the  late  Honourable 
Daniel  Oliver  Esq.  he  received  their  gracious  Spirit ;  and  improved  under  their 
religious  influence  and  the  happy  Ministry  and  Life  of  the  Reverend  Mr.  Willard, 
for  whom  he  had  the  highest  Veneration,  and  he  aspired  to  be  like  them. 

In  his  early  days  he  gave  himself  to  his  Creator:  at  fourteen  years  of  Age,  July 
1689,  he  entered  the  School  of  the  Prophets:  and  as  he  advanced  in  Knowledge  he 
grew  in  Wisdom  and  in  Favour  with  God  and  Man. 

Being  well  accomplished  for  the  work  of  the  ministry,  He  waa  ordained  an 
Evangehst  in  the  College  Hall,  for  one  of  the  West  India  islands  (in  1G9S).  But 
the  climate  not  agreeing  with  his  constitution.  He  soon  retmned  to  this  his  native 
City,  where  He  was  first  employed  by  several  Gentlemen  to  instruct  their  sons  in 
leammg;  and  soon  after  introduced  into  the  government  of  the  tlun  only  Pitfilirk 
and  Free  Grammar  School  of  this  Great  Town,  the  Principal  School  of  the  British 
Colonies,  if  not  of  all  America.  Here  he  displayed  his  singular  talent  for  this 
laborious  and  important  service,  being  very  dihgent  and  faithful :  applying  himself 
to  bring  on  the  Children  both  in  Virtue,  Learning  and  good  manners ;  Praying 
with  them  every  Morning  and  Evening,  instructing  them  in  religious  Principles, 
especially  on  Saturdays,  and  affectionately  recommending  the  Practice  to  them. 

By  an  agreeable  mixture  of  Majesty  and  sweetness,  both  in  his  Voice  and  Coun- 
tenance, with  a  mild  and  steady  conduct,  He  happily  ruled  them ;  and  was  gener- 
ally both  reverenced  and  beloved  among  them.  Here  he  spent  the  strengtli  and 
vigour  of  his  Life,  was  a  great  and  publick  Blessing,  and  then  he  continued  for 
about  Thirty  Tears ;  till  his  bodily  Infirmities  increasing,  He  to  the  sorrow  of 
many  laid  it  down  in  1734. 

G. 

The  following  is  a  portion  of  the  poem  written  by  Mr.  Nathaniel  Gardner, 
and  dated  1764,  on  the  course  of  studies  in  tlje  Latin  School,  referred  to  on 
page  40 : — 

Undecima,  tandem,  schola  jam  domittitur  bora, 

Laitentur  magis  an  pueri,  die,  aunc  magister  ? 


Emicat,  en  pubes !  Iseta  os,  vaga  Imnina  laeta. 
Nee  mora  longa — brevis  requies  spatiumqiie  labori; 
Prima  hora  pransos  studiis  campana  remittit. 
Ecce  Maro  primus  !  crines  lauroque  deconis 
Insignisque:  tuba,  bella,  horrida  bella !  sonantil 
"  Cedite,  Romani  scriptores!  cedite  Graii !" 
Quis  non  attonitus  videt  heroasque  deosque  ? 
Quern  non  pertentat  flamma  infelicis  Elisae ! 
Jiirgia  pastorum,  teneros  vel  ludatamores, 
Vel  dicat,  "  qufe  cura  boum,  qui  cultus  habendo 
Sit  pecori:  atque  apibus  quanta  experientia  parcis." 
Quagcumque  ille  canit,  canit  omnia  consule  digna. 
Salve,  magne  Maro !  tua  dum,  divina  poeta ! 
Scripta  lego,  ardescoque  legens,  scribensque  tremisco. 
O,  flammse  si  parva  tufe  scintilla,  tuseque 
Particula,  O  Maro !  nunc  mihi  pectora  tangeret  aurse, 
Altius  insurgens  animo,  majora  sonarem, 
Dicerem  et  insigni  Beverigi  digna  camoena. 


H. 

The  following  entries,  concerning  Mr.  Lovell's  imprisonment,  are  taken 
from  the  Diaries  of  Peter  Leach,  and  Edes,  two  of  his  fellow  prisoners, 
which  have  been  kindly  loaned  us  for  the  purpose  by  Henry  H.  Edes,  Esq., 
of  Boston,  who  is  their  present  owner. 

[From  Leach's  Diary.] 

June  29.  They  then  conducted  me  from  my  house  to  the  stone  gaol,  and  after 
being  lodged  there  for  20  minutes,  the  said  Cone  and  Loring  brought  in  Master 
James  Lovell,  after  searching  his  papers,  letters,  &c.,  as  they  had  done  mine. 

Aug.  15.  Poor  Mr.  Lovell  began  to  droop;  he  is  very  weakly.  This  night  I 
watched  with  Mr.  Lovell. 

Aug.  16.     Mr.  Lovell  continues  ill. 

Aug.  18.  Mr.  Lovell  received  an  answer  from  General  Howe,  to  a  letter  he 
wrote  him. 

Aug.  19.     Mr.  Lovell  continues  poorlye. 

Aug.  20.     Mr.  Lovell  very  ill,  which  gives  us  great  uneasiness. 

Aug.  21.  Mr.  Lovell  continues  ill ;  no  compassion  towards  him  any  more  than 
a  dog.  We  are  all  very  much  troubled  for  him,  but  cannot  help  him  any  other- 
wise than  by  brotherly  kindness  and  tenderness. 

[From  Edes's  Diary.] 

June  29.  Masters  Leach  and  Lovell  were  brought  to  prison  and  put  into  the 
same  room  with  me  and  my  companion, 

July  18.  I  was  escorted  by  a  strong  guard  of  soldiers  from  the  prison  to  Concert 
Hall,  with  my  room  companions,  which  consisted  of  fom*,  viz.,  James  Lovell, 
John  Leach,  John  Hunt  and  William  Starr.    .... 


282  PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


July  19.  Escorted  from  prison  again,  witli  the  additional  company  of  tliree 
sailors,  thieves  and  househreakers,  surroimded  by  soldiers.  The  three  sailors 
examined,  Mr.  ITunt,  Starr  and  myself  were  asked  who  prosecuted  us,  etc.,  and 
one  Captain  Symmcs  of  the  regulars  was  summoned  by  Major  Moncrief,  as  an 
evidence  against  Masters  Lovell  and  Leach.  Till  this  time  we  did  not  know  our 
crimes,  or  on  what  account  we  were  committed,  but  now  we  found  that  Master 
Lovoll  was  charged  with  being  "a spy  and  giving  intelli|i?ence  to  the  rebels." 
Leach,  for  being  "  a  spy  and  suspected  of  taking  plans."  Mr.  Hunt,  for  "  speak- 
ing treason."  Mr.  Starr  and  myself  "for  concealing  fireanns."  When  Captain 
SjTumes  appeared,  he  was  so  ignorant  of  Masters  Lovell  and  Leach  that  he  took 
one  for  the  other,  that  instead  of  being  a  just  evidence  he  appeared  ashamed  and 
confounded,  and  went  off.  At  two  o'clock  we  were  sent  back  to  our  stone  edifice 
under  a  strong  guard. 

Aug.  22.  A  hot  day  and  night.  Close  confined.  Dr.  Elliot  called  at  the  gate 
and  spoke  to  Master  Lovell.  He  says  the  provost  ordered  him  not  to  come  here 
any  more.     We  cannot  go  to  see  a  minister,  and  are  denied  his  coming  to  see  us. 

Aug.  31.     Master  Lovell  had  half  a  pound  of  fresh  beef,  being  sick. 

Oct.  1-2.  Major  Kemble  came  from  the  general  with  promise  of  relief,  on 
finding  two  men,  inhabitants,  to  pass  their  words  that  we  should  not  leave  the 
town.  There  was  no  bonds  asked  or  given.  This  was  offered  to  Mr.  Gill,  Mr. 
Starr,  Master  Leach  and  myself.  Nothing  was  said  to  Master  Lovell,  nor  any 
offer  made  him. 


I. 

Another  pupil  of  Mr.  Biglow,  Mr.  Robert  Treat  Paine,  who  entered  the  School 
about  October,  1813,  when  he  was  not  far  from  eight  years  old,  and  found  Mr. 
Wainwright  usher  under  Biglow,  gave  to  the  Rev.  E.  E.  Hale  of  our  Committee, 
under  date  of  April  22nd,  1847,  some  account  of  his  experience  there.  He  said: 
He  was  examined  for  admission  after  summer  vacation  of  181.^,  perhaps  a  few 
weeks  later.  At  that  time  the  School  was  kept  in  Cole  Lane,  now  Portland 
Street,  in  an  old  barn  near  Dr.  Greenwood's  house,  because  the  new  building 
was  in  progress  on  the  School  Street  site.  This  lasted  only  two  or  three  months. 
The  new  School-house  must  have  been  finished  in  November  —  before  Biglow 
left. 

The  disorder  through  the  few  months  that  Biglow  remained  was  atrocious.  He 
remembers  a  boy  firing  a  pistol  under  the  form  in  the  upper  room  in  the  new 
School-house,  near  the  middle  window  on  the  side  next  Cook's  Court.  He  also 
speaks  of  seeing  through  that  window,  the  rocking  of  Old  South  Spire  in  the 
October  gale,  1815. 

Biglow  used  to  pretend  to  watch  a  recitation  with  one  eye  and  the  School  witli 
the  other,  keeping  his  hand  edgewise  up  his  face  to  separate  the  two. 

Before  going  to  the  Latin  School  Mr.  Paine  went  to  Mr.  J.  Snelling  to  learn  to 
write.  This  was  in  Court  Square.  The  scene  there  was  a  iwrfect  farce  of  teach- 
ing. There  was  no  sort  of  instruction.  J.  S.  told  the  whole  School,  when 
School  began  to  write  four  lines.  If,  in  looking  round,  he  found  any  one  had 
written  his  lines  before  the  time  (immense)  was  over,  he  '•  thrashetl  him"  for 
writing  too  fast.     If  he  had  written  none  he  whipped  for  laziness.     But  this  was 


APPENDIX.  283 


only  with  beginners — for  more  experienced  youngsters  wrote  two  lines  and  then 
began  their  fun  —  which  was  unlimited  and  almost  unrestricted,  and  -nTote  the 
next  two  at  the  close  of  the  exercise.  When  the  copies  were  done  they  all  passed 
in  procession  with  them  through  a  narrow  gangway  —  quite  equivalent  to  running 
the  gauntlet,  as  J.  S.  stood  ready  for  a  blow  with  a  word.  Paine  was  there  six 
or  eight  weeks  to  write  a  little. 


J. 

In  1784  and  for  a  long  time  after  tliere  were  no  schools,  public  or  private, 
for  girls  in  Boston. 

"  The  only  schools  in  the  city  to  which  girls  were  admitted,  were  kept  by  the 
teachers  of  public  schools,  between  the  forenoon  and  afternoon  sessions,  —  these 
teachers  were  uneducated  men,  selected  for  their  skill  in  penmanship  and  the 
elements  of  arithmetic.  The  schools  were  called  •wTiting  schools." — Wm.  B. 
Fowle,  in  Am,  Jour,  of  Educ,  Yol.  5,  -p.  327. 

"  Boys  had  been  admitted  into  the  Latin  School  at  the  early  age  of  seven  years, 
on  the  mistaken  idea  that  the  very  yoimg  are  best  qualified  to  learn  a  dead 
language,  as  they  undoubtedly  are  to  learn  a  spoken  one.  The  age  was  increased 
to  ten  years  by  the  new  system,  but,  as  before,  no  provision  was  made  in  the 
Latin  School  for  their  instruction  in  English,  in  penmanship,  or  in  any  of  the 
common  branches.  To  remedy  this  serious  defect,  the  Latin  scholars  were 
allowed  to  attend  the  writing  schools  two  hom-s,  forenoon  or  afternoon,  and 
about  thirty  availed  themselves  of  the  privilege,  although  they  were  obliged  to 
neglect  one  school  to  attend  the  other,  and  unpuuctuality  and  disorder  in  all  the 
schools  were  the  natural  consequence." 

"  The  prohibition  to  teach  private  schools  does  not  appear  to  have  been  of  long 
continuance ;  for,  although  the  records  do  not  show  that  the  order  was  repealed, 
these  intermediate  private  schools  were  common  early  in  the  present  century, 
and  permission  to  the  Latin  scholars  to  attend  the  writing  schools  was  withdrawn. 
The  teacher  of  the  Latin  School,  in  connection  with  a  writing  master,  kept  a 
private  English  school  in  the  Latin  school-room,  while  the  writer  was  a  pupil 
there,  in  1808,  and  the  writer  himself  attended  a  private  school  kept  by  a  reading 
master  in  another  part  of  the  town.  Of  course,  it  was  a  passport  to  favor  in 
every  public  school  to  attend  the  master's  private  school  also,  and  those  who 
only  went  to  the  public  school,  were  considered  a  somewhat  inferior  caste." — 
Ibid.,  p.  330. 


K. 

The  following  Poem  was  read  at  the  dinner  of  the  Boston  Latin  School 
Association  in  1879,  by  Mr.  Robert  Grant. 

I  rise,  Mr.  President,  horribly  shy. 
With  a  blush  on  my  cheek  and  a  timorous  eye, 
'   At  the  notion  of  rhyming  to  men  who  were  schooled 
By  Lov ell's  rattan  and  the  ferule  of  Gould: 


284  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Whose  memories  date  from  a  time  \shen  the  ark 
Was  considered  a  highly  respectable  bark, 
And  the  hair  of  whose  heads  was  beginning  to  thin  in 
Susceptible  spots,  when  /  wore  baby  linen : 

Who  can  tell  of  school  antics  that  beat  mine  all  hollow, 
And  yams  that  we  trj-  with  composure  to  swallow; 
Who  were  Latin  School  boys,  let  me  see,  how  long  since  ? 
Not  exactly  B.  C.     We  will  say  before  Prince.* 

But  spite  of  your  wisdom,  and  spite  of  my  age, 

One  boast  I  can  share  with  the  hoariest  sage 

Who  sits  at  this  table  and  pegs  at  the  bill ; 

I'm  a  Latin  School  boy  —  I  have  been  through  the  mill. 

A  child  of  eleven,  both  little  and  scared, 

I  was  put  into  "  Andrews  and  Stoddard's  "  and  "  Baird," 

Supplied  with  a  lexicon  largo  as  my  head, 

And  told  to  make  friends  with  the  tongues  that  are  dead. 

It  seems  to  my  fancy  but  yesterday  noon 
Since  I,  on  a  "pony,"  crossed  Caesar's  pontoon; 
Since  I  learned  how  the  heirs  of  a  realm  had  the  luck 
To  soften  the  heart  of  a  wolf  and  get  suck. 

Dear  dryad,  sweet  naiad,  fair  nymph  of  the  grove, 
Whom  I  courted  in  Ovid's  loose  leaves  upon  love, 
I  fain  on  the  sly  would  encircle  thy  waist. 
But  thy  garb  is  too  scant  for  the  popular  taste. 

O  friends  of  my  boyhood !  O  pious  Aeneas, 

0  Dido,  thou  lovely  but  credulous,  she  ass ! 

1  have  not  forgot  you ;  I  have  you  at  home, 

And  to-morrow  I'll  scatter  the  dust  from  your  tome. 

O  years  of  my  childhood!  O  days  that,  alack! 
Forever  are  gone,  and  no  prayer  can  bring  back! 
Your  memories  cling  to  this  noddle  of  mine 
As  cobwebs  encircle  a  flagon  of  wine. 

Still  chums  in  this  brain,  like  the  roar  of  the  sea, 
That  moth-eaten  "  Burial  March  of  Duuilee," 
The  fate  of  "  Montrose,"  the  "  Lament  of  Glencoe," 
And  the  rant  of  the  raven  who  played  it  on  Poe. 

And  he,  our  dear  Master,  who  laid  down  the  "  lex," 
And  never  looked  through,  but  looked  over  his  "specs," 
Oh!  who  can  forget  him,  our  teacher  and  friend  1 
(Especially  those  with  a  sensitive  end). 

•  The  IIou.  Frederick  O.  Prince,  a  Latin  School  boy,  of  our  Class  of  1827,  was  the  Mayor 
of  the  City  of  Boston. 


Forever  will  gladden  my  fancy,  I  ween, 

His  dear  old  umbrella  so  stagnantly  green, 

His  ancient  surtout,  and  the  quills  that  would  squeak 

When  marking  the  dunces  deficient  in  Greek. 

He  has  gone,  our  old  Master,  to  rest  in  the  skies, 
And  bad  boys  can  no  more  "  pull  wool  over  his  eyes." 
What  sport  to  have  heard  him  acknowledge  the  corn 
When  Gabriel  whispered,  "Well,  Gardner,  which  horn  ?" 

O  brothers,  O  boys,  and  in  spite  of  their  ciu-ls 
And  their  kisses,  I'm  glad  that  I  need  not  add,  girls, 
O  resolute  chips  that  have  sprung  from  the  block 
Of  our  glorious  patented  Latin  School  stock, 

I'll  give  you  a  toast,  and  you'll  drink  it,  I  know, 

Both  you  whose  thin  tresses  are  white  as  the  snow, 

And  you  whose  young  hearts,  it  is  fair  to  assume, 

Like  our  stocks  and  our  statesmen,  are  all  on  the  *'  boom." 

It  is  not  that  long-standing  bore,  the  "  Old  South," 
And  it  ain't  "  Standing  Bear,"  who  is  down  in  the  mouth; 
Nor  that  stately  old  chap  with  the  almond-shaped  eye, 
The  Harvard  Celestial  who  hails  from  Shanghai. 

'Tis,  Our  great  public  schools — may  their  influence  spread 
Until  statesmen  use  grammar,  and  dunces  are  dead. 
Until  no  one  dares  say,  in  this  land  of  the  free, 
"He  done,"  for  "  he  did."  or  "  it's  her,"  for  "  it's  she." 


L. 

"  The  System  of  Public  Education,  adopted  by  the  Town  of  Boston, 
15th  October,  1789,"  referred  to  on  page  59  of  the  text,  is  herewith  given 
in  fulL 

It  has  a  special  value,  as  it  is  made  from  the  original  copy  discovered 
among  Mr.  Hunt's  private  papers,  -vvhich  bears  his  autograph,  and  is  in 
all  probability  unique.  This  pamphlet  was  a  small  quarto,  8^  by  6i  inches, 
printed  on  a  sheet  of  laid  paper,  of  English  manufacture,  as  shown  by  the 
watermark,  G.  E,.  ci'owned,  and  a  i-ampant  lion  enclosed  in  a  circular  paling. 

Our  pages  are  not  of  proper  proj)ortions  to  admit  of  giving  it  in  fac- 
simile, and  the  type  we  have  been  forced  to  employ  is  somewhat  smaller 
in  size,  but  the  old  fashioned  letter  of  the  original  has  been  imitated,  the 
capitals,  punctuation,  etc.,  have  been  closely  followed,  and  the  end  of  each 
l^age  is  indicated  by  a  figure  in  bi-ackets. 


286  PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


THE 

SYSTEM 

O    F 

Public    Education, 

Adopted  by  the  Town  of  Boston,  15th  Oclob.  1789. 

I.  'TT^HAT  there  be  one  School  in  which  the  rudiments  of  the  Latin 
J_  and  Greek  languages  fliall  be  taught,  and  fcholars  fully  qualified 
for  the  Univerfities.  That  all  candidates  for  admiffion  into  this  School  fhall 
be  at  lead  ten  years  of  age,  having  been  previoufly  well  inltructed  in  Englifli 
Grammar ;  that  they  fhall  continue  in  it  not  longer  than  four  years,  and  that 
they  have  liberty  to  attend  the  public  writing  Schools  at  fuch  hours  as  the 
viliting  Committee  fhall  direft. 

II.  That  there  be  one  writing  School  at  the  South  part  of  the  town ;  one  at 
the  Centre,  and  one  at  the  North  part;  that,  in  thefe  Schools,  the  children  of 
both  fexes  be  taught  writing,  and  alfo  arithmetic  in  the  various  branches 
ufually  taught  in  the  Town-Schools,  including  Vulgar  and  Decimal  Fraftions. 

III.  That  there  be  one  reading  School  at  the  South  part  of  the  Town,  one 
at  the  Centre,  and  one  at  the  North  part;  that,  [i]  in  thefe  Schools,  the 
children  of  both  fexes  be  taught  to  fpell.  accent,  and  read  both  profe  and 
verfe,  and  alfo  be  inftrufled  in  Englifh  Grammar  and  Compofition. 

IV.  That  the  children  of  both  fexes  be  admitted  into  the  reading  and 
writing  Schools  at  the  age  of  feven  years,  having  previoufly  received  the  in- 
ftruclion  ufual  at  Women's  Schools ;  that  they  be  allowed  to  continue  in  the 
reading  and  writing  Schools  till  the  age  of  fourteen,  the  boys  attending  the 
year  round,  the  girls  from  the  20th  of  April  to  the  20th  of  October  following ; 
that  they  attend  thefe  Schools  alternately,  at  fuch  times,  and  fubjedt  to  fuch 
changes,  as  the  Vifiting  Committee  in  confultation  with  the  Mailers  Ihall 
approve. 

V.  That  a  Committee  be  annually  chofen  by  ballot,  to  confift  of  twelve,  in 
addition  to  the  Sele6lmen,  whofe  bufmefs  it  fhall  be  to  vifit  the  Schools  once 
in  every  quarter,  and  as  much  oftener  as  they  fhall  judge  proper,  with  three  of 
their  number  at  leafl,  to  confult  together  in  order  to  devife  the  beft  methods  for 
the  inftru6\ion  and  government  of  the  Schools  ;  and  to  communicate  the  refult 
of  their  deliberations  to  the  Mailers;  to  determine  at  what  hours  the  Schools 
fhall  begin,  and  to  appoint  play-days ;  in  their  vifitations  to  enquire  into  the 
particular    regulations   of  the    Schools,    both    in   regard   to   inftruftion  and 


difcipline,  and  give  fuch  advice  to  the  Matters  as  they  fhall  think  proper; 
to  examine  the  Scholars  in  the  particular  branches  which  they  are  taught ; 
and,  by  all  proper  methods,  to  excite  in  them  a  laudable  ambition  to  excel  in  a 
virtuous,  amiable  deportment,  and  in  every  branch  of  ufeful  knowledge.     [2] 

VOTES  of  the  Committee  appointed  to  carry  into  Execution  the  Syfteni  of 
public  Education  adopted  by  the  Town  of  Bofton,  15th  October  1789. 


A, 


lT  a  Meeting  of  the  faid  Committee,  held  Decemb.  i,  1789. 
VOTED,  I.     That  the  Latin  Gi-ammar  School  be  divided  into  four  ClalTes, 
and  that  the  following  Books  be  ufed  in  the  refpective  Claffes. 
1'^  Clafs — Cheever's  Accidence. 

Corderius's  Colloquies — Latin  and  Englirti. 
Nomenclator. 

^Efop's  Fables — Latin  and  EngliA. 
Ward's  Latin  Grammar,  or  Eutropius. 
2d  Clafs — Clarke's  Introduc5lion — Latin  and  Englifh. 
Ward's  Latin  Grammar. 
Eutropius,  continued. 
Seleclae  e  Veteri  Teftamento  Hiftoriae,  or, 
Caftalio's  Dialogues. 
The  making  of  Latin,  from  Garretfon's  Exercifes. 
3d  Clafs — Caefar's  Commentaries. 

Tully's  Epiftles,  or  Offices. 
Ovid's  Metamorphofes. 
Virgil. 

Greek  Grammar. 
The  making  of  Latin  from  King's  Hiftory  of  the  Heathen  Gods. 
4th  Clafs — Virgil,  continued. — Tully's  Orations. 
Greek  Teftament. — Horace. 
Homer. — Gradus  ad  ParnaiTum. 
The  making  of  Latin  continued.     [3] 
That  thofe  Boys  who  attend  the  Latin  School,  be  allowed  to  attend  the 
Writing  Schools  in  the  following  Hours,  viz.    The  ift  Clafs  from  half  paft 
Nine  o'clock,  A.  M.  'till  Eleven,  or  from  half  paft  Three  P.  M.  as  fhall  be 
found  moft  convenient,  and  the  2d  Clafs  in  the  fame   manner  for  the  firft: 
half  of  that  year. 
IL     That  the  following  Books  be  ufed  in  the  Reading  Schools, 
viz. — The  Holy  Bible. 

Webfter's  Spelling  Book,  or  ift  part  of  his  Inftitute. 

The  young  Ladies  Accidence And 

Webfter's  American  Seledion  of  Leflbns  in  Reading  and  Speaking ;  or 
3d  part  of  his  Grammatical  Inftitute. 
That  the  Mafters  introduce  the  following  Books  when  found  expedient,  viz, — 
The  Children's  Friend. 
Morfe's  Geography,  abridged. 


288  PUBLIC   LATIN  SCHOOL. 


That  the  News  Papers  be  introduced  occafionally,  at  the  difcretion  of  the 

Mafters. 
That   the   upper  Clafs  in  the  Reading  Schools  be  inftructed  in  Epiftolary 

Writing  and  other  Compolition. 

III.  That  an  uniform  method  of  teaching  Arithmetic  be  ufed  in  the  feveral 
Writing  Schools,  viz. 

Numeration. 
Simple  Addition. 

Subtraction. 

Multiplication. 

Divifion. 

Compound  Addition. 

Subtraction. 

Multiplication. 

Divifion. 

Reduction.  [4] 

The  fingle  Rule  of  Three,  direft. 

Practice. 

Tare  and  Trett,  Intereft,  FellowDiip,  Exchange,  &c.  are  confidered  u  included  iu  the  above  Roles. 

Vulgar  and  Decimal  Fra6tions. 

That  the  Children  begin  to  learn  Arithmetic  at  1 1  Years  of  Age. 
That  at  12  Years  of  Age,  the  Children  be  taught  to  make  Pens. 

IV.  That  the  Reading  Schools  be  divided  into  four  Clades — That  from  the 
third  Monday  in  06tober  to  the  third  Monday  in  April,  for  one  Month,  viz. 
from  the  firlt  Monday  in  the  Month,  the  firft  and  fecond  ClalTes  attend  the 
Reading,  and  the  third  and  fourth,  the  Writing  Schools  in  the  Morning. — The 
firft  and  fecond,  attend  the  Writing  Schools,  the  third  and  fourth  the  Reading 
Schools  in  the  Afternoon. — The  Month  following,  the  order  be  reverfed,  and 
fo  alternately  during  the  above  time. — And  that  from  the  third  Monday  in 
April  to  the  third  Monday  in  Odober,  for  one  Month,  viz.  From  the  firlt  Mon- 
day in  the  Month,  all  the  Boys  attend  the  Reading  Schools,  and  all  the  Girls 
the  Writing  Schools  in  the  Morning ;  that  all  the  Boys  attend  the  Writing 
Schools,  and  all  the  Girls  the  Reading  Schools  in  the  Afternoon ;  the  Month 
following  the  order  to  be  reverfed,  and  thus  alternately  during  thofe  fix  Months. 
—That  it  be  underftood  that  from  the  third  Monday  in  April  to  the  firft  Mon- 
day in  June,  be  confidered  as  the  firft  Month  of  the  Summer  Term.  That 
from  the  third  Monday  in  06tober  to  the  firft  Monday  in  December,  be  con- 
fidered as  the  firft  Month  of  the  Winter  Term.     [5] 

V.  That  the  following  hours  be  punctually  obferved  in  all  the  Schools,  viz. 
From  the  third  Monday  in  April  to  the  third  Monday  in  0(5tober,  the  Schools 
begin  at  half  paft  7  o'Clock,  A.  M.  and  continue  'till  eleven,  and  begin  at  half 
part  I  o'clock,  P.  M.  and  continue  'till  five. — That  from  the  third  Monday  in 
October  to  the  third  Monday  in  April,  the  Schools  begin  at  half  paft  8  o'Clock. 
A.  M.  and  continue  'till  eleven,  and  begin  at  half  paft  I  o'Clock,  P.  M.  and 
continue  'till  half  paft  four. 


APPENDIX.  289 


That  in  future  the  Schools  keep  'till  1 1  o'Clock  in  the  Forenoon  on  Thurf- 
days,  as  well  as  other  Days. 

The  following  substitute  for  this  rule  is  given  in  manuscript 
on  the  margin : 

"Aug'fl  24th,  1802.  From  the  3d  Monday  in  Ap.  to  ye  3d 
Monday  in  061.  the  Schools  will  begin  at  8  o'Clock,  A.  M.  and 
continue  ['till]  eleven.  In  the  Afternoon  they  will  begin  at  2 
o'clock  and  continue 'till  5.  From  ye  3d  Monday  in  Oft.  to  the 
3d  Monday  in  April,  the  Schools  will  begin  at  9  o'Clock,  A.  M. 
and  continue  'till  12  o'Clock.  In  the  Afternoon  they  will  begin 
at  2  o'clock  and  continue  untill  5,  excepting  the  Months  of 
November,  December,  and  January,  when  the  Schools  fhall  be 
clofed  at  h  paft  four." 

VI.     That  the  Mafters  be  excufed  from  keeping  School  on  the  following 
Days  and  Times,  viz. 

The  Afternoon  of  every  Thurfday  and  Saturday  throughout  the  year. 

The  Afternoon  preceding  Falls  and  Thankfgivings. 

Four  half  days  of  Artillery  Training,  in  the  Afternoon. 

Firil  Monday  in  April. 

Six  days  in  Ele6lion  Week. 

Firll  Monday  in  June. 

Fourth  day  of  July,  or  Anniverfary  of  Independence. 

The  four  laft  days  in  Commencement  Week. 

Chriftmas  Day,  and 

On  the  general  Training  Days. 

December'],  1789. 

Voted,  That  the  Committee  be  divided  into  feven  equal  parts,  as  Sub-Com- 
mittees for  the  purpofe  of  infpefting  the  refpedlive  Schools,  and  examining 
the  fcholars ;  fo  that  one  Committee  be  affigned  to  each  School.  And  the 
Committee  was  divided  accordingly.     [6] 

Voted,  That  the  infpefling  Committees  be  enjoined  to  vifit  their  refpecSlive 
Schools  at  leaft  once  every  month,  and  as  much  oftener  as  they  may  think 
proper. 

Voted,  That  the  infpe6ling  Committees  make  the  laws  of  the  State  fefpefling 
Schools,  the  votes  of  the  Town,  and  of  this  Committee,  the  rule  of  their 
condu6l  in  vifiting  the  Schools. 

Voted,  That  the  firfl  Monday  in  January  1790  be  the  time  affigned  for  putting 
into  operation  the  new  Syftem  of  Education,  as  adopted  by  the  Town,  and 
regulated  by  this  Committee.  , 

December  14,  1789. 
Voted,  That  it  be  the  indifpenfable  duty  of  the  feveral  School-Mafters,  daily 
to  commence  the  duties  of  their  office  by  prayer  and  reading  a  portion  of 
the  facred  Scriptures,  at  the  hour  affigned  for  opening  the  School  in  the 
morning ;  and  clofe  the  fame  in  the  evening  with  prayer. 


290  PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


December  21,  1 789 . 
Voted,  That  the  Mafters  never  expel  any  boy  from  School,  but  with  the  con- 

fent,  and  in  the  prefence  of  the  infpecting  Committee. 
Voted,  That  the  Inftru<ftor  of  the  Latin  School  be  entitled  The  Latin  Gram- 
tnar  Mafter ;  the  Inrtrudors  of  the  Reading  Schools  be  entitled  En^^lifh 
Grammar  Mafters ;    the  Inftruclors  of  the  Writing  Schools  be  entitled 
IVriting  Mafters . 

The  following  vote  is  appended  in  manuscript : 

December  28,  1789. 
Voted,  That  the  feveral  Schoolmafters  inflrucl  the  children  under 
their  care,  or  caufe  them  to  be  inftrufted,  in  the  AfTemblie's 
Catechifm,  every  Saturday,  unlefs  the  Parents  requell  that 
they  may  be  taught  any  particular  catechifm  of  the  religious 
Society  to  which  they  belong ;  and  the  Mafters  are  directed 
to  teach  fuch  Children  accordingly. 

^  Order, 

JOHN  SCOLLAY,  Chairman. 


M. 

The  following  is  the  tabular  view  of  the  exercises  of  the  School  aiTanged 
for  the  year  1876,  refeiTed  to  on  page  75.  It  is  a  pamphlet  of  twelve  pages. 
The  first  page  is  as  follows : — 

TABULAR    VIEW 

OF    THE 

EXERCISES 

OF   THE 

BOSTON    LATIN    SCHOOL, 
1876. 


The  second  page  gives  the  location  of  the  Classes  in  the  rooms  of  the  Betl- 
ford  Street  building,  and  in  the  old  Mason  Street  and  South  Street  School- 
houses,  which  were  used  as  an  annex,  owing  to  the  largely  increased  number 
of  scholars. 

The  letter  Q  designates  Gymnastics,  and  is  placed  before  or  after  the 
study,  according  as  this  exercise  occiu-s  in  the  first  or  last  half  of  the  hour. 


APPENDIX.  291 


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301 

Is". 

SCHOLAKS  WHO 

SERVED  IX  THE  WAR  OF  THE  REBELLION. 

The  names  on  the  shield  are  as  follows : — 

ON  THE  LEFT. 

George  Whittemore. 

F.  W.  Crowninshield. 

Sebastian  F.  Streeter. 

Francis  C.  Hopkinson. 

Hoi-ace  S.  Dunn. 

Fletcher  Webster. 

Nath.  B.  ShurtletT,  Jr. 

Samuel  S.  Gould. 

Francis  Winslow. 

Thomas  G.  Stevenson. 

George  Brooks. 

Charles  F.  Simmons. 

Sidney  W.  Howe. 

Alonzo  G.  Draper. 

James  R.  Darracott. 

Waldo  Merriam. 

James  S.  Kimball. 

Ed.  H.  11.  Revere. 

Geo.  W.  Thacher. 

Frank  II.  Nelson. 

Paul  J.  Revere. 

Vernon  Smith. 

Sumner  Paine. 

Sidney  Willard. 

Arthur  C.  Parker. 

Robert  Ware. 

ON  THE   RIGHT. 

Leonard  C.  Alden. 

Wra.  S.  Hooper. 

Winthrop  P.  Boj-nton. 

Arthur  Dehon. 

Charles  R.  Lowell. 

Edgar  M.  Newcomb. 

William  D.  Crane. 

Richai-d  C.  Goodwin. 

Henry  L.  Patten. 

Fred.  H.  Webster. 

James  Savage. 

Samuel  D.  Phillips. 

J.  H.  Collamore. 

Rufus  Choate. 

Wallace  E.  Putnam. 

Manton  Everett. 

Richard  Cary. 

Wm.  Greenough  White. 

Cabot  Russell. 

Samuel  H.  Eells. 

Edward  S.  Abbot. 

Wm.  C.  Batcheller. 

James  J.  Lowell. 

Robert  J.  Cowdin. 

Geo.  D.  WeUs. 

To  which  should  be  added  Harris  Gray. 

The  tablets  on  either  side  of  the  main  entrance 

of  the  School  read   as 

follows,  that  on  the  left  hand : — 

ALMA  MATER  FILIOS 

John  L.  Watson. 

Charles  G.  Kendall. 

Charles  F.  Livermore. 

Charles  H.  Davis. 

John  Phillips. 

William  C.  Paine. 

Edward  H.  Faucon. 

Zabdiel  B.  Adams. 

John  C.  Palfrey. 

William  H.  Channing. 

Robert  S.  Davis. 

Henry  Van  Brunt. 

William  Ino:all3. 

Jenks  H.  Otis. 

Hall  Curtis. 

Albert  G.  Prince. 

Charles  G.  Loring. 

H.  Sidney  Everett. 

Horace  Brooks. 

Greely  S.  Curtis. 

Francis  A.  Osborn. 

Charles  S.  Newell. 

H.  Pelham  Curtis. 

Francis  P.  Sprague. 

William  Prince. 

Nathan  Hayward. 

Russell  Sturgis,  Jr. 

Joshua  H.  Bates. 

Francis  W.  Palfrey. 

George  B.  N.  Tower. 

Edward  D.  Townsend. 

Amos  Binney. 

Henn.-  C.  Wheelock. 

Charles  Devens. 

Edward  A.  Flint. 

Henrj'  L.  Abbot. 

William  E.  Townsend. 

Joseph  H.  Thayer. 

George  M.  Barnard,  Jr. 

Samuel  Kneeland. 

Frederic  Winsor. 

Francis  II.  Brown. 

Grenville  B.  White. 

Joseph  M.  Brown. 

George  H.  Hepworth. 

Henry  T.  Davis. 

John  H.  Edson. 

Henry  L.  Higginson. 

i         Francis  J.  Parker. 

George  E.  Head. 

Frank  H.  Scudder. 

Francis  H.  Forbes. 

B.  Joy  Jeffries. 

William  P.  Mason. 

Charles  W.  Homer. 

Charles  J.  Paine. 

Calvin  G.  Pasre. 

James  V^aldock. 

Charles  E.  Stedman. 

Henry  Walker. 

Alexander  Bliss. 

Charles  E.  Briggs. 

George  Blagden. 

James  F.  Curtis. 

Charles  H.  Hard. 

Isaac  D.  Fisher. 

302 

PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 

Charles  F.  Adams,  Jr. 

Ellis  L.  Mottc. 

William  W.  Swan. 

Nathaniel  W.  Bumst«a(l. 

Charles  Payson. 

Francis  H.  Swan. 

Jonathan  Chupman. 

William  B.  Storcr. 

George  CJ.  Wheelock. 

James  M.  Ellis. 

Oliver  F.  Wadsworth. 

Bobert  Willard. 

Horace  N.  Fisher. 

Josiah  N.  Willard. 

Charles  W.  Amory. 

J.  Theodore  Heard. 

Fred.  W.  Batchelder. 

Thomas  Blagdeu. 

James  J.  Hijrginson. 

Edward  R.  Blagden. 

Edward  Blake. 

John  Ilomans,  Jr. 

Edward  B.  Blasland. 

John  L.  Bullard. 

Francis  W.  Tieynolds. 

John  C.  (iray. 

George  Burroughs. 

Richard  II.  Weld. 

Franklin  Haven,  Jr. 

Francis  J.  Cicchi. 

Bcnj.  W.  Crowninshield. 

David  II.  Ilayden. 

Clinton  A.  Cilley. 

Cyrus  Cobb. 

Isaac  II.  Hazclton. 

Robert  F.  Clark. 

Darius  Cobb. 

Charles  P.  Ilorton. 

Benjamin  F.  Field. 

Charles  G.  I>oring. 

Joseph  R.  Kendall. 

William  C.  Gannett. 

John  II.  Fisher. 

Jacob  II.  Lombard. 

Daniel  D.  Gilbert. 

William  K.  Hall. 

George  B.  Lombard. 

Ezra  P.  Gould. 

Frederic  S.  Hautville. 

George  B.  Perry. 

Horace  J.  Ilayden. 

Marcus  M.  Ilawes. 

James  Schouler. 

La^vicnce  M.  A.  Corcoran. 

Joseph  W.  Meniam. 

Robert  H.  Stevenson. 

The  right  liand  tablet  reads  as  follows : — 

GKATATCTB  REDUCES. 

Francis  L.  Higginson. 

Albert  0.  Gibson. 

George  M.  Townsend. 

George  A.  Ilunnewell. 

Charles  W.  Ileaton. 

Frank  Wildes. 

Edward  C.  Johnson. 

Charles  Hunt. 

John  M.  Campbell. 

Granville  E.  Johnson. 

Albert  B.  Poor. 

J.  Edward  Ilollis. 

Charles  P.  Kemp. 

Henry  M.  Rogers. 

William  C.  Wood. 

Arthur  Lawrence. 

Thomas  Sherwin,  Jr. 

Francis  G.  Young. 

David  F.  Lincoln. 

George  W.  Simmons,  Jr. 

Frederic  F.  Bauiy. 

Benjamin  C.  Mifflin. 

William  V.  Smith. 

J.  Wesley  Boyden. 

William  Nichols,  Jr. 

Henry  D.  Sullivan. 

Chas.  II.  Chamberlin. 

John  G.  Perry. 

John  E.  Tappan. 

Henderson  J.  Edwards. 

George  E.  Pond. 

Hampden  Waldron. 

Edward  S.  Huntington. 

Arthur  Reed. 

Frank  Wells. 

WilUam  Hedge. 

Joseph  S. Reed. 

Horace  Bumstead. 

William  II.  Lathrop. 

L.  Frederic  Rice. 

Edward  Coverly,  Jr. 

F.  Gordon  Morrill. 

Edward  C.  Richardson. 

Hugh  Doherty. 

Thomas  P.  Rich,  Jr. 

Eugene  E.  Shelton. 

Alford  F.  Fay. 

John  Ritchie. 

Hiram  S.  ShurtlcfF. 

Charles  P.  Greenough. 

Edward  C.  Saltmarsh. 

Lewis  W.  Tappan. 

Charles  W.  Ilagar. 

Ilcnn-  S.  Shelton. 

Alexander  F.  Wadsworth. 

George  H.  Iloyt. 

Alexander  Vinton. 

Charles  B.  Wells. 

Charles  E.  Hubbard. 

Frederic  Brooks. 

Charles  A.  Whittier. 

William  A.  Kimball. 

Robert  Bockus.* 

Edward  Wigglesworth,  Ji 

Scollay  Parker. 

Edward  B.  Dickinson. 

James  E.  Wright. 

Edward  B.  Robins. 

John  T.  Hassam. 

Copley  Amory. 

Howard  Sargent. 

George  II.  Hathaway. 

Nathan  Applcton. 

Henry  B.  Scudder. 

Wm.  Carlton  Ireland. 

James  II.  Bluke,  Jr. 

Frank  H.  Scudder. 

Dudley  M.  Phelps. 

William  W.  Carruth. 

Charles  C.  Soulc. 

Calvin  B.  Prcscott. 

Andrew  Cutting. 

Francis  D.  Stcdman. 

William  S.  Sargent. 

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Should  be  Robert  McLaren  Bockus. 

APPENDIX. 


303 


Albert  H.  Bradish. 
Richard  C.  Chace. 
John  L.  Eldridge. 
James  F.  Hawley. 
Thomas  B.  Peck. 
John  W.  Carter. 
James  H.  Dodge. 
Sylvester  A.  Jones. 
William  Read,  Jr. 
Joseph  Shelton. 
Charles  B.  Stoughton. 
Charles  B.  Tower. 


Edward  S.  Averill. 
Francis  H.  Barnard. 
Frank  R.  Benedict. 
Ignatius  P.  Egan. 
Henry  K.  Phinney. 
Edelbert  P.  Adams. 
Alphonse  B.  Batterman. 
Charles  L.  Maj'o. 
John  Schouler. 
Peter  R.  Guthrie. 
Edward  W.  Henck. 
Alvah  A.  Knowles. 


Sewell  E.  Mann. 
William  N.  Murdoch. 
Walter  Underwood. 
George  W.  Wescott. 
Charles  E.  Stevens. 
Daniel  K.  Chace. 
Charles  D.  W.  Gibson. 
William  Tryon. 
Henry  Barnard. 
John  S.  White,  Jr. 
Herbert  J.  Pratt. 
Henry  Tuck. 


To  the  above  should  be  added  Robert  Herrick  Buck,  William  Tilton  Clark,  Fi-ederic 
William  Hathaway. 


o. 

When  the  new  building  in  Warren  Avenue  was  occupied  by  the  School,  it 
was  proposed  that  the  Latin  School  Association  should  celebate  the  event 
with  appropi-iate  ceremonies.  A  distinguished  pupil  of  the  School  was  in- 
vited to  deliver  an  address  before  the  Association,  and  ex-Master  Dixwell  to 
write  a  Latm  Ode  for  the  occasion.  The  expected  orator  proving  unable  to 
comply  with  the  request  of  the  Committee,  the  idea  of  the  celebration  was 
reluctantly  abandoned.  Mr.  Dixwell,  however,  wrote  the  Ode,  which  was 
read  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Latin  School  Association,  and  privately 
circulated.  The  Committee  has  thought  that  Mr.  Dixwell's  kindness  de- 
serves grateful  mention,  and  that  the  Ode  should  be  preserved  by  being 
printed  here. 


MATKIS  ALM^ 

IN  TECTA  NOVA  INTKOITUS 
MDCCCLXXXI. 

Cum  patres  nostri  posuere  sedes 
Inter  intonsos  tumulos,  pusillam 
Te  fovebant  hie  pietate  moti, 
Mater  et  altrix. 

Plus  ducentos  dein  hominmn  per  annos 
Ssecia  transibant,  humilique  tecto 
Naviter  claros  juvenes  alebat 
Cara  magistra. 

Principes,  et  qui  tonitru  domabat, 
Agmen  heroum  patriae  salutem 
Qui  receptabant  gladiis,  meabant 
Inter  alumnos. 


304  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


En  sacratos,  jurldicos,  ilisertos, 
Gentis  luimana'  stabiles  amicos, 
Integros  cives  'scelerisque  ptiros' 
Mater  alebat. 

Nunc  domus  surgit  foribus  superbis, 
Atrils  et  marmoreis;  et  intus 
Laureos  natis  tribuens  honores 
Pnesidet  ipsa. 

Hue  senes  grati  juvenesque  docti 
Ad  novo3  fontes  adeunt  Camenum 
Clariores  quh.  modnlantur  undis 
Carmina  rivi. 

Auream  frondcm  cupidfe  petunt,  quse 
Ducit  omnes  ad  taritnrna  regna 
Quk  beati  privteriti  loquuntur 
Ore  silenti. 

Quanta  vi3  est  indomitajque  mentis 
Sic  adeptum  robur;  et  inde  quanto 
Altius  tendunt,  romitante  Musa 
Temporis  acti ! 

Sseculum  salve  sapientiorum 
Gloria  priestans  mcliusque  nostro 
Forsitan ;  sis  inox  utinam  per  omnes 
Nobile  gentes ! 

Et  precor,  Mater  mea,  sis  perennis ; 
Dumque  vocales  dominantur  artes, 
Suasionis  vim  doceas  per  orbem 
Sceptra  tenentis. 

Ap.,  188L 


P. 

The  following  exti'act  is  taken  from  the  Records  of  the  Boston  School 
Committee : — 

Oct.  14th,  1822.     A  letter  from  a  gentleman  was  read  olTcring  $50  as  a 
premium  for  the  best  scholar  in  the  year  1823  in  the  Latin  School  and  also  in 
the  English  Classical  School. 
To  the  Hon.  John  Phillips,  Mayor,  «&c. 

Sir:  I  proposo  with  the  concurrence  of  your  honom* and  the  Board  of  Aldermen 
at  the  annu.'il  examination  of  the  I'ublic  Schools  in  Boston  which  take  place  in 
182.J,  to  offer  a  gold  modal  of  the  value  of  $.'>0,  with  an  appropriate  devise  and 
inscription  to  be  executed  imder  the  direction  of  the  Head  Master  of  the  Centre 


APPENDIX.  305 


Latin  School  to  the  pupil  of  the  said  School  who  shall  at  that  time  be  adjudged 
by  the  School  Committee  and  the  principal  Instructor  to  be  the  best  scholar  in 
the  School  and  whose  conduct  and  deportment  during  the  year  preceding  shall 
have  been  such  as  to  have  evinced  diligence  in  his  studies,  respect  to  his  instruct- 
ors and  urbanity  towards  his  associates.  The  said  medal  to  be  delivered  to  the 
successful  candidate  at  Faneuil  Hall  by  the  Mayor  immediately  before  sitting 
down  to  dinner  on  the  day  of  the  examination,  and  the  occurrence  with  the 
name  of  the  juvenile  Emeritus  to  be  entered  on  the  Kecords  of  the  City. 

I  propose  to  offer  at  the  same  time  and  under  the  like  circumstances  a  similar 
donation  of  equal  value  to  the  first  and  most  approved  scholar  from  the  English 
Classical  School  in  Derne  St.,  the  medal  in  this  instance  to  be  executed  under  the 
direction  of  the  principal  master  of  that  School. 

Should  these  propositions  meet  the  acceptance  of  yourself  and  the  Board  of 
Aldermen  I  will  make  the  needful  deposit  to  ensure  their  being  carried  into 
effect,  and  under  this  event,  in  order  that  the  desired  result  of  exciting  an  emula- 
lation  among  the  youth  of  our  city  to  excel  alike  in  application  to  their  studies 
and  in  the  correctness  of  their  deportment  may  be  produced  in  a  greater  degree, 
I  beg  leave  further  to  suggest  the  expediency  of  a  printed  label  in  large  type 
struck  off  and  posted  in  some  conspicuous  place  in  the  School  rooms,  briefly 
stating  the  prize  which  will  be  awarded  and  the  conditions  attached  to  its  attain- 
ment. 

Another  stipulation  alone  remains  to  be  mentioned,  which  is,  if  the  proposition 
be  accepted,  that  the  name  of  the  donor  shall  not  be  made  public. 
With  great  respect  I  have  the  honor  to  be.  Sir, 
Your  obedient  servant, 

In  a  letter  transmitting  a  copy  of  this  record  for  preservation  in  the 
archives  of  the  Boston  Latin  School  Association,  Mr.  Dillaway  writes  : — 

"  Though  Mr.  Lloyd's  name  is  not  given  it  was  generally  understood  that  he 
was  the  donor. 

"  Those  who  are  acquainted  with  the  jovial  times  our  City  Fathers  used  to  have 
at  the  Faneuil  Hall  dinner  on  examination  day  will  appreciate  the  wisdom  of 
presenting  the  medal  '  immediately  before  sitting  down  to  dinner.' 

"  What  strikes  me  as  singular  is  that  the  names  of  the  boys  receiving  the 
medals  are  not  on  the  Records  of  the  School  Committee.  Of  course  their  names 
would  be  on  the  Records  of  the  City  Council.    They  should  have  been  on  both." 


Q.      ' 

FRANKLIN  MEDAL  SCHOLARS. 

In  the  Annual  Report  of  the  School  Committee  for  1857  will  be  found  an 
account  of  the  Franklin  Medals,  and  the  conditions  on  which  they  have  been 
awarded.  We  give  on  a  sejiarate  page  a  rejiresentation  of  the  forms  which 
they  have  at  different  times  assumed,  from  the  engravings  in  the  possession 
of  the  School  Committee,  which  we  have  kindly  been  allowed  to  copy.     Be- 


306 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


side  tlie  designs  given,  at  one  time  the  medal  was  simply  a  disk  of  silver 
witli  an  engraved  inscription.  We  give  also  a  list  of  the  pupils  who  have 
been  recipients  of  tliese  medals,  corrected  from  tliat  published  by  the  School 
Committee  in  187.o,  and  brought  down  to  the  present  year.  It  is  imperfect, 
the  names  of  the  boys  of  some  years  not  appearing,  but  there  seems  to  be  no 
way  of  supplying  its  deficiencies. 


1792 


1793 

1794 
1795 
1796 
1797 
1798 
1799 
1800 
1801 
1802 
1803 
1804 

1805 


John  Collins  "Warren. 
John  Joy,  3d. 
Daniel  Bates,  Jr. 
Arthur  Maynard  Walter. 
William  Hunt. 

Samuel  Dunn  Parker. 


Charles  Winston  Greene.* 


William  Smith,  Jr. 
Abraham  Wild,  Jr. 
Francis  Parkman. 
George  Hayward. 


Daniel  S.  Townsend. 
Joseph  H.  Hayward. 

1806  Edward  Everett. 

Nathaniel  Langdon  Frotbingbam. 
Benjamin  L.  Weld. 

1807  Charles  Pelham  Curtis. 
Benjamin  Daniel  Greene. 
George  Edward  Head. 

1808  George  Homer. 
Cliarlcs  Grccly  Loring. 

1809  John  Lee  Watson. 
Caleb  II.  Snow. 

1810  Nathaniel  Brewer. 
1811 

1812  Henry  Jones  Ripley. 
William  Clough. 

1813  George  S.  Bulfinch. 
William  Emei-son. 


*  The  following  letter,  which  appeared  some  years  ago  in  one  of  the  Boston 
papers,  explains  itself,  and  is  interesting  in  this  connection.  C.  W.  G.  are  the 
initials  of  Charles  Winston  Greene : —  , 

The  Franklin  Monument. 

We  are  permitted  to  make  the  following  extract  from  a  letter  received  by  one  of  the 
Committee  of  Franklin  Medal  Scholars,  appointed  to  obtain  subscriptions  in  aid  of  the  pro- 
posed Monument.    The  writer  is  a  distinguished  teacher  in  anoiher  Slate.     He  says : 

"  In  the  year  1798,  by  some  maladministration  of  the  Franklin  Fund,  one  medal  only  was 
given  in  the  Latin  School,  and  very  much  to  my  surprise,  1  obtained  it.  The  Hon.  James 
T.  Austin  was  in  the  Class,  but  fortunately  for  me  he  had  received  a  Franklin  Medal  at  a 
Grammar  School,  and  was  not  a  candidate.  I  now  forward  my  medal  to  prove  my  right  to 
subscribe  on  your  list  of  medal  scholars. 

"Your  allusions  to  your  old  teachers.  Masters  Emerson  and  Snelling,  and  the  floggings 
you  received  from  the  rod  of  the  latter,  known  to  the  boys  by  the  name  of  '  Cayenne '  end 
the  '  Old  Doctor,'  reminds  mc  of  good  old  Master  Hunt's  ferule  and  my  escape  from  it. 
He  whipped  me  often  and  very  hard,  and  liurt  coiirouudedly.  One  day  I  could  not  help 
crying  bitterly.  He  called  mc  up  and  seemed  willing  to  console  me.  He  said :  'You  know 
one  Christopher  Gore  ? '  (afterwards  Gov.  Gore.)  'Yes,  Sir.'  '  He's  a  great  man,  is'nt  he  ? ' 
'Yes,  Sir.'  '  Do  you  know  one  Harrison  Gray  Otis  ?'  'Yes,  Sir.'  *  He  is  a  great  man,  is 
he  not  ?'  '  Oh  yes.  Sir,'  said  I.  '  I  whipped  it  into  them  both !  '  said  Master  Hunt.  I  re- 
plied, *  I  guess  you  mean  to  make  a  plaguey  great  man  of  mc.'  I  was  in  a  roaring  passion, 
but  the  boys  in  the  school  laughed  outright,  and  the  old  man  smiled,  and  jiatted  mo  on  the 
head,  and  said,  '  (Jo  to  your  seat,  you  rogue,  I  will  not  touch  yo\i  again,'  and  he  never  did. 

"All  honor  to  our  old  teachers,  and  success  to  the  Franklin  Monument. 

"Yours,  C.  W.  (;." 


ORIGINAL   DESIGN. 
Though  dated  1792,  first  distributed  January,  1793. 


DEVICE    ESPECIALLY    PREPARED   FOR   THE    LATIN    SCHOOL   IN   1794, 
From  an  Original,  awarded  1S09. 


DEVICE  OF  1851.     THE  FIRST  FRANKLIN  MEDAL  STRUCK  FROM  DIES. 
Used  in  all  the  Schools  for  Boys. 


THE    FRANKLIN    MEDALS. 


OF  THE 

VNIVE^SITY 

r       °' 


APPENDIX. 

307 

18U 

Charles  Stuart.|| 

1815    Alexander  Young. 

John  Osborne  Sargent. 

Frederick  Percival  Leverett. 

Charles  Sumner. 

1816    William  Henry  Furness. 

Theodore  WiUiam  Snow. 

Thomas  Gamaliel  Bradford. 

Albert  Clarke  Patterson. 

1817 

Benjamin  Halsey  Andrews. 

1818    Edward  Greely  Loring. 

Edward  Cruft,  Jr. 

1819    Thomas  Stevenson.* 

1827 

William  Hammatt  Simmons. 

Daniel  Weld. 

John  R.  Bradford. 

George  Eichards  Minot  Withington. 

Benjamin  Goddard. 

1820    John  Cochran  Park. 

Wendell  Phillips. 

Edward  B.  Emerson. 

Nathaniel  Goddard. 

William  Newell. 

Edgar  Buckingham. 

1821t  Elijah  J  Loring. 

1828 

John  Sullivan  Perkins. 

Augustas  Sidney  Doane. 

John  Sullivan  Dwight. 

AUyne  Otis. 

John  J.  Evarts. 

Giles  Hemy  Lodge. 

Oliver  Capen  Everett. 

1822    Uazneau  Palfrey. 

Francis  Josiah  Humphrey. 

Joshua  Thomas  Stevenson. 

Thomas  O.  Prescott. 

Edward  G.  Furber. 

George  Frederic  Simmons. 

Thomas  Kemper  Davis.J 

1829 

Ephraim  Robins  Collier. 

John  C.  Phillips.^ 

Charles  Alfred  Welch. 

1823    Henry  Swasey  McKean. 

Henry  Wairen  Torrey. 

George  Chapman. 

Thomas  Gushing,  Jr. 

Frederic  Hall  Bradlee. 

Horace  Keating. 

Arnold  Francis  Welles. 

George  Freeman  Homer. 

Charles  Ritchie. 

George  Basil  Dixwell. 

1824    Samuel  Rogers. 

1830 

William  Smith  Cruft. 

Thomas  0.  Lincoln. 

Samuel  Parkman. 

Francis  Caleb  Loring. 

Thomas  Baldwin  Thayer. 

Robert  Charles  Winthi'op. 

Ferdinand  Elliot  White,  Jr. 

James  Jackson. 

1831 

Edward  Appleton. 

Charles  Chauncy  Emerson. 

George  Cabot. 

1825    Samuel  May. 

Thomas  Mayo  Brewer. 

William  W.  Sturgis. 

John  Foster  Williams  Lane. 

Edward  Linzee  Cunningham. 

Benjamin  Barnard  Appleton. 

William  Gray. 

Barney  S.  Otis. 

Samuel  Francis  Smith. 

William  Minot. 

William  Young. 

1832 

John  L.  Lincoln. 

1826    Henjy  Coffin. 

James  S.  Noyes. 

*  On  the  City  List  given  as  J.  Thomas  Stevenson,  but  probably  Thomas  Stevenson 

who  entered  in  1814.    Joshua  Thomas  Stevenson,  who  entered  in  1817,  received  a  medal, 

as  is  shown  by  the  List,  in  1822. 

t  The  name  of  John  H.  Ruggles  is  given  on  the 

City  List  for  this  year,  bnt  is  omitted 

here  on  the  authority  of  Giles  H.  Lodge. 

i  This  name  is  given  as  Thomas  Davis  in  the  City  List,  and  Thomas  Kemper  Davis  ap-     1 1 

pears   in  the   following    year,    which   is  an  error. 

Thomas  Kemper  Davis  received  a 

Franklin  Medal  in  1822  and  the  Lloyd  Medal  in  1823.                                                                  | 

§  Added  on  the  authority  of  Cazneau  Palfrey. 

II  This  name  appears  on  the  City  List  both  in  1825  and  1826.    We  omit  it  in  the  former 

vear  on  authority  of  Wm.  Gray,  who  says  Stuart  received  the  Medal  in  1826. 

308 

PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL.                                                   1 

1 

Asa  G.  Alexander. 

1843 

L.  F.  S.  Cushing.                                       1 

Frederick  K.  Sherman.* 

James  Cutler  Dunn  Parker. 

1833 

Frederick  Ocuvius  Prince. 
Edward  D.  Townscnd. 
Charles  Henry  Appleton  Dall. 

Joseph  Peabody  (iardncr. 
Augustine  Heard,  Jr. 
Alexander  Bliss. 

Henrj-  "Williams,  Jr. 
Francis  Stanton  Williams. 

1844 

Edward  James  Young. 
Thom.'is  Henderson  Chandler. 

Charles  Hayward,  Jr. 
John  Bacon,  Jr. 

Edwin  Davenport,  Jr. 
Alexander  Hale. 

Edward  Tuckerman,  Jr. 

James  Athcrton  Dugan. 

1834 

Samuel  Leonard  Abbot,  Jr. 

Samuel  Parsons,  Ji-. 

Benjamin  Franklin  Atkins. 

1845 

James  Cutler  Dunn,  Jr. 

James  Robinson  Peirce. 

George  Shattuck  Shaw. 

Amos  Smith. 

Edward  Abiel  Washburn. 

William  Howard  Hinckley. 
L.  Silas  Cragin,  Jr. 

1835 

Benjamin  Wliite  Whitney. 
J.  II.  Bancroft. 
Alexander  Cnlvin  Washburn. 
Thomas  Dawes. 
Charles  Henry  Brigham. 
Cornelius  Marchant  Vinson. 

1846 

Zabdicl  Boylstou  Adams. 
Joseph  Henry  Thayer. 
Francis  W.  Winthrop  Palfrey. 
Cliarlcs  Hale. 

Hermann  Jackson  Warner. 
Loammi  Goodenow  Ware. 

1836 

James  M.  Perkins. 
Hoi-ace  Andrews. 

1847 

Henry  Williamson  Ilaynes. 
Edward  Aiken. 

Samuel  Knecland,  Jr. 
Benjamin  Pond. 
Samuel  Foster  ^IcCleary,  Jr. 
William  R.  Bagnall. 

1848 

Lucius  Henry  Buckingham. 
.James  M.  Whiton,  .Jr. 
George  B.  Safford. 
Gorham  Thomas. 

1837 

Owen  Glendower  Peabody. 
Edward  Capen. 

Charles  Russell  Lowell,  Jr. 
Samuel  Lothrop  Thorndike. 

1838 

Edward  Rogers. 

.John  S.  Perkins. 

1839 

James  Cushing  Merrill,  Jr. 

George  Henry  Gay. 

Henry  Blatchford  "Wheelwright. 

James  Ho\s'ard  Means. 

Charles  W.  Eustis. 

Octavius  Brooks  Frothingham. 

1849 

(Jordon  Bartlett. 
Cliarlcs  William  Eliot. 
William  Henry  Rowe. 
Uriel  Haskell  Crocker. 
Francis  Augustus  Osborn. 
William  Sidney  Davis. 

1840 

Osborne  Boylston  Hall. 
Thomas  Baillett  Hall. 
Warren  Tilton. 
ticorge  Francis  Parkman. 
William  E.  Boies. 

1850 

David  Pulsil'cr  Kimball. 

Josepli  Willard,  Jr. 

David  Hill  Coolidge. 

William  Theophilus  Rogers  Marvin. 

Norman  Seavcr. 

1841 
1842 

Benjamin  Apthorp  Gould,  Jr. 
George  B.  Cary. 
Timothy  Button  Chamberlain. 
John  Phillips  Reynolds. 
Charles  Ileniy  Hiulson. 
Oliver  Jorda;:  Fernald. 
William  Ladd  Ropes. 
Francis  James  Child. 
William  Davis  Bliss. 

1851 
1852 

Benjamin  Joy  Jeffries. 
Edwin  Hale  Abbot. 
.James  Heed, 
rhillips  Brooks. 
Henry  Walker. 
Williaui  B.  Williams. 
William  Wiiiting  Richards. 
(Jeor^ce  Blu^'den. 
George  W.  Copeland. 

*  This  name  appears  on  the  City  List  as  a  '. 
affords  n"  cvideucc  that  sucli  a  pupil  was  in  t 

Medal  Scholar  of  this  year,  but  our  Catalogue 
he  School.    F.  O.  Prince,  however,  thinks  be 

remembers  him  there. 

1 

APPENDIX 

309 

George  L.  Locke. 

John  Tnckcr  Ward. 

Daniel  Webster  Wilder. 

John  Adams  Blanchard. 

Richard  Hardinfr  Weld. 

George  Glover  Crocker. 

James  Jackson  Higginson. 

Frank  Waldo  Wildes. 

1853    James  Jackson  Lowell. 

1861 

Sumner  Paine. 

William  N.  Eayrs. 

William  Brunswick  Curry  Stackney. 

Joseph  Augustine  Hale. 

George  H.  Mifflin. 

George  Whittemore. 

George  A.  Goddard. 

Augustus  Allen  Hayes. 

Charles  James  Ellis. 

Horace  Newton  Fisher. 

William  C.  Ireland. 

1854    Joshua  Gardner  Beals. 

1862 

Abbott  Pomroy  Wingate. 

William  Pitt  Greenwood  Bartlett. 

Moorfield  Storey. 

Henry  Lj-man  Patten. 

Matthew  Harkins. 

Samuel  Henry  Eells. 

Edward  Henry  Clark. 

Thomas  Reed. 

Charles  Edwin  Stratton. 

William  Everett. 

Henry  MarshaD  Tate. 

1855    Francis  Gray. 

Henry  Rolfe. 

Francis  Custis  Hopkinson. 

1863 

James  Barr  Ames. 

Clinton  A.  Cilley. 

Arthur  Brooks. 

Nathaniel  Bradstreet  ShuiUeff,  Jr. 

George  William  Eaton. 

William  K.  Hall. 

Nelson  Lloyd  Derby. 

James  M.  Hubbai'd. 

Henry  Grafton  Monks. 

1856*  George  Brooks  Young. 

James  Russell  Carret. 

George  Willis  Warren. 

1864 

William  D.  Kelly. 

Arthur  Wilkinson,  Jr. 

Samuel  S.  Preston. 

George  Gill  Wheelock. 

Charles  Dana  Palmer. 

Lewis  William  Tappan,  Jr. 

Dennis  W.  Mahoney. 

William  Channing  Gannett. 

1865 

William  Gallagher. 

1857    James  Edward  Wright. 

Benjamin  L.  M.  Tower. 

Wendell  Phillips  Garrison. 

Thomas  P.  Beal. 

George  Burroughs. 

William  T.  Wingate. 

ScoUay  Parker. 

William  P.  Montague. 

John  Prentiss  Hopkinson. 

Jacob  F.  Foltz. 

Leonard  Case  Alden. 

1866 

Joseph  Healy. 

1858    Arthur  Reed. 

Otis  Norcross. 

William  Tucker  Washburn. 

Otis  G.  Robinson. 

William  Hobbs  Chadbourn. 

Walter  Shepard. 

Charles  Bartlett  Wells. 

James  C.  Jordan. 

Chai'les  Eustis  Hubbard. 

Frank  W.  Robinson. 

Henry  Munroe  Rogers. 

Frederic  H.  Viaux. 

1859    Arthur  Mason  Knapp. 

1867 

William  N.  Field. 

Frederic  Brooks. 

John  Cotton  Brooks. 

Thomas  Bellows  Peck. 

George  P.  Montague. 

Horace  Bumstead. 

Hamilton  M.  Twombly. 

John  Tvler  Hassam. 

James  R.  Reed. 

Henry  Fitch  Jenks. 

George  Sidney  Wheelock. 

1860t  Charles  Willard  Hagar. 

1868 

.James  H.  Young. 

Charles  Pelham  Greenough. 

George  11.  Tower. 

*  William  W.  Parker  also  appears  on  the  C 

ty  List 

under  this  date,  but  incorrectly.    He 

was  not  of  our  School,  and  his  name  is  strick 

2n  out  on  authority  of  L.  W.  Tappan,  Jr. 

t  In  this  year  George  H.  Fales  received  a  C 

^^ommittee  Medal. 

Edward  W.  Hutchins. 

1869  Ernest  Young. 
Ambrose  C.  Richardson. 
Frank  H.  Bigelow. 
George  H.  Towle. 
Alfred  C.  True. 
Joseph  M.  Sheahaa. 
Robert  (irant. 
Tucker  Dalund. 
Arthur  E.  Hartnett. 

1870  Samuel  Edwin  "Wj'man. 
John  Palmer  Wyman. 
Charles  Montraville  Green. 
Charles  Franklin  Kuowles. 
Frank  Eklredge  Randall. 
Columbus  Tyler  Tyler. 
William  Taggard  Piper. 
Hosca  Ballou  Morse. 

1871  Lester  W.  Clark. 
William  T.  Campbell. 
John  C.  Lane. 
Grenville  H.  Norcrosg. 
Gorham  P.  Faucoa. 
Morton  n.  Prince. 
Charles  C.  Lord. 
Frederick  R.  Comee. 
George  II.  Monks. 
Ashton  L.  Dam. 
Frank  Campbell. 
Henry  S.  Milton. 

1872  George  L.  Giles. 

J.  Franklin  Botume. 
James  B.  Troy. 
George  TI.  Eldridge. 
Jabez  E.  Giles. 
Frank  G.  Steele. 
Willis  D.  Leland. 

1872  Heniy  P.  Jaques. 
Samuel  T.  Fisher. 
Marshall  P.  Washburn. 
Edward  Bickiiell. 

1873  James  Loring  Cheney. 
John  Q.  A.  Brett. 
Walter  Herbert  Russell. 
Edward  Jones  Cutter. 
Matthew  Vassar  Pierce. 
Thomas  Foster  Shei*maa. 
Arthur  Briggs  Denny. 
James  Wise  Walker. 

1874  Willis  B.  Allen. 
Edward  Browne  Hunt. 
Wcijstcr  KcUcy. 
Isaac  Barney  Mills. 
Thomas  Russell. 


1875  John  T.  Bowcn. 
Frank  B.  Patten. 
Edward  A.  Robinson. 
William  B.  Lawrence. 
Georiie  W.  Merrill. 

1876  Charles  S.  Lane. 
Philip  R.  Alger. 
Arthur  X.  Milliken. 
William  S.  Eaton. 
Edward  S.  Hawes. 

1877  Merle  St.  Croix  Wright. 
Jacob  Charles  Morse. 
Benjamin  Preston  Clark. 
Alanson  Joseph  Abbe. 
William  Walker  Hartwell. 
Isaac  Lothrop  Rogers. 
John  Cummings  Munro. 
Harry  Ellison  Seaver. 

1878  George  Crystie  Van  Benthnysen. 
Fredei'ick  Clinton  Woodbury. 
Charles  Hamlin  Dunton. 
Berwick  Manning. 

Charles  Francis  Cutler. 

1879  Thomas  Cogswell  Bachelder. 
George  William  Evans. 
Alfred  Church  Lane. 
William  Ilussey  Page. 

1880  George  Andrew  Stewart. 
William  Wallace  Fenn. 
Henry  Bancroft  Twombly. 
Frederick  Homer  Darling. 
Thomas  Aloysius  Mullen. 
Horatio  Nelson  Glover. 
James  Newton  Garratt. 

J.  Arthur  Willis  Goodspeed. 
Eugene  Hamlin  Hatch. 

1881  George  R.  Nutter. 
Victor  C.  Alderson. 
Samuel  W.  Meudum. 
Ernest  II.  Smith. 
Frank  B.  Upham. 
Lawrence  Litchfield. 
Lewis  L.  Jackson. 
Thomas  T.  Baldwin. 
John  E.  Butler. 

1882  William  C.  Prcscott. 
John  II.  Huddleston. 
Henry  E.  Frascr. 
George  E.  Howes. 
Dana  P.  Bartlctt. 
Frederic  H.  Barnes. 
Norman  I.  Adams. 
Selwyn  L.  Harding. 
William  F.  Osgood. 


APPENDIX. 


311 


1883    Wilton  Lincoln  Currier. 
Robert  Warner  Frost. 
Thomas  Goddard  Frothingham. 
Carl  August  de  Gersdoi-ff. 
Edward  Aveiy  Harriman. 
Shattuck  Osgood  Hartwell. 
Leo  Rich  Lewis. 
Albert  Thompson  Perkins. 
Henry  Grover  Perkins. 
James  Haugbton  Woods. 


1884    George  Bruno  de  Gersdorff. 
James  A.  Gallivan. 
Hariy  May  Hartshorn. 
William  Pride  Henderson. 
William  Augustine  Leahy. 
Samuel  Foster  McCleary. 
Lewis  Henry  Paddock. 
Herman  Page. 
Harry  Hudson  Turner. 
Frank  Bockus  Williams. 


E. 

The  following  Poem  by  William  Everett,  was  read  at  the  dinner  of  the 
Boston  Latin  School  Association  in  1877  : — 


Is  cm"  mother  then  so  wedded 

To  her  building's  ancient  site, 
That  the  inn  she  taught  was  wicked 

Gives  her  children  seats  to-night? 
But  since,  met  in  such  a  session, 

Boy  or  master  counts  as  one, 
What  shall  I  be  reckoned,  standing 

Where  life's  waters  both  ways  run? 

II, 

Man,  or  boy  ?    That  is  my  question, 

Harder  than  poor  Hamlet's  doubt; 
Can  this  table  lend  assistance 

From  the  fog  to  get  me  out  ? 
Feeling  hour  by  hour  contending 

Boy  and  man  within  my  breast. 
Fire  and  frost,  or  jest  and  earnest, 

Who  shall  set  that  strife  at  rest  ? 


III. 

Boy  no  more,  while  seeing  round  me 

Whiskered  lawyers,  doctors  cool — 
Babes !    I  taught  them  Ovid  scanning, 

Born  the  week  I  entered  school! 
Man  not  yet  —  his  ancient  masters 

Who  could  ever  see  unmoved  ? 
Please  don't  mark  me,  sir,  delinquent, 

If  my  piece  is  not  approved. 


312  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


IV. 
Blundering  yet  o'er  Greek  subjunctives, 

Shuddering  at  the  discount  rule, 
Loathing  pipes  and  loving  cream  cake«— 

Ah,  I  ought  to  be  at  school  I 
Blowing  rainbow  bubbles  daily, 

Eager  for  each  new  employ, 
Tired  with  one  week's  steady  drudging— 

Why!  he's  nothing  but  a  boy. 

V. 

Backward  through  long  vistas  gazing 

Lined  with  trunks  of  blasted  hope, 
Paved  with  faded  projects,  clouded 

O'er  with  failure's  gloomy  cope — 
Wrathful  at  men's  guilt  and  folly, 

Sitting  Bull  or  silver  bill, — 
Rouse  thee,  man!  thy  boyhood's  over! 

Work !    Why  stand' st  thou  idle  still  ? 

VI. 

When,  with  boys  around,  I  kindle 

At  their  games  and  tales  and  glee, 
Sorely  puzzled  that  their  fathers 

Somehow  went  to  school  with  me — 
If  they  run  to  meet  their  equals. 

Where  are  mine  ?    I  droop  my  head- 
Ben  and  John  are  long  since  married — 

Frank  and  Bill  long  since  are  dead. 

vn. 

Stand  I  thus  the  only  waverer, 

Looking  on  and  backward  too  ? 
Ah,  I  see  the  telltale  blushes, 

Owning  kindred  doubts  in  you! 
Toimg  hearts  bowed  by  cares  of  manhood, 

White  heads  warm  with  youthful  joys, 
O  my  staid  and  reverend  schoolmates, 

"  Whispering !    sprouting !  -  Mark  those  boys ! " 

VIII. 

Mother!    Thou  whose  lively  nurture 

Fostered  every  puri^ose  high, 
Pricked  our  souls  to  bold  endeavor, 

Strung  each  arm  and  fired  each  eye— 
If  our  hearts  grow  cold  and  sordid. 

If  the  world  our  thoijghts  employs, 
Break  and  thaw  the  freezing  current; 

Mother!    Keep  thy  children  boys! 


APPENDIX.  313 


IX. 

Thou,  whose  firm  and  cautious  training 

Watched  o'er  every  wayward  son, 
Chained  the  playful  and  the  sluggard 

Firmly  in  till  work  was  done — 
O,  if  e'er  we  stray  or  falter, 

Lui'ed  by  hope  or  pleasm-e,  then 
Draw  once  more  thy  old-time  bridle ; 

Mother,  make  thy  children  men ! 

X. 

Boys  in  hope,  and  men  in  council. 

Boys  in  action,  men  in  thought; 
Boys  to  breast  the  world's  encoimter, 

Men  to  wear  the  trophies  brought. 
Take,  boys,  take  each  pure  enjoyment 

From  the  earth's  bright  fields  of  love! 
Strike,  men,  strike  each  monster,  purging, 

Lifting  earth  to  heights  above ! 

XI. 

Fathers,  brothers,  sons !    Our  manhood 

Meets  with  boyish  fim  to-day. 
Hopes  and  memories  chime  to  warn  us, 

"  Hearts  be  green,  though  locks  he  gray." 
So  om-  city's  pious  motto 

Glows  with  richer  light  for  us; 
"  Sit  in  omne  Deus  cevum 

Nobis  sicut  patribus." 

XII. 

One  verse  more !    This  meeting's  private: 

Some  things  wont  be  said  outside. 
Many  an  outward  stroke  and  inward 

Has  the  dear  old  school  defied. 
Boys  or  inen:  we'll  stand  unflinching 

Every  bolt  that  malice  hurls ; 
But,  by  all  her  ancient  honor, 

Fill  not  up  our  ranks  with  girls! 


s. 

In  the  New  Eng.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.  for  January,  1883,  (vol.  xxxvii,  p.  55,) 
is  a  list  of  the  acquaintances  of  Daniel  Henshaw,  who  died  in  Boston,  after 
his  removal  from  there  in  1748,  on  which  we  find  the  following : — 

22.    Samuel  Gibson,  Usher  of  South  Grammar  School, — died  much  lamented. 

53.  John  Buck,  Esqr-  a  Gentleman  of  a  good  Character  —  one  of  the  Over- 
seers of  the  Poor  of  the  Town  of  Boston  for  more  than  20  years  successively. 


314 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


aged  between  80  &  VO  years :  I  think  there  were  but  2  men  in  Boston  of  his 
standing  at  Latin  School,  namely  —  Mess"  Colman  &  Winslow. 

^Vo  have  no  other  information  of  John  Ruck,  and  there  is  nothing  to 
indicate  the  time  of  his  probable  connection  with  our  School. 


On  page  92  of  the  Catalogue  some  memoranda  taken  from  the  manuscript 
catalogue  of  !Mr.  Hunt  have  been  given ;  the  same  manu.script  contains  the 
following  similar  agreements  entered  into  by  other  boys,  presumably  in 
the  Nortli  School,  some  of  whom  yriW  be  recognized  as  among  our  pupils. 

I  Benj.  Shaw  engage  the  same  *  for  Jos.  Langdon  for  half  the  time,  and  I  Jos 

Goodwin  for  the  other  half.  B.  Shaw.  his 

Jos.    X    Goodwin, 
mark 


I  Nat.  Shaw  engage  for  Hen  Goodwin. 

I  Simon  Eliot  engage  for  Josias  Byles. 
I  Ellias  Parker  engage  for  Thos.  Blanchard. 
I  Sam'l.  Leach  engage  for  And.  Gillespie. 
I  Jno  Dixwell  engage  for  Boyer. 

»       »       «       « 

I  Jno  Gillespie  engage  for  Fortes :  Vernon. 


bis 
Nat    X    Shaw 
mark 

S.  Elliott. 

E.  Parker. 

S.  Leach. 

J.  Dixwell. 

John  Gillespie. 


T. 

OFFICERS  OF  THE  LATIN  SCHOOL  BATTALION. 


1865. 
A.  Otis  Evans,  Lt.  Colonel. 
J.  S.  White,  Major. 
C.  H.  Swan,  Sgt.  Major. 
Otis  G.  Robinson,  Captain. 
F.  W.  Robinson, 
Joseph  Ilealy,  " 

F.  H.  Viaux, 

James  C.  Jordan,  1st  Lieutenant. 
Godfrey  Morse,  " 

Geo.  Sidney  Wheelock,  " 
O.  F.  Seavey,  " 

Otis  Xorcross,  2d  Lieutenant. 
Charles  Munroc,         " 
A.  E.  Ilarilinf;,  " 

Walter  Shcpard,        " 

1866. 
William  T.  Sanger,  Colonel. 
Charles  N.  Stearns,  Adjutant. 


William  N.  Field,  Captain. 
Geo.  Sidney  Wheclock,  " 
Frank  Mciriam,  " 

F.  R.  Nourse,  '* 

1867. 
W.  II.  Miller,  Lt.  CoIomI. 
Chas.  Inman  Barnard,  " 
O.  V.  Blackmar,  Major. 
Leandcr  Ilolbrook,  Sijt.  Major. 
Charles  S.  Thornton,  Captain. 
James  II.  Young,  " 

(lci>rf;c  II.  Tower,  " 

John  W.  Sleei>cr, 
Arthur  T.  Cabot,  1«<  Lieutenant. 
Kilward  W.  Ilutchins,   " 
Edward  V.  Bird, 
Saniucl  W.  Freucli,        " 
Edward  B.  Russell,  2d  Lieutenant. 
R.  W.  Monta<,'ue,  '* 


*  Referring  to  the  agreement  of  Peter  Crequi,  given  on  p.  92,  referred  to  above. 


APPENDIX. 


315 


Joseph  Frank  Paul,  2d  Lieutenant, 
Joseph  W.  Warren,     " 

1868. 
Tucker  Daland,  Colonel. 
J.  C.  Goodwin,  Adjutant. 
W.  J.  G.  Fogg,  Sgt.  Major. 
El-nest  Young,  Captain. 
J.  P.  Hawes,  " 

L.  H.  Babcock,  " 
J.  W.  SkiUings,  " 
F.  H.  Undei-wood,  1st  Lieutenant. 

F.  O.  Mendum  " 

G.  G,  Walbach, 

C.  A.  Prince,  " 

C.  S.  Moore,  2d  Lieutenant. 

A.  E.  Hartnett, 

A.  D.  Foster,  " 

Robert  Grant,  " 

1869. 
Geo.  P.  Sanger,  Lt.  Colonel. 
C.  T.  Tyler,  Major. 
John  H.  Kennealy,  Sgt.  Major. 
Frank  E.  Randall,  Captain. 
George  C.  Richardson,  " 
George  A.  Leland,         " 
Charles  M.  Green,  " 

E.  "W.  Krackowizer,  1st  Lieutenant. 
Fred.  A.  Hackett, 

Edward  "W.  Wellington,  " 
Edmund  H.  Sears,  " 

Daniel  B.  Toomey,  2d  Lieutenant. 
Francis  G.  Lodge,      " 
Edwin  P.  Stone,  " 

Henry  R.  Grant,         " 

1870. 
Lester  W.  Clark,  Colonel. 
George  H.  Monks,  Adjutant. 
William  T.  Campbell,  Captain. 
A.  Leslie  Dam,  " 

Henry  W.  Broughton,       " 
Gorham  P.  Faucon.  " 

J.  C.  Lane,  \st  Lieutenant. 
H.  L.  J.  Warren,  " 
S.  L.  Abbot, 

F.  Dumaresq,        " 

F.  Campbell,  2d  Lieutenant 
C.L.  Clark, 
M.  H.  Prince,    " 
Deblois  Bush,    " 


1871. 
John  Dodd,  Lt.  Colonel. 
M.  P.  Washburn,  Major. 
J.  E.  Giles,  Sgt.  Major. 
G.  H.  Eldridge,  Captain. 
N.  A.  Thompson,     " 
J.  F.  Botume,  " 

H.  P.  Jaques,  " 

J.  A.  Blaikie,  \st  Lieutenant. 

D.  C.  Bacon,  " 
Edward  Bicknell,  " 
G.  L.  Giles, 

W.  D.  Leland,  2c?  Lieutenant. 

E.  G.  Gardiner, 
J.  B.  Troy, 

Wm.  Farnsworth,    " 

1872. 
A.  B.  Denny,  Colonel. 
M.  V.  Pierce,  Major. 

F.  W.  Rollins,  Adjuta?if. 
C.  G.  Currier,  Qr.  Master. 
Q.  Pierce,  Sgt.  Major. 
John  Q.  A.  Brett,  Captain. 
N.  R.  Campbell, 

W.  M.  Bell, 

J.  L.  Cheney,  " 

A.  M.  Sherman,  Ist  Lieutenant. 

W.  H.  Russell, 

E.  J.  Cutter,  " 

W.  M.  Cutler, 

R.  H.  Young,  2d  Lieutenant.     ■ 

E.  L.  Morse,  " 

H.  W.  Gushing,     " 

J.  W.  Walker,       " 

1873. 
John  O'Dowd,  Lt.  Colonel. 
Edward  Stackpole,  Major. 
Thornton  H.  Simmons,  Adjutant. 
Thomas  Russell,  Qr.  Master. 
Theodore  R.  Murray,  Sgt.  Major. 
Willis  B.  Allen,  Captain. 
Isaac  B.  Mills,  " 

Herbert  Jaques,        " 
Richard  W.  Lodge,  " 
Willis  B.  McMichael,  \st  Lieutenant. 
Edward  B.  Brady,  " 

Frederick  L.  Gay,  " 

Charles  E.  Miller, 

Frederic  O.  Nickerson,  2d  Lieutenant. 
Geo.  W.  Ross, 
Henry  Wheeler,  " 

Herbert  Tappan,  " 


316 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


1874. 
William  B.  Lawrence,  Colonel. 
Edward  Robinson,  Major. 
Charles  P.  Nunn,  Adjutant. 
Edward  W.  Shannon,  Qr.  Master. 
F.  Herbert  Daniels,  8gt.  Major. 
Larkin  Trull,  Captain. 
Hcnrj-  N.  Kinney,    " 
Walter  C.  Prescott,  " 
Wm.  W.  Coolidge,   " 
Samuel  Delano,        " 
Arthur  C.  Hayes,  \$t  Lieutenant. 
Clement  W.  Andrews,     " 
Charles  Q.  Scoboria,        " 
Edward  E.  Hayden,        " 
John  G.  Morris,  " 

Richard  Heard,  2d  Lieutenant. 
Lloyd  M.  Brett, 
Harry  R.  Sargent,        " 
John  H.  Taff, 
Edward  W.  Xe\vton,    " 

1875. 
Francis  M.  Holden,  Lt.  Colonel. 
George  A.  Phinney,  Major. 
Harvey  N.  Collison,  Adjutant. 
Philip  T.  Buckley,  Qr.  Master. 
Edward  S.  Hawes,  Sgt.  Major. 
James  Otis,  Captain. 
James  B.  Field,    " 
Hubert  S.  RufBn,  " 
Charles  S.  Lane,    " 
Frank  W.  Jones,  " 
William  S.  Eaton,  \st  Lieutenant. 
Charles  E.  Warren,        " 
Charles  J.  Means,  " 

Louis  M.  Clark,  " 

Walter  A.  Smith, 
Herbert  L.  Hunt,  2J  Lieutenatit. 
Daniel  J-  Shea,         " 
Phiueas  C.  Headley," 
Jacob  C.  Morse,        " 
Warren  Morse,         " 

1876. 

E.  L.  Twombly,  Colonel. 
J.  M.  Gibbons,  Major. 

F.  A.  Jackson,  Adjutant. 

G.  G.  S.  Perkins,  Qr.  Master. 
Edw.  Reynolds,  Sijt.  Major, 
W.  W.  Morong,  Captain. 
W.  W.  llartwell,      " 

H.  D.  Andrews,        " 
M.  St.  C.  Wright,     " 


E.  II.  Baker,  Captain. 
C.  J.  Cameron,      " 

C.  C.  Everett,  1«/  Lieutenant. 

F.  T.  Knight,  " 
Tracy  Sturges,  " 
H.  E.  Seaver,  " 
A.  J.  Knowles,    " 

I.  L.  Rogers,        " 

.T.  C.  Munro,  Id  Lieutenant. 
W.  W.  Taff, 

F.  G.  Tomlinson,  " 
P.  N.  Bailey, 

C.  F.  Cutler, 
A.  J.  Abbe, 

1877. 
C.  II.  Dunton,  Lt.  Colonel. 
V.  J.  Loriug,  Major. 

II.  I.  Dillenback,  Adjutant. 
M.  A.  Crockett,  Qr.  Master. 
Benvick  Manning,  Sgt.  Major. 

G.  C.  Van  Benthuyscn,  Captain. 
J.  E.  Qark, 

Edw.  L.  Underwood,  " 

E.  D.  Scott, 
C.  F.  Cutler, 

F.  C.  Woodbuiy, 

J.  A.  Daly,  \st  Lieutenant. 

T.  A.  Barron, 

C.  A.  Snow,  " 

Walter  Curtis, 

C.  H.  Holman, 

W.  E.  Thayer, 

J.  W.  Perkins,  2d  Lieutenant. 

H.  Russell, 

R.  F.  Crooke, 

J.  L.  Bates,  " 

T.  C.  Bachelder, 

W.  H.  Page, 

1873. 
Hammond  V.  Hayes,  Colonel. 
Daniel  M.  liichardsou,  Major. 
Charles  B.  Mosclcy,  Adjutant. 
John  A.  Squire,  Qr.  Master. 
William  A.  Hayes,  Sgt.  Major. 
George  J.  Porter,  Captain. 
Thomas  C.  Bachelder,  " 
Frederick  B.  Ferris,      " 
William  H.  Page,  " 

George  W.  M.  Given,  " 
Alfred  Touks, 

William  H.  Deasy,  \st  Lieutenant. 
Alfred  C.  Lane, 


APPENDIX.                                                     317 

Frank  E.  Burbank,  Ist  Lieutenant. 

William  S.  Kimball,  2d  Lieutenant. 

George  H.  Nichols,       " 

Ferdinand  W.  Batchelder,  " 

J.  A.  W.  Goodspeed,     " 

Dwight  Baldwin,                   " 

Joseph  L.  Andrews,      " 

Warner  S.  Richards,            " 

Everett  W.  Hatch,  2d  Lieutenant. 

Robert  S.  Bickford, 

Frederick  H.  Darling,  " 

Edson  L.  Whitney,             " 

Edwin  E.  Jack,             " 

Henry  B.  Twombly,     " 

1881. 

George  A.  Stewart,       " 

George  Santayana,  Lt.  Colonel. 

Frank  E.  Butler,           " 

Robert  D.  Smith,  Major. 

Selwyn  L.  Hardiug,  Adjutant. 

1879. 

Frank  W.  Smith,  Qr.  Master. 

Frederick  H.  Darling,  Lt,  Colonel. 

Winthrop  L.  Rogers,  Sgt.  Major. 

Edwin  E.  Jack,  Major. 

William  M.  Marvin,  Captain. 

William  A.  Hayes,  Adjutant. 

Frederic  PI.  Barnes,        " 

J.  Henry  Williams,  Qr.  Master. 

James  A.  Frye,               " 

Thaddeus  W.  Harris,  Sgt.  Major. 

Henry  E.  Eraser,             " 

William  W.  Fenn,  Captain. 

James  H.  Payne,             " 

Charles  B.  Moseley,     " 

Dana  P.  Bartlett,            " 

George  A.  Stewart,      " 

John  R.  Slattery,             " 

Henry  B.  Twombly,     " 

John  H.  Huddleston,  \st  Lieutenant. 

J.  A.  W.  Goodspeed,    " 

John  G.  Howard,              " 

Frank  E.  Butler, 

William  F.  Osgood,         " 

Francis  W.  White,  Ist  Lieutenant. 

Edward  H.  Nichols, 

Joseph  Andrews,              " 

Cornelius  P.  Sullivan,      " 

Brainard  A.  Andrews,     " 

Julius  W.  Strauss,            " 

Horatio  N.  Glover,          " 

William  C.  Prescott,        " 

John  A.  Noonan,              " 

George  B.  Bryant,  2d  Lieutenant. 

Frederick  A.  Whitnej',    " 

Leo  R.Lewis,               " 

Hartley  F.  Atwood,  2d  Lieutenant. 

Isaac  Louis,                  " 

George  U.  Crocker,          " 

Hayward  G.  Thomas,  " 

Loren  E.  Griswold,           " 

Elliott  Bright, 

Louis  L.  Jackson,             " 

William  H.  Cole, 

Thomas  A.  Mullen,          " 

George  E.  Howes,       " 

James  N.  Garratt, 

1882. 

1880. 

Leo  R.  Lewis,  Colonel. 

George  R.  Nutter,  Colonel. 

Wilton  L.  Currier,  Major. 

Louis  L.  Jackson,  Major. 

Winthrop  L.  Rogers,  Adjutant. 

Henry  M.  Williams,  Adjutant. 

Frank  Vogel,  Qr.  Master. 

Charles  A.  Peterson,  Qr.  Master. 

Howard  A.  I-,othrop,  Sgt.  Major. 

Robert  D.  Smith,  Sgt.  Major. 

Fi-anklin  E.  E.  Hamilton,  Captain. 

Charles  F.  Gilman,  Captain. 

James  H.  Woods,                     " 

Charles  F.  Spring,          " 

Emeiy  H.  Rogers,                    " 

Albion  0.  Wetherbee,   " 

Henry  G.  Perkins,                     " 

Victor  C.  Alderson,        " 

Silas  A.  Houghton,                  " 

Thomas  T.  Baldwin,      " 

Winthrop  T.  Talbot, 

John  E.  Butler, 

Robert  W.  Frost, 

Lawrence  Litchfield,  1st  Lieutenant. 

Walter  C.  Burbank,  Ist  Lieutenant. 

Reuben  Peterson,            " 

Thomas  G.  Frothiugham,  " 

James  D.  Kimball,           " 

Alexander  II.  Twombly,    " 

Timothy  J.  Mahoney,     " 

Shattuck  0.  Hartwell,        " 

Frank  B.  Upham,            " 

Carl  A.  de  Gersdoi-fi",          " 

Ernest  H.  Smith, 

HollonC.  Spaulding,           " 

i 

318 


PUBLIC  LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Edward  E.  Blodfrctt,  1st  Lieutenant. 
George  T.  Kiehaidson,  2d  LUutenant. 
Philip  S.  Rust. 
William  L.  Follan, 
Albeit  T.  Perkins,  " 

Edward  C.  Wilson,  " 

Matthew  J.  Flaherty,        " 
Frederic  F.  Bullard,  " 

1883 
Hany  M.  Hartshorn,  Lt.  Colonel. 
Herman  Pa;,'e,  Major. 
William  F.  Morgan,  Adjutant. 
Edward  H.  Savary,  Qr.  Master. 
Harry  E.  Hayes,  Sgl.  Major. 
Howard  G.  Hodgkins,  Captain. 
William  P.  Henderson,      " 
Henry  T.  Pope, 
Lewis  II.  Paddock,  " 

Hariy  H.  Turner,  " 

George  B.  de  GersdorfF,     " 
W.  A.  Leahy, 

Edward  K.  Botsford,  \8t  Lieutenant. 
Frank  B.  Williams,         " 
James  A.  Gallivan,  " 

Daniel  C.  Holder,  " 

William  K.  Noiton,         " 
Francis  E.  Davis,  " 

Joseph  I.  Bennett,  " 

Charles  II.  Ilarwood,  2d  Lieutenant. 
John  F.  Fitzgerald, 
William  J.  Gallivan,       " 


Edward  A.  Iloliius,  2d  Lieutenant. 
William  P.  Clai  kc, 
Wales  R.  Stockbridgc,   " 
Ferdinand  Shoninger,    " 

1884. 
F.  F.  Caller,  Colonel. 
S.  R.  Dunham,  Major. 
C.  II.  Lee,  Adjutant. 
W.  J.  Phelau,  Qr.  Master. 
J.  Nickerson,  .^V/^  Major. 
F.  E.  Parker,  Captain. 
R.  E.  Townscnd,     " 
W.  II.  Warren, 
J.  F.  Morse, 
W.  A.  Levi, 
F.  W.  Faxon, 
L.  S.  Griswold,        " 
F.  S.  Goodwin,  \st  Lieutenant. 
J.  S.  Phelps,  " 

F.  E.  Sanborn,        " 
J.  B.  Darling, 

C.  F.  Cogswell,       " 
C.  II.  Slattery, 

G.  F.  Pitts, 

C.  C.  Batchelder,  2d  Lieutenant. 

H.  E.  Burton, 

C.  C.  Ayer, 

A.  M.  Gushing,       " 

P.  O.  Skinner,         " 

W.  II.  Thayer, 

G.  E.  Howe,  " 


A  List  of  Subscribers  to  the  Bunker  Hill  Monument,  published  in  1830, 
gives  ninety-five  names  of  teachers  and  pupils  in  the  Latin  School,  all  of 
whom  are  recorded  in  this  Catalogue  except  Uie  following : 


Thomas  J.  Bowditch 
William  C,  Center. 
Frederick  W.  Hubbard. 


Joseph  J.  Loring. 
William  O.  Parks. 


The  reason  of  tlie  omission  of  these  names  here  is  inexplicable,  unless  the 
crediting  of  them  lo  the  School  there  is  an  error. 

The  iKuncs  of  Charles  Brown,  Jr.,  George  Carlton,  (Jeorge  W.  Davis,  John 
Motley,  Andrtiw  J.  Ritchie,  and  Henry  S.  Sargent,  whicli  are  given  on  tiie 
same  list,  are  probably  intended  for  Charles  I.  Brown,  George  J.  Carlton, 
George  C.  Davis,  John  Lothrop  Motley,  Andrew  Ritchie,  and  Henry  J. 
Sargent  on  our  Catalogue. 


Y. 

The  following  portraits  are  owned  by  the  Boston  Latin  School  Association  : — 


FOKMEK  HEAD  MASTERS. 


John  Lovell. 

Benjamin  Apthorp  Gould. 

Charles  Knapp  Dillaway. 


Epes  Sargent  Dixwell. 
Francis  Gardner. 
Augustine  Milton  Gay. 


HEROES   OF  THE   REBELLION. 


Thomas  G.  Stevenson. 
Sydney  W.  Howe. 
Frank  Howard  Nelson. 
Edgar  JI.  Newcomb. 
Nathaniel  B.  ShurMefif,  Jr. 
William  Greenough  White. 
Eobert  Ware. 


James  Savage. 
Richard  C.  Goodwin. 
James  R.  Darracott. 
Samuel  D.  Phillips. 
William  Sturgis  Hooper. 
Sumner  Paine. 
Manton  Everett. 


A  portrait  of  Samuel  James  Bridge,  fii-st  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Boston 
Latin  School  Association,  has  been  deposited  with  the  Association  by  Mr.  Bridge. 


SmCE  the  account  of  the  building  of  the  School  House,  on  page  87,  was 
l^rinted,  we  have  been  permitted  to  copy  from  the  Records  of  King's  Chapel 
the  original  statement  of  the  action  of  the  Town  in  answer  to  the  petition  of 
the  Minister  and  Vestry  of  King's  Chapel  for  the  piece  of  ground  on  which 
the  School  House  stood,  in  order  to  enlarge  their  Cliurcli. 

As  the  Transaction  of  Affairs  between  the  Town  &  the  Petitioners  was  since 
the  late  Grant  put  intirely  on  the  Town's  part  into  the  Hands  of  their  Select  Men 
viz  Thomas  Hancock,  Middlecot  Cooke,  Jolm  Steel  Esqs  &  Messs  Jn  Tyng,  Wm 
Salter,  Saml  Grant,  &  Hill  so  these  gentlemen  now  bocjan  to  exercise  the  Patience 
of  the  Chapel  Committee  in  as  severe  a  manner  as  the  Town  Committee  had  done 
before,  insisting  that  the  new  School  House  must  be  built  with  Brick,  must  have 
a  Cellar  under  it,  must  be  one  sixth  part  larger  than  the  old  one,  and  must  have  a 
Gambrell  Roof  &c  Conditions  each  of  them  quite  foreign  to  the  Grant  &  which 
caused  sundry  Debates.  These  and  severall  other  Difficultys  were  secretly  con- 
triv'd  &  fomented  by  some  litigious  People,  to  whom  the  Select  Men  gave  too 
much  Countenance,  particularly  by  Mr  Lovell  the  School-master  who  upon  very 
many  Occasions  impertinently  dictated  in  the  Conduct  of  the  affair,  &  frequently 
gave  Disturbance  both  to  the  Select  Men  &  the  Committee.  But  since  one 
Condition  of  the  Grant  was  that  the  Work  should  be  accomplish' d  to  the  Satis- 
faction of  the  Select  Men,  they  under  this  general  Instruction  were  resolv'd  to 
accept  nothing  but  what  was  agreeable  to  their  own  Humours ;  Some  of  them 
hoping  by  this  Means  intirely  to  defeat  the  whole  affair  &  render  it  ineffectual. 
It  must  be  indeed  confess'd  that  others  of  the  Select  Men  thot  this  Proceeding 
most  unreasonable  and  even  unchristian  but  a  majority  prevail' d;  several  of  the 


B20  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Committee  th6t  it  would  be  best  to  build  it  according  to  the  express  Words  of  the 
Grant  without  Regard  to  the  Select  Men,  but  others  esteem' d  it  an  unsafe  Way,  as 
the  Town  would  be  most  likely  to  justifie  their  Select  Men,  especially  in  an  affair 
which  too  many  would  have  been  glad  any  way  to  have  defeated. 

To  accommodate  the  Thing  in  some  better  manner  it  was  proposed  to  the  Select 
Men  that  a  Sum  of  money  should  be  given  them,  and  that  they  should  undertake 
the  Building  to  their  own  Satisfaction,  as  there  seem'd  to  be  Room  left  for  such 
an  Agreement  by  a  Clause  in  the  Grant.  To  this  Purpose  an  Estimate  was 
obtain'd  from  sundry  Workmen  of  the  Charge  of  a  Brick  School  House,  which 
amounted  to  £2900  ;  and  of  a  wooden  one  with  all  their  additional  Expence  of 
Bigness,  Roof,  Cellar,  &c.  which  was  computed  at  £aiSO. 

The  Committee  wearied  out  with  Opposition  and  willing  to  put  an  End  to  it 
offered  2000  Pounds,  this  the  Select  Men  refus'd  to  accept  but  propos'd  that  if 
they  might  be  allowed  £2400,  and  the  Buildings  then  standing  on  the  Ground  they 
would  try  if  by  Subscription  they  could  raise  £500.  more,  and  if  so,  they  would 
accept.  Here  again  the  Committee  astonish'd  at  the  unreasonableness  of  such 
Proposalls  were  at  a  Loss  what  to  do;  Some  were  for  throwing  up  at  last,  imagin- 
ing that  such  excessive  Charge  would  prevent  or  at  least  greatly -retard  the  build- 
ing their  Chui'ch  —  but  after  consulting  some  other  principal  Members  of  the 
Church  they  came  to  the  following  Resolution,  vizt 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  Committee  for  rebuilding  Kings  Chapel  at  Eliakim  Hutch- 
inson's Esfif  Tuesday  28th  June  1748  «  *  •  «  Voted  unanimously  that  we 
make  an  Offer  to  the  Select  Men  of  the  Sum  of  Twenty-four  hundred  Pounds 
old  Tenr  together  with  flie  Buildings  now  on  the  Spott  of  Ground  where  the 
School  is  to  be  erected  pursuant  to  a  Vote  of  the  Town  in  Consideration  of  their 
freeing  us  from  building  said  School,  &  that  the  said  offer  be  made  tomorrow. 

The  following  vote  passed  by  the  Selectmen  is  taken  from  the  same  record :  — 

20th  July,  1748. 

"Being  desired  by  the  Committee  of  Kings  Chapel  on  the  13th  Inst,  to  inform 
them  what  School  we  think  will  be  to  the  Satisfaction  of  the  Select  Men,  we  reply 
a  Brick  House  of  the  Dimensions  following  viz  Thirty  four  feet  Front  towards 
School  Street,  Thirty  six  feet  deep  on  the  Passage  and  twelve  feet  Studd  with 
suitable  Doors  and  Windows  &  finished  Workmanlike  to  the  Acceptance  of 
the  Select  Men,  with  House  of  Office,  Wood  House  &c." 

The  following  are  the  agreements  made  for  the  construction  of  the  building:  — 

This  present  Writing  indented  Witnesseth  an  Agreement  between  John 
Indicot  of  Boston  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  &  Province  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  in  Xew  England  Housewright  on  the  one  part,  and  Charles  Apthori>  George 
Cradock  «fe  Eliakim  HiUchinson  Esq's  John  Gibbins  «t  Silvester  Gardner 
Physitians  and  Thomas  Hawding  Merchant  all  of  Boston  aforesaid  a  Committee 
chosen  &  appointed  for  the  Kings  Chapell  in  Boston  aforesaid  and  the  rebuilding 
thereof  of  the  other  Part 

Emps.  the  said  John  Indicot  for  the  Consideration  «S:  Agreement  hereinafter 
mentioned  to  be  made  paid  done  &  performed  on  the  Part  of  the  said  Com- 
mittee 

Dotfj  hereby  covenant  promise  and  agree  at  his  own  Cost  A-  Cliargo  to  find  and 
provide  all  Timber   Plank    Boards  &  Joice    necessary  to  frame  &    compleatly 


APPENDIX.  321 


finish  the  Carpenters  Work  for  a  School  House  for  the  Use  of  the  Town  of  Boston 
situate  in  School  Street  in  Boston  aforesaid  of  the  Dimentions  following  vizt.  to 
be  thirty  six  feet  by  thirty  four  feet  with  a  pitch' d  Roof,  to  have  eleven  Windows 
with  Shutters  to  ten  of  them,  to  have  two  outside  Doors  &  Cases,  three  hipp'd 
Lutherans,  and  to  case  all  the  Windows,  to  board  &  shingle  the  Roof,  to  lay  a 
floor  in  the  upper  Story,  to  lay  a  double  Floor  below  with  Seats  &  Benches  for  the 
Boys,  two  Desks  for  the  Masters,  and  a  Belfry,  to  make  all  the  Floors,  to  build 
a  Wood  house  with  a  House  of  Office  across  the  Yard  the  Width  of  the  Land,  to 
paint  all  the  Windows  red  as  also  all  Doors,  Door  Cases  Shutters  and  Weather 
Boards  and  also  to  find  and  provide  all  Timber  Boards  Nails  Window  Glass  Lead 
Lines  Locks  Bolts  Hinges  and  carting,  all  which  Work  the  said  John  Indicott 
Doth  hereby  agree  &  promise  to  do  and  perform  strong  substantial  and  in  Work- 
manlike Manner  according  to  the  Rules  of  the  Housewrights  Art  and  fully  to 
compleat  &  finish  all  the  Work  of  a  House  Carpenter  in  all  Respects  within  the 
Month  of  October  next.  And  it  is  agreed  by  the  Partys  to  these  Presents  that  the 
said  Indicot  shall  have  the  Benefit  of  all  the  Materialls  of  the  said  Building  ex- 
cepting the  Stones  &  Bricks  he  the  said  Indicot  being  at  the  Expence  of  pulling 
the  old  Building  down. 

£n  (lonsilJeration  of  which  Frame  Stuff  Materialls,  &  workmanship  to  be  done 
compleated  and  finished  as  aforesaid  the  said  Charles  Apthorp  Gaorge  Cradock 
Eliakim  Hutchinson  John  Gibbins  Silvester  Gardner  &  Thomas  Hawding 
15  0  hereby  Covenant  promise  and  agree  to  pay  to  the  said  John  Indicott  or  his 
Order  the  Sum  of  Fourteen  hundred  &  thirty  Pounds  in  Bills  of  Credit  of  the  old 
Tenor  in  full  Payment  and  Satisfaction  for  the  said  Frame  Stuff  Materials  and 
Workmanship  aforesaid,  to  be  paid  as  the  Work  is  carried  on,  so  that  the  whole 
be  paid  when  and  as  soon  as  the  said  Frame  Building  &  Housewrights  Work 
aforesaid  shall  be  compleatly  finish' d  in  a  Workmanlike  Manner. 

To  the  true  &  faithfull  Observance  and  Performance  of  this  Agreement  the 
Partys  to  these  Presents  do  bind  and  oblige  themselves  their  Heirs  Executs  and 
Administs  each  unto  the  other  his  Heirs  Execute  &  Administs  in  the  Sum  and 
Penalty  of  seven  himdred  &  fifty  Pounds  lawf ull  money  of  New  England. 

Ert  ?12EitnESS  whereof  the  Partys  to  these  Presents  have  hereunto  interchange- 
ably set  their  Hands  &  Seals  the  day  of  Anno  Dom:  One 
thousand  seven  hundred  &  forty  eight  Annoq  Ri  Ris  Georgii  Secundi  Magnae 
Brittaniae  &c  Vicessimo  secundo 

Signed  Sealed  &  did  J.  J.    [l.  s.J 

in  Presence  of 

This  present  Writing  indented  Witnesseth  An  Agreement  between  Daniel  Bell 
and  Joshua  Blanchard  both  of  Boston  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  &  Province  of 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England  Bricklayers  on  the  one  part  and  Charles 
Apthorp  George  Cradock  Eliakim  Hutchinson  Esqs  John  Gibbins  &  Silvester 
Gardiner  Physitians  and  Thomas  Hawding  Merchant  all  of  Boston  a  Committee 
chosen  &  appointed  for  Kings  Chapel  in  Boston  aforesaid  and  the  building  thereof 
of  the  other  part. 

Cmps.  the  said  Daniel  Bell  &  Joshua  Blanchard  for  the  Consideration  and 
Agreement  herein  aftermentioned  to  be  made  paid  done  and  performed  on  the 
part  of  the  said  Committee 

Ba  hereby  covenant  promise  &  agree  at  their  own  Cost  &  Charge  to  set 
up  erect  &  build  a  Brick  School  House  for  the  Use  of  the  Town  of  Boston 


QOO 


I'UBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


on  a  certain  pcice  of  Land  situate  in  School  Street  over  against  the  present 
Grammar  School  now  in  the  Occupation  of  tlie  Widow  Green  and  others, 
of  the  Diinentions  following,  vizt.  To  be  thirty  six  feet  wide  thirty  four 
feet  long  and  twelve  feet  Story  with  a  pitclrd  Roof  fourteen  feet  high  and 
find  and  provide  all  Bricks  Brick  "Work  Stones  &  Stufif  and  lay  a  foundation 
for  the  same,  plaister  the  Ceilings  &  Sides  down  to  the  Lining  of  the  Wall  to  digg 
&  stone  a  Vault  of  twelve  feet  square  and  eight  foot  deep,  to  undeqiin  the  Wooil 
house,  digg  the  Foundation,  wheel  &  cany  away  the  Dirt:  And  the  sd  Daniel 
Bell  &  Joshua  Blanchard  do  hereby  agree  <k  promise  to  find  and  provide  all 
Stuff  &  ^faterials  whatsoever  sufficient  &  necessary  for  the  said  Building  and 
that  ought  to  be  done  &  perform'd  of  Bricklayers  and  Masons  Work,  all  which 
the  said  Bell  &  Blanchard  agree  to  do  and  perform  strong  substantial  and  in 
Workmanlike  manner  according  to  the  Kules  of  the  Bricklayers  Art,  and  fully  to 
compleat  &  finish  all  Bricklayer  &  Masons  Work  in  all  Respects  whatsoever  within 
the  Month  of  October  next. 

And  it  is  agreed  by  the  Partys  to  these  Presents  that  the  said  Bell  »fe  Blanchard 
shall  have  the  Benefit  of  the  old  Bricks  it  Stones  which  are  to  be  pulled  dovra 
from  the  old  wooden  Building. 

En  ConsilJcration  of  which  Brick  Building  to  be  erected  and  compleatly  built 
and  finished  at  aforesaid  the  said  Charles  Aptborp  George  Craduck  Eliakim 
Hutchinson  Esq'"''  John  Gibbins  Silvester  Gardner  and  Thomas  Hawding  Com- 
mittee as  aforesaid  Qo  hereby  covenant  promise  and  agree  to  pay  to  the  said 
Daniel  Bell  and  Joshua  Blanchard  or  their  Order  the  Sum  of  twelve  hundred  & 
seventy  Poimds  in  Bills  of  Credit  of  the  old  Tenor  in  full  Payment  &  Satisfaction 
for  the  said  Building  Stuff  &  Workmanship  aforementioned  to  be-  paid  as  the 
Work  is  carried  on  so  that  the  whole  be  paid  when  and  so  soon  as  the  said 
Building  shall  be  compleatly  built  and  finished  as  aforesaid. 

To  the  true  &  faithfull  Observance  and  performance  of  this  present  Agreement 
the  Partys  to  these  Presents  do  bind  and  oblige  themselves  their  Ileire  Executs  it 
Adms  each  imto  the  other  his  Executs  Adms  it  Assignes  in  the  Sum  it  Penalty 
of  Six  hundred  it  thirty  five  Pounds  lawfull  money  of  Xew  England  firmly  by 
these  Presents. 

Jn  SSSitntBS  whereof  the  Partys  to  these  Presents  have  hereunto  interchange- 
ably set  their  Hands  it  Seals  the  day  of  Anno  Domini  One 
Thousand  seven  hundred  &  forty  eight  Annoq  Ri  Ris  Georgii  secundi  Magnae 
Britanniae  itc.  Vicessimo  secundo 

Signed  sealed  &  did  in  D.  B.     [l.  s.] 

Presence  of  us.  J.   B.     |l.  s.] 


INDEX  TO  THE  HISTOEICAL  SKETCH. 


Adams,  Rev.  Nehemiah,  D.  D.,  Chap- 
lain at  Dedication  of  Bedford  St. 
School-House, 94 

Andrews,  John,  Letter  of,  on  the 
School-boys'  coast 40 

Bakxard,  John,  Contracts  to  erect 
a  ViuiUliug  for  the  Latin  School,  .        .        81 

Barnard,  Rev.  John,  Extract  from 
autobiography  of,  describing  Master 
Cheever's  mode  of  teaching,         .       .26-28 

Bedford  St.,  New  building  erected 
in,  for  the  use  of  the  Latin  and  English 
High  Schools,  94;  Dedication  of  the 
same,  94;  Description  of  the  same,  95; 
Article  from  the  Boston  Daily  Adver- 
tiser on  the  demolition  of  the  same,    .       97 

Biglow,  "Wm.,  Tenth  Master  of  the 
Latin  School,  45;  Account  of  his  disci- 
l)line  and  manner  of  teaching  by  Ralph 
Waldo  Emerson,  45;  Similar  account 
by  Rufus  Dawes,  46;  Resignation  of  his 
oflSce  by, 50 

Boston  (England), Thursday  Lecture 
and  Market  Day  observed  in,  7 ;  Free 
Grammar  School  in,  7;  Latin  taught 
in  the  Grammar  School  in,    .       .       .         7  , 

Boston  (Mass.),  Location  and  des- 
cription of  First  Church  in,  9;  Islands 
in  the  Harbor  granted  to,  by  the  Gen- 
eral Court  for  the  support  of  Schools, 
9.  10, 11, 12,  13  and  notes;  "  System  of 
Education  "  in,  adopted  1789, 

59  and  Appendix. 

Boston  (Mass.),  Records,  Extracts 
from,  9,  17,  22,  23,  25,  26,29,30,31,32, 

33,  81,  82,  83,84,85,86 

Brimmer,  Hon.  Martin,  Mayor  of 
Boston  when  Bedford  St. School-House 
was  dedicated,  94;  Speech  by,  at  the 
dedication, 94 

Brooks,  Rev.  Phillips,  D.  D.,  Speech 
by,  at  dedication  of  School-House  in 
"Warren  Avenue,       ....       120-122 

Bunker  Hill,  Anecdote  relating  to 
the  Battle  of 16 


Capex,  Charles  Lemuel,  Composer 
of  the  music  for  the  requiem  by  the 
Hon.  Geo.  Lunt,  sung  at  the  dedica- 
tion of  the  Memorial  Statue  of  the 
Latin  School, 137 

Cheever,  Ezekiel,  A  possible  pupil  of 
John  Milton,  15;  Sixth  Master  of  the 
Latin  School,  24;  Born  in  London,  24; 
A  student  of  Emanuel  College,  24;  Ai-- 
rival  of,  in  Boston,  25;  A  teacher  at 
New  Haven,  Ipswich,  and  Charles- 
town,  25;  Extract  from  the  Boston 
Records  in  relation  to  his  appointment 
as  Master,  25 ;  Personal  appearance  of, 
26;  Death  of,  26,  28;  Rev.  John  Bar- 
nard's account  of,  as  a  teacher,  26; 
Reference  of  Gov.  Hutchinson  to  the 
death  of,  28;  Extract  from  the  Diary 
of  Judge  Samuel  Sewall  on  the  death 
and  burial  of,  28-29;  Dr.  Cotton  Math- 
er's Funeral  Sermon  on,  29  and  Appen- 
dix; Will  of,  29;  Appointment  of  an 
assistant  to,  authorized,  29,30;  Nath- 
aniel Williams  appointed  assistant  to, 
30;  With  Mr.  Williams  consulted  about 
the  building  of  a  new  School-House,  .       81 

Clark,  Lester  Williams,  Translation 
by,  of  a  Latin  Ode  written  for  the 
dedication  of  the  Memorial  Statue  of 
the  Latin  School 130  note. 

Claike,  Rev.  James  Freeman,  D.  D., 
Extract  from  speech  by,  at  dinner  of 
the  Boston  Latin  School  Association, 
14;  Tribute  by,  to  Master  Gould,  51; 
Chairman  of  a  dinner  of  the  Latin 
School  Association,  .       .       .       .139 

Cook's  Court,  School-House  located 
on  the  corner  of,       .       .    87  and  Appendix 

Cotton,  Rev.  John,  Relations  of,  to 
the  Public  Latin  School  of  Boston 
(Mass.),  7;  to  the  Free  Grammar 
School  of  Boston,  England,  .        .         8 

Cotton,  Seaborn, 9 

Cranch,  Judge  William,  Notice  by, 
of  Smibert's  portrait  of  John  Lovell,  .       35 


(3:>:M 


324 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Davis,  Thomas  Kemper,  First  re- 
cipient of  the  Lloyd  medal,    .  .137 

Dawes,  Rufus,  Accouut  by,  of  Mr. 
Biglow'8  character  as  Master,  and 
mode  of  teaching 46 

Declaration  of  Independence,  Five 
Pupils  of  the  Latin  School  among  the 
signers  of, 16 

Deer  Island,  Granted  by  the  General 
Court  to  the  town  of  Boston,  for  the 
support  of  schools, 9, 13 

Derby,  Hon.  Elias  Hasket,  Founder 
of  the  Derby  Medals,      ....      138 

Devens,  Hon.  Charles,  Letter  from, 
read  at  the  dedication  of  the  School- 
House  in  Warren  Avenue,     .       .       .124 

Dillawuy,  Charles  Knapp,  Account 
by,  of  the  origin  and  purpose  of  the 
Latin  School,  17;  Thirteenth  Master  of 
the  Latin  School,  53;  Resignation  of 
his  office  by,  54;  Description  by,  of  the 
Latin  School-House  on  School  St.  at 
the  comer  of  Cook's  Court,  93;  Speech 
by,  at  the  dedication  of  the  School- 
House  in  Warren  Avenue,      .       .      123, 124 

Dimmock,  Wm.  Reynolds,  Tribute 
by,  to  Francis  Gardner,  ...       56 

Dixwell,  Epes  Sargent,  Fourteenth 
Master  of  the  Latin  School,  54;  Donor 
to  the  Latin  School  Association  of  the 
key  of  the  School  St.  School-House, 
94;  Formation  of  the  Latin  School 
Association  suggested  by,     ...       95 

Eliot,  President  Charles  William, 
Extract  from  a  speech  by,  on  the  Latiu 
School  and  its  puri)ose,  55;  Chairman 
of  a  dinner  of  the  Latin  School  Asso- 
ciation,        9, 13 

Emerson,  Ralph  Waldo,  Account  by, 
of  Mr.  Biglow's  Mastership  in  a  speech 
at  a  dinner  of  the  Latin  School  Asso- 
ciation, 45;  Account  of  the  introduc- 
tion of  Mr.  Gould  to  the  School  as 
Master, CO 

Evarts,  Hon.  William  Maxwell,  Ac- 
count by,  of  his  school-days,  52;  I.«tter 
from,  124;  Oration  by,  at  dedication  of 
the  Latin  School  Memorial  Statue,      131-137 

Everett,  William,  English  Odo  by, 
at  dedication  of  the  Latin  School  Me- 
morial Statue,  128, 129;  Chairman  of  a 
dinner  of  the  Latin  School  Associar 
tion 139 

Exeter,  N.  H.,  Founding  of,       .       .       19 

Farkington,  Thomas,  Reminiscen- 
ces by,  of  the  Latin  School  building  in 
School  St.  demolisbcd  about  1808,  88 


Flint,  Charles  L.,  Speeches  by,  at  the 
dedication  of  the  School-House  in 
Warren  Avenue,     107-109,111-113,115- 

116,  120,  122,  124-125,  126 

Foote,  Rev.  Henry  Wilder,  Refer- 
ences to  passages  in  the  Annals  of 
King's  Chapel  by,    .       81-86  and  Appendix 

Franklin,  Benjamin,  A  pupil  of  the 
Latin  School,  IS;  An  opponent  of  clas- 
sical instruction 15 

Franklin  Medal  Scholars,  List  of, 

Appendix. 

Franklin  Medals,         ....      137 

Free  Schools,  Mention  of,  in  Gov. 
Winthrop's  Historj-,  6;  Order  of  the 
General  Court  establishing,  ...        6 

Gaffield,  Thomas,  A  speaker  at 
the  dedication  of  the  School-House  in 
Warren  Avenue, 127 

Gardner,  Francis,  Fifteenth  Master 
of  the  Latin  School,  55;  Tribute  to  the 
memory  of,  by  Wendell  Thillips,  55; 
by  a  pupil,  55  and  note;  by  Prof. 
Wm.  R.  Dimmock,  55;  Death  of,         .       66 

Gardner,  Nathaniel,  An  assistant  to 
Mr.  Lovell, 40 

Gardner  Prizes 138 

Gay,  Augustine  Milton,  Sixteenth 
Masterof  the  Latin  School,  58;  Death 
of, 58 

Gould,  Benjamin  Apthorp,  Eleventh 
Master  of  the  Latin  School,  50 ;  Tribute 
to  the  memory  of,  by  Hon.  Robert  C. 
Winthrop,  61;  by  Rev.  James  Freeman 
Clarke,  D.  D,  61;  Resign.ation  of  his 
office  by,  52;  Account  by,  of  the  books 
employed  and  the  methods  of  instruc- 
tion and  discipline  during  his  Master- 
ship,   . 60-04 

Green,  Joseph,  Witty  epigram  by, 
on  the  vote  of  the  Town,  regarding  a 
new  School-House, 86 

Greenough,  Richard  S.,  Sculptor  of 
the  Memorial  Statue  of  the  Latin 
School  crowning  her  dead  heroes,       .      127 

Greenwood,  Rev.  Francis  W.  P., 
D.  D.,  Extract  from  the  History  of 
King's  Chapel  by,  regarding  the  erec- 
tion of  a  new  Sdiool-House  opposite 
to  the  Church, 86,  87 

Gridley,  Jeremy,  An  assistant  to  Mr. 
Williams, 34 

Haldimand,  General,  Vi8ite<l  by 
the  Schi>oI  boys  in  relation  to  the  de- 
struction of  their  coast,  IC;  Contem- 
porary account  of  this  visit  to,    .       .       40 


INDEX. 


325 


Hale,  Rev.  Edward  Everett,  D.  D., 
Reminiscences  by,  of  the  Latin  School 
building  on  School  St.,  demolished 
about  1808,  88;  Chairman  of  a  dinner 
of  the  Latin  School  Association,  .      139 

Hancock,  John,  The  hand-writing 
of 16 

Hassam,  John  Tyler,  Reference  to  a 
monograph  on  Ezekiel  Cheever  by,     . 

81  and  Appendix. 

Haynes,  Henry  Williamson,  Latin 
Ode  by,  for  the  dedication  of  the 
Memorial  Statue  of  the  Latin  School, 
130;  Translation  of  the  same  by  Lester 
W.  Clark, 130  note. 

Higginson,  Thomas  Wentworth, 
Speech  by,  at  the  dedication  of  the 
School-House  in  Warren  Avenue,        125-126 

Hillard,  Hon.  George  StUlman, 
Chairman  of  the  sub-committee  on 
the  Latin  School  at  the  time  of  the 
dedication  of  the  building  on  Bedford 
St.,  95;  The  second  recipient  of  the 
Lloyd  Medal, 137 

Hubbard,  Hon.  William  James, 
Chairman  of  the  sub-committee  on 
the  English  High  School  at  the  time 
of  the  dedication  of  the  building  on 
Bedford  St., 95 

Hudson,  Miss,  A  legacy  by,  to  the 
School, 12 

Hunt,  Samuel,  Master  of  the  North 
Grammar  School,  34 ;  Transferred  from 
the  North  to  the  South  Grammar 
School,  41 ;  Ninth  Master  of  the  Latin 
School,  41;  Character  of,  41;  Treat- 
ment of,  by  the  School  Committee,  41; 
Account  of,  as  a  teacher,  by  Dr.  James 
Jackson, 42 

Hutchinson,  Grovemor  Thos.,  Com- 
ments of,  in  his  history,  on  the  death 
of  Ezekiel  Cheever 28 

Indians,  Provisions  for  gratnitons 
instruction  of, 6 

Jackson,  James,  M.D.,  Letter  by, 
giving  an  account  of  the  Latin  School 
while  he  was  a  pupil,       ....       42 

Jenks,  Rev.  Wm.,  D.D.,  Quoted  by 
Rev.  Dr.  Hale  as  the  authority  for  a 
description  of  the  old  Latin  School- 
House  in  School  St 88 

KxDDEB,  Henry  Purkitt,  A  speaker 
at  the  dedication  of  the  School-House 
in  Warren  Avenue, 124 

King's  Chapel,  Extracts  from  the 
Records  of,  concerning  a  release  of 


land  to,  from  the  Town,  and  equivalent 
given  therefor,  81-82;  Petition  of  the 
Proprietors  of,  to  the  Town  on  the 
same  subject,  82-83;  Report  on  the 
Petition  by  a  Committee  of  the  Town, 
84-85  ;  Action  on  the  same,  85  ;  Amus- 
ing account  of  ciunulative  voting  pre- 
served in  the  Records  of,  86  ;  Refer- 
ence to  the  Annals  of,         86  and  Appendix. 

Latin  School  Association,  Organiza- 
tion of  the,  138  ;  Library  of  the,  and 
apparatus  for  illustrating  classical  in- 
struction, 138;  Annual  dinners  of  the, 
139 ;  Presiding  officers  of  the  same,     .      139 

Lawrence,  Hon.  Abbott,  the  Donor 
of  the  Lawrence  prizes,         .       .        .      137 

Lawrence  prizes,  the,  ....      137 

Leverett,  Frederic  Percival,  Twelfth 
Master  of  the  Latin  School:  52;  Resig- 
nation of  his  office  by,  ....       53 

Lloyd,  Hon.  James,  the  Donor  of  the 
Lloyd  Medal, 137 

Lloyd  Medal 137 

Long  Island,  Granted  by  the  General 
Court  to  the  Town  of  Boston,  for  the 
support  of  Schools,  ....        10 

Long,  Hon.  John  Davis,  Governor  of 
Massachusetts,  Speech  by,  at  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  School-House  in  Warren 
Avenue 113-115 

Lovell,  James,  Whig  sympathies  of, 
15,  the  First  Memorial  Orator  of  the 
Boston  Massacre,  15;  Assistant  to  his 
Father, 40 

Lovell,  John,  Orator  at  the  dedica- 
tion of  Faneuil  Hall,  15;  Tory  sympa- 
thies of,  15;  Assistant  to  Mr.  WUliams, 
34;  Eighth  Master  of  the  Latin 
School,  35;  Portrait  of,  by  N.  Smibert, 
35:  Harrison  Gray  Otis's  account  of, 
as  a  teacher,  35-37;  Ordered  to  move 
his  School  into  the  new  School-House 
on  the  comer  of  Cook's  Court,      .       -       92 

Lunt,  Hon.  George,  Author  of  the 
Requiem  sung  at  the  dedication  of  the 
Memorial  Statue  of  the  Latin  School,     137 

Matheb,  Rev.  Cotton,  D.D.,  Preach- 
er of  the  Funeral  Sermon  of  Ezekiel 
Cheever, 29 

Maude,  Daniel,  Contemporary  of 
John  Harvard  and  John  Milton  at  the 
University  of  Cambridge,  14  ;  Assist- 
ant and  successor  of  Pormort,17;  Sub- 
scription for  the  support  of,  19;  Elect- 
ed Second  Master  of  the  Latin  School, 
19;  Some  biographical  account  of,  20; 
A  graduate  of  Emanuel  College,  20; 


326 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Pastor  of  Church  at  L»over,  X.  H.,  20; 
Account  of,  l)y  Huhliarrl  and  John-Jon,        21 

Memorial  Statue  in  lionor  of  the 
Students  of  the  School,  (irraduates  and 
puiiils)  who  died  in  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion,  (1861-65)  127;  Exercises  at 
the  dedication  of  the,  ....  128-137 

Merrill,  Moses,  Acting  Head  Master 
of  the  Latin  School,  58;  Extract  from 
.sjtccch  by,  on  changes  in  methods  of 
instruction  in  the  Latin  School  between 
l!?0O  and  1876,  66-75;  Seventeenth  Mas- 
ter of  the  Latin  School,  76;  Speech  by, 
at  dedication  of  the  School-House  in 
Warren  Avenue,       ....      109-111 

Milton.  John,  A  possible  instructor 
of  Ezekiel  Cheever, 15 

XoKTH  Orammar  School,  afterwards 
the  Eliot, 34 

Otis,  Harrison  Gray,  Stopped  on  the 
way  to  School  by  Percy's  Bri<^ade,  19 
April,  1775,  16;  Letter  from,  on  his 
School  days,  35;  Second  letter  from  on 
the  location  of  the  School-House  in 
School  St. 37 

Parker  House,  Erected  on  the  site 
of  the  old  Latin  School-House,     .       .       87 

Phillips,  Wendell,  Tribute  by,  to 
Francis  Gardner, 66 

Phillips,  William,  Gift  of,  for  School 
Use 11 

Pormort,  Philemon.  Appointed  the 
First  Schoolmaster  by  vote  of  the 
town,  16;  Character  of,  and  mode  of 
teaching  used  by,  17;  A  member  of 
First  Church,  18;  A  companion  of 
Wheelwright  in  founding  Exeter, 
N.  H..  IS;  Subsequent  history  of,       .       19 

Prince,  Hon.  Frederick  Octaviu.s, 
Mayor  of  Boston,  speech  by,  at  dedi- 
cation of  the  School-House  in  Warren 
Avenue 101-107 

Public  Latin  School,  Foundation  of, 
5:  Relations  of  John  Cotton  to  the 
foi;n(ling  of,  7;  Coincidences  Itetween, 
and  Fiee  Grammar  School  in  Boston, 
Ei'.jrland,  8,  9;  Democratic  character 
of,  14;  Town  vote  appointing  Phile- 
mon Pormort  Ma.ster  of,  17;  Town 
vote  instructing  the  Ministers  and  a 
number  of  Gentlemen  of  liberal  educ- 
ation to  visit,  32,  Closed  at  the  ojienlng 
of  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  41; 
Studies  pursued  in,  under  Master 
Hunt,  43;  Location  of  a  new  building 
for,  45;  Methods  of  instruction  and 


discipline  in,  under  Master  Gould,  60- 
64;  Books  used  in  instruction  in,  in 
18C0,  Go-CC;  Changes  in  methods  of  in- 
struction in  between  18C6  and  1876,  67; 
Curriculum  adopted  in  1870,68-69;  Age 
of  admission  to,  raised  to  V2  years, 
69;  Si>ecial  departments  assigned  to 
different  teachers,  75;  Causes  of  public 
dissatLsfaction  with,  76;  Course  of  in- 
struction and  text  books  used  in,  in 
1883,77-80;  First  site  occupied  by,  80; 
Conjectural  drawing  of  the  earliest 
buildingfor,  referred  to  and  descrilied, 
81;  Town  vote  to  erect  a  new  building 
for,  81 ;  Location  of,  near  the  present 
site  of  the  statue  of  Franklin,  81 :  Rep- 
resented on  a  plan  of  Boston,  together 
with  King's  Chapel  and  Mr.  Lovell's 
house,  81;  School-House  for,  erected 
on  the  comer  of  Cook's  Court,  at  the 
cost  of  King's  Chapel,  87  and  Aiii)en- 
dix ;  Descriptions  of  this  building  f  mm 
several  sources,  87;  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Hale, 
D.  D.,88;  by  Mr.  Thomas  Farriugton, 
88;  by  Mr.  Ebenezer  Thayer,  89;  by 
Rev.  John  Lee  Watson.  D.  D.,  89;  by 
Mr.  Jonathan  Darby  Robins,  90;  by 
Hon.  Edw.  Greely  Loring,  90;  by 
Hon.  Henry  Kemble  Oliver,  91 ;  Stone 
School-House  erected  for,  on  the  same 
site,  93;  Description  of  this  building 
by  Mr.  C.  K.  Dillaway,  93;  New  build- 
ing for  the  use  of,  erected  in  Bedford 
St.,  94;  Dedication  of  this  edifice,  94; 
Description  of  this  edifice,  !V5;  of  the 
large  Hall  in  the  same,  %:  Demolition 
of  the  same,  97;  Xew  building  for  the 
use  of,  in  Warren  Avenue  described, 
97-100;  Dedication  of  the  same,  100-126; 
In  the  Revolution,  120;  In  the  War  of 
the  Rebellion,  127;  Failure  of  attempt 
to  secure  the  admission  of  girls  to,      .     138 

Rogers,  John,  An  old  pupil,  ap- 
proves the  conjectural  drawing  of  the 
Latin  School  building  In  which  Lovell, 
Hunt,  and  Biglow  taught,      ...        93 

Rogers,  William  B.,  Speech  by,  at 
the  dedication  of  the  .'^chool-House  in 
Warren  Avenue 118-120 

School  C<m>mltteeof  Boston, origin 
of  the  establishment  of  the,  ...        32 

School  .St.,  The  name  of,  derived 
from  the  location  of  the  South  Ct ram- 
mar  (^or  Latin)  School  in  it,    ...        80 

Seaver,  Edwin  P.,  Superfnt»>nilent  of 
School*,  a  si>enker  at  the  dc<llrntlcin  of 
the  School-House  in  Warren  Avenue,       134 


I^^^EX. 


327 


Selectmen  of  Boston,  A  Memorial  by 
the,  concerning  the  methods  of  in- 
struction at  the  Latin  School,  and  the 
advantages  to  be  derived  from  classi- 
cal education, 33-34 

Scwall,  Judge  Samuel,  Extract  from 
the  Diary  of,  relating  to  the  death  and 
burial  of  Ezekiel  Chcever,      .       .       .  28-29 

Smibert,  Xathaniel,  Portrait  of  John 
Lovellljy So 

Spectacle  Island,  Granted  by  the 
General  Court  to  the  Town  of  Boston 
for  the  support  of  Schools,    .       .       .10, 13 

Stanley,  Christopher,  Gift  of,  for  use 
of  the  School, 11 

Temple,  Sir  Thomas,    A  lessee  of 

Deer  Island, 13 

Thayer,  Ebenezer,  Reminiscences  by, 
of  the  old  Latin  School  building,  de- 
molished about  180S,        ....        89 

Thayer,  Rev.  George  A.,  Chaplain  at 
the  dedication  of  tlie  School-House  in 
"Warren  Avenue, 126 

Tompson,  Benjamin,  Fifth  Master 
of  the  Latin  School,  23;  Earliest  epic 
poet  of  Xew  England,  23;  Refuses  an 
invitation  to  be  Mr.  Cheever's  Assist- 
ant, and  accepts  an  invitation  to 
Charlestown,  25;  Resigns  his  connec- 
tion with  the  Latin  School,    ...       26 

"Wadsworth,  Recompense,  ■  First 
Master  of  the  North  Grammar  School,       34 

Warren  Avenue,  New  building  in, 
erected  for  the  use  of  the  Latin  and 
English  High  Schools,  described,  97- 
100;  Exercises  at  the  dedication  of,    100-126 


Waterston,  Rev.  Robert  Cassie,  Ar- 
ticle by,  on  the  establishment  of  the 
Latin  School,  and  the  isrobability  of 
John  Cotton  being  its  founder,  7;  A 
speaker  at  the  dedication  of  the 
School-House  in  Warren  Avenue,      .      124 

"Watson,  Rev.  John  Lee,  D.D.,  Remi- 
niscences by,  of  the  old  Latin  School 
building  in  School  St.,  demolished 
about  1808, 89,  92 

"Williams,  Nathaniel,  Appointed  as- 
sistant to  Ezekiel  Cheever,  30;  Salary 
of,  31 ;  Seventh  Master  of  tlie  Latin 
School,  31;  Biographical  account  of, 
31 ;  Botli  a  physician  and  a  preacher, 
31;  An  assistant  for,  authorized, 
33;  Death  of ,  34;  Funeral  Sennon  on, 
preached  by  Rev.  Thomas  Trince,  34; 
"With  3Ir.  Cheever  consulted  about  the 
building  of  a  new  School-Houso,  .        .       81 

"Wiuthrop,  Gov.  John,  Relation  of, 
to  the  founding  of  the  Latin  School, 
5;  References  by,  in  his  History,  to  the 
first  Free  School, 6 

"Wiuthrop,  Hon.  Robert  Charles, 
Tribute  by,  to  Master  Gould,  51; 
Speech  by,  at  dedication  of  the  School- 
House  in  "Warren  Avenue,      .       .      117, 118 

"Woodbridge,  John,  Third  Master  of 
the  L:itin  School, 22 

"Woodmansey,  Robert,  Fourth  Mas- 
ter of  the  Latin  School,  22;  Date  of 
death  of,  23;  Probably  occupied  part 
of  the  School-House  for  a  dwelling,     .       81 

Wright,  Rev.  William  Burnet,  Chap- 
lain at  the  dedication  of  the  School- 
House  in  "SVarreu  Avenue,     .       .       .101 


INDEX  TO  TEACHERS. 


The  names  in  italics  are  those  of  Teachers  who  were  connected  ■with  the  Sorth 
Grammar  School  only. 


Appleton,  Benjamin  Barnard, 

Edward, 
Apthorp,  William  Foster, 

Baker,  Lucas, 
Barry,  Charles  Alfred,     . 
Bartholomew,  William  Xelson, 
Beatley,  James  Augustus, 
Benjamin,  James,    . 
Bentley,  William,      . 
Bigelow,  Jacob, 
Biglow,  William, 
Bocher,  Ferdinaml, 
Bradford,  Duncau,  . 

Gamaliel,     . 

George  Partridge, 

Thomas  Gamaliel,     . 
Brewer,  George  Maltby, 
Brooks,  rhillips. 
Ruck,  Augustus  Howe,  . 
Bulflnch,  George  Storer, 

Thomas, 
Bumstead,  Nathaniel  Willis, 

Capen,  Charles  James,    . 
Chadwick,  Josei>li  Webber,    . 
Chamberlain,  Timothy  Dutton, 
Chandler,  Thomas  Henderson, 
Cheever,  Ezekiel, 
Chesley,  Egbert  Morse, 
Child,  David  Lee,      . 
Clapp,  Henry  Austin, 
Clark,  Justin  Wright, 
Coquard,  Edouard,  . 
Cross,  Robert,   . 
Crosswell,  William, 
Cutler,  Charles, 

Dana,  Joseph, 
Davenport,  Edwin,  . 
Davles,  Xuthan, 
Davis,  Aimer  HarrlBon, 

Edward  Gardiner, 

John  Brazer, 

Wllll.im  Fratiklin, 


11, 
.  12, 


25 
22 

31 
31 
31 

29,30 
25 

20,34 
21 
8 
31 
24 
22 
24 
24 
23 
27 
11 
23 
22 
27 

14,27 

14,  28 

26 

27 

6 

29,30 
13 
28 
23 
31 
23 
20 

20,21 

20 
14,  26 
34 
28 
23 
22 
14 

( 


Dearborn,  Josiah  Greene, 

Devotion,  John, 

Dike,  James, 

Dillaway,  Charles  Knapp, 

Dimmock,  William  Rejrnolds 

Dingley, 

Dixwell,  Epes  Sargent,  . 

John  (see  Hunt  , . 
Dracopolis,  Nicolas  F.    . 


Eatox,  George, 
Eayrs,  William  Newhall, 
Eichberg,  Julius, 
Emen',  Calel>,    . 
Grenville  Cyrus,  . 


Fairfield,  Josiah  Milton, 
Fales,  Stephen, 
Fiske,  Arthur  Irving, 
Freeborn,  Frank  Wilton, 


11 

20 

29 

9,  13,  24 

11, 14,  27 

20 

9,13 

21 

33 


14 

27     I 
32 
13 
SO 


28 
22 
11 
12,  15,  29,  30 


Frotbingham,  Nathaniel  Langdon, 


(Jallaghek,  William,  . 
Gamwell,  Franklin  Bert, 
(Jardner,  Francis,    . 

Xathauiel,     . 
O.iy,  Augustine  Milton,  . 
Gibbens,  Edwin  Augustus, 
Gibson,  Samuel, 
Gilman,  Samuel, 
Gleason,  (Benjamin?) 
Gould,  Benjamin  Apthorp, 
Gridloy,  .Teremiali,   . 
Grittiii,  La  Roy  Freese,   . 
Groce.  Byron,    . 

Hale,  Charles, 

Edward  Everett, 

Joseph  Augustine, 
Harris,  Francis  Augustine, 
Hart  well,  Edward  Mussey, 
Ha.sken,(J(.hn?) 
Henchman,  Dauiel, 
Higglus.  (?)  Peter  (see  KIgginb), 
Hltchingp.  H-rry.    . 

; ) 


12 
10, 
10,11 


,15,30 
28 

13,25 
19 

14,28 
27 
18 
22 
21 
8 
18 
14 
30 

27 
26 
28 
14 
29 
21 
16 
21 
31 


INDEX. 


329 


Hodge,  James  Albert,     ....       12 

Hunt,  Samuel, 7, 34 

Samuel  (see  Dixwell,  John),      .       .       21 

Jacksok,  Edward  Payson,    .       .    12, 15, 30 

Jenks,  Francis 23 

Jones,  Henry  Champion,        ...       30 

Keetels,  Jean  Gustave,        ...  32 

Kendal,  Henry  Payson,  ...  24 

Kiggins,  (?)  (see  Higgins)  Peter,  .       .  21 

Kinne,  William 27 

Knapp,  Arthur  Mason,    ....  28 

Langdon,  Ephralm,        ....  35 

Josiah, 35 

Le  Breton,  Edmund  Louis,    ...  24 
Leverett,  Frederic  Percival,            8,  9, 13, 23 

Lewis,  Ezekiel, 17 

Lovell,  James, 19 

John, 6,18 

Magill,  Edward  Hicts,         ,       ,        .       14 

Maude,  Daniel, 3 

Merrill,  James  Gushing,         ...       26 

Moses, 10, 11,  14,  27 

Minns,  George  Washington,  .       .  11,  29 

(de)  IMontrachy,  Marie  Bernard  Mon- 

tellier, 31 

Moore,  Hohart, 32 

Morand,  Prosper, 31 

Nelson,  Brown, 20 

Neville,  Cyrus  Alison,     .       .       .       .  14,  30 

Newell,  William, 24 

Noble,  George  Washington  Copp,        .       27 
John, 13,  27 


Oliter,  Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel  Kemble  Greenwood, 
Otis,  George  Alexander, 

Paixe,  Charles  Goodell  Goddard, 

Robert  Treat, 
Palmer,  Albert, 

Joseph, 
Parker,  Francis  Edward 

George  Stanley,  . 

Samuel  Parker,    . 
Parkhurst,  Louis  Henry, 
Payson,  Samuel, 
Perrin,  Willard  Taylor, 
Phelps,  Francis, 
Pierce,  Benjamin  Osgood, 

George  Winslow, 
Pormort,  Philemon, 


18 
22 
23 

28 
19 
28 
24 
26 
26 

13,24 
30 
20 
14 
25 
30 

11,29 
3 


Ra>T)ALL,  Frank  Eldridge, 
Reed,  James,     . 
Reid,  William  Thomas,  . 
Reynolds,  John  Phillips, 

William  Augustus, 
Richardson,  John  Kendall, 
Ripley,  Daniel  Bliss, 
Rogers,  Samuel, 
Robbins,  Chandler, 
Rollins,  George  William, 
Ropes,  William  Ladd,     . 


Savage,  Thomas, 
Schmitt,  George  Adam, 
Seager,  Edward, 
(de)  Senancour,  Phillipe, 
Shaw,  Moses,    . 

Zebulon  Leonard, 
Shepard,  George  Clarence, 
Simmons,  William  Cowper, 
Smith,  William, 
Snelling,  Jonathan, 
Snow,  Freeman, 
Steams,  Edward  Josiah, 
Stevenson,  Jonathan  Greely, 
Stoddard,  John  Lawson, 
Streeter,  Sebastian  Ferris, 
Strong,  William  Thaddeus, 

Thachek,  Samuel  Cooper, 
Thayer,  Ebenezer,    . 

Joseph  Henry, 

Norton, 
Tompson,  Benjamin, 
Torrey,  Henry  Warren, 
Townsend,  William  Edward, 


Waclsxcorth ,  Recompense, 

Wainwright,  Jonathan  Mayhew, 

Walker,  Leonard, 

Wallace,  Cranmore, 

Ware,  George  Frederic, 

Webster,  William,    . 

Wells,  William, 

Wheel wi-ight,  Henry  Blatchford, 

White, 


29 
27 
11 
26 
15 
15,30 
21 


John  Silas,    .... 

William  Henry,    . 
Wigglesworth,  Edward, 
Wilder,  James  Humphrey,     . 
Williams,  Frederic  Dickinson, 

Nathaniel,     .... 
Wisuall,  Peleg, 
Woodbridge,  John, 
Woodmansey,  Robert,     . 


Young,  Alexander, 
Edward  James, 
Ernest,  . 


31 
32 
22 
23 
29 
14 
21 
31 
12 
13 

13,23 
12 
13 

29,30 

21 
18 
27 
25 
4 

25,26 
25 

33 
22 
27 
24 
25 
28 
21 
26 
20 
11 
29 
18 
25 
31 
6,17 
34 
4 
4 

23 
26 
21 


INDEX  TO  NAMES  OF  PUPILS. 


For  convenience  of  reference  to  the  text,  it  has  seemed  tlesirable  to  employ 
certain  marks  in  tlic  Index,  of  which  tlie  folloAving  is  tlie  explanation: 

*  signifies  that  the  name  against  which  it  is  placed  is  that  of  one  who,  by  the 
best  evidence  that  can  be  procured,  was  probably  a  pupil,  but  as  this  evidence  of 
actual  attendance  and  membership  is  not  perfectly  conclusive,  it  has  been  given 
in  a  note,  (see  p.  iii  of  the  preface  to  the  edition  of  l^^T,)  instead  of  in  the  text. 
Further  evidence  may  at  some  future  time  cause  its  removal  to  the  text,  as  has  been 
the  case  in  this  edition  with  many  names  given  in  the  note  there  referred  to. 

?  signifies  that  the  Christian  name  against  which  it  is  placed,  left  blank  in  the 
edition  of  1S4T,  has  been  supjilied  on  evidence  entitled  to  credit,  (the  testimony 
of  relatives  or  descendants,  the  town  Records  of  births,  or  the  baptismal  Records 
of  the  Churches,)  accessible  since  that  edition  was  printed,  which  seems  to  prove 
that  the  boy  thus  indicated  Avas  our  pupil.  (See  page  iv  of  the  preface  to  the 
edition  of  1S47. ) 

?  t  signifies  that  while  the  Christian  name  against  Avhich  it  stands  is  probably 
that  of  the  boy  whose  surname  was  originally  given,  (see  explanation  above,)  one 
or  more  additional  names  are  given  in  notes,  of  which,  for  the  reasons  there  given, 
it  is  at  least  possible  that  one  .should  be  substituted  for  that  in  the  text. 

Many  boys  seem  to  have  changed  in  after  life  the  names  imder  which  ihey 
entered  the  School,  sometimes  by  dropping,  and  sometimes  by  adding  a  first  or 
middle  name;  but  occasionally  by  an  entire  alteration  of  the  given  names,  and 
in  a  few  instances  of  surnames.  In  all  such  instances  the  name  given  in  the 
Index  is  that  under  which  the  boy  entered  the  School,  and  the  subsequent  name 
is  added  underneath  it  in  parentheses  (  ).  When  the  change  has  involved  the 
surname,  the  name  has  been  given  under  both  the  old  and  the  now,  with  cross 
references  from  each. 


Abbe 

1848  V.'illiain  AJaiisoii 
1872  Alnuson  Josepli 
1874  llciiry  Th.nycv 
1881  Frederic  Randolph 

Abbot 
1829  Sarnncl  Leonard 
18.58  James  IJoyd 
1840  EiUvin  Halo 
181G  Hcni  V  I^arcom 
1853  Edw.'ird  Stanley 
18C5  Samuel  Leonard 
1874  Willis  John 

Abbott 
IS.'Sl  Fraiici-i  Kllinpwood 
IWH  .Satnuel  Applutuu 
ISrowno 


Aborn 
18f..-5  William  Hallet 
1881  Hermon 

Abraiianis 

1779  John  Atkinson 

Achorn 
1875  Clinton  Kdwin 

Adam 
1838  Ooorpre  James  Gordon 
(George  Gordon) 

Adunis 
172!)  Samuel 
17:)7  Joseph 
1753  Samuel 

(  :K0  ) 


1759  Sauiiiol 

17(jo  l(eiii:iiiunFenno?  t 

1792  Thomas 

17D5  Jlemv 

1810-U  Joseph  Thornton 

1817  Charles  Francis 

1817  Kdwin 

1817  John 

1819  William  ». 

1824  HennS. 

182.%  (;eorKe  W. 

1827  Francis  Miller 

1827  Samui'l 

1828  Joru'ph  Henry 
lASl  Edward  Franklin 
1833  Charl.^  Kredrri.: 
183r>  John 

18;t8  Fri'dorlr  «;herl(lan 
ISUi  William  Henry 
1839  Zabdiel  Jluybton 


INDEX. 


1840  Horace  "Walter 

1841  Samuel  Porter 
18J2  Edward  Payson 
1844  John  Quiiicy 

1847  James  Blagden 

1848  Chai-les  Francis 
1848  Gardiner 

1851  William  Hooper 

1852  Robert  Chamblet 
1860  Edelbert  Polaski 

18G6  James  Henry  Thatcher 

1807  Charles  Thornton 

1808  Frank  Willis 
18G0  Ernest  Benjamin 

1879  Lewis  Aquila 

1880  Kormanllsley 

1881  Alfred  Eben 

1882  Howard  Shirley 

1883  Frank  William 

Ager 

1877  Benjamin  Fuller 

Ah  era 

1867  Daniel  John 

Aiken 

1843  Edward 

1878  Llewellyn  Francis 

Ainsworth 
1867  Frank  Fesseuden 

Albree 

1876  John 

Alden 
1855  Leonard  Case 
186G  William  George 
1880  George  Denny 

Alderson 

1876  Victor  Clifton 

Alclrich 

1876  Addison  Lyman 

Alexander 

1827  Asa  Giles 

1882  Frederic  William 

Algei' 
18C3  Henry  Lodge 
1865  Arthur  Martineau 
1867  William  Ellerton 
1870  Philip  Rounseville 
1876  Cyrus  Willis 

Allan 

1870  Arthur  Gerrish 

Allen 

1692  William* 

1741  John  Bredger?± 

1741  William  ?t 

1743  Robert 

1745  James 

1747  James?  J 

1747  John?  J 

1750  Joshua?  t 

1753  William 

1756  Benjamin ?$ 

1756  James  ?  + 

1757  Joseph 


1750  John  Baxter  ?  + 
1765  Samuel  ?  + 
1793  James 
1816  James 
1820  Robert  B. 

1834  Edwin  E. 

1845  William  Henry  Burbeck 

1846  Joseph  William 

1847  Charles  James  Fox 
1851  Henry  Freeman 

1854  Frederick  Baylies 

1855  Francis  Richmond 

1857  Willard  Spencer 
1868  AVillis  Boyd 
1874  George 

1882  William  Howard 

Alley 

1883  Charles  Herman 

Alleyne 

1747  

1837  Jeremiah  Smith  Boies 

Allmand 

1874  Isaac  William 

Allston 
1816  Samuel  R. 

Almy 

1854  John  Page 

Aml^rose 
1805  George  Booth 
1871  William  Joseph 

Ames 

1858  James  Barr 
1864  Ellis 

1879  Edward  Raymond 

Amiel 

1754  John 
1757  Peter? 

Ammidown 
1845  Philip  Henry 

Amory 
1736  Thomas? 
1767  Rufus  Greene 
1708  Thomas 
1770  Thomas 
1772  Jonathan 
1772  AVilliara 
177G  Thomas  Coffin 

1777  William 

1778  Jonathan 

1779  John 

1780  Francis 
1782  William 

1786  Nathaniel  Coffin 
1832  Thomas  Coffin 

1835  Ignatius  Sai'gent 
1842  John  Ellery 

1848  Charles  Copley 
1848  William 

1851  Charles  Linzee 

1852  Charles  Walker 

1853  Copley 

1855  Edward  Linzee 
1857  Francis 


Anderson 
1869  Luther  Stetson 

Andrew 
1863  John  Forrester 


Andr 

1776 
1777 
1777 
1782 
1788 
1796 
1799 
1804 
1804 
1819 

1821 
1823 
1825 
1833 
1834 
1835 
1838 
1838 
1844 
1853 
1807 
1870 
1874 
1874 

1876 


ews 

Benjamin 

Joseph  Gardner 

Samuel 

John 

Henry 

Benjamin 

William  Stutson 

Isaiah  Thomas 

William  Turell 

William  Winthrop 

(see  Winthrop) 
15enjamiii  Halsey 
Henry  G. 
JohnWinthrop 
Robert  S. 
Horace 
Charles  S. 
Ferdinand  Lane 
Francis  William 
Edward  Reynolds 
Francis  Eugene 
Willie  Edward 
Clement  Walker 
Horace  Davis 
Joseph  Lyman 

(Joseph) 
Brainard  Alexander 


Annan 
1782  Robert  Landals 

1782  William 

Anthes 
1864  Alfred  Ernest 
1870  Augustus 

Anthony 

1878  Arthur 
1884  Nathan 

Aplin 
1755 

Apollonio 
1857  Samuel  Tranuph 

Appell 

1875  Jacob 

Appleton 

1762  Nathaniel  Walker 
1765  John 
1770  Thomas 

1783  George  Washington 
1793  Nathaniel  Walker 

1821  Charles  Tilden 

1822  William  Channing 

1823  Thomas  Gold 

1825  Charles  Sedgwick 

1826  Benjamin  Barnard 
1826  Edward 

1853  Nathan 

1868  AVilliam  Elliott 

1876  Harry  Newell 


332 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Apth 


orp 
1745  Henry 
1745  Stephen 
1747  Kast 
1750  Tliomas? 

1752  Gcorpro 

1753  Rol.crt 
1755  "William 

1755 

17C4  Charles? 
1707  Charles 

1778  John  Trecothick 

1780  William  Rice 

1782  Geory;e 

17S3  Charles  Ward 

1784  Georpe 

isnc  John  Vaujrhau 

1810-11  William  Foster 

1817  Leonartl  Foster 

1821  Harrison  Otis 

1822  Robert  iliist 

Archibald 
1725  Edward* 
1870  Blowers 

Amisti'ong 

1857  Robert  Gale 
1868  George  Ernest 

Arnold 
18C.5  Henry  Hunt 
1883  Henry  Spencer 

Ash 

1739  John 

I       1739  Samuel 

Atherton 

1883  I'ercy  Lee 

1884  Edward  Dwight 

Atkins 
1750  Nathaniel  ?t 
1752  Henry 

1831  Benjamin  Franklin 
1842  Henry  Holley 
1856  John"Ware 

Atkinson 

1862  Theodore 
1878  Ellis 

(Sheridan) 

Attner 

1874  Thomas  Frederic 

Atvvood 
1867  Clarence  Bradley 

1875  Elmer  Ellsworth 

1876  Harrv  lieWitt 
1878  Hartley  Fred 
1882  Uavid  Edgar 

Aubin 
1875  Joshua  Harris 

Auchinuty 

1731  Samuel 

1740  Robert 

1741  James  Smith 


L 


Austin 

1755  Jonathan  Loring 
175'.i  Jonathan  Williams 
1700  Benjamin 
1795  James  Trecothick 
1797  Charles 

1800  Lorinir 
1810-11  William 
1819  Elbridse  Geri-y 
1S20  Ivers  James 

Averill 
1859  Edward  Sullivan 

Avery 

1748  John 
1782  John 
18C1  Charles  EUery 

Aver 

1801  James  Bourne 
1831  Charles  Carlton 
1684  Frank  Paine 

Babb 
1863  George  Washington 

BablMtt 
1875  George  Herbert 

Babcock 

1806  Lemuel  HoUingsworth 
1874  William  Gustavus 

Babitt 

1874  William  Crocker 

Bachelder 

1873  Thomas  Cogswell 

1875  Frank  Hurd 

Bacon 

182S  John 

1343  El)en 

1S40  Francis  Edward 

1850  George  Gevathmey 

1859  Charles  Fullerton 

1809  Daniel  Caritenter 

187S  Francis  Warren 

Badger 
1801  Oliver  Hubbard 

1874  Theodore 

1875  Frederick 
1875  Harrv  Seaver 

1882  George  Sherwin  Clark 

Badlam 
1834  Stephen 

Bagley 
1877  Sydney  Currier 

Bagnall 

1831  William  Rhodes 
1809  John  Goodridge 

Bail 
1879  William  George 


Bailev 

I7t;i  Thomas? 

1794  William 

1832  Charles  Howard 

1838  Joshua  Hall 

1844  John  Ai)i)leton 

1857  Frank  Ixslie 

1H(>1  Robert  Maurice 

1871  L<jui3  Andrew 

1874  John  Franklin 

1874  Barker  Nell 

1874  I'eter  Williams 

1875  George  Cook 

Baiid 

1809  M'illiam 

Baker 

1081  

1821  William  Emerson 
1839  Edward  Francis 
1851  Joseph  Edward 
1859  <:eorge 

1801  Amos  Prescott 

1802  Frank  Onnonde 

1803  Thomas  tlrecnwood 

1803  Walter  Abijah 

1804  Herbert  Cjrus 

(Herbert) 
1804  Isaiah  Lincoln 
1806  Charles  Everett 
1872  Ezra  Henrv 
1874  Benjamin  Wilton 
1877  Edward  MarctUus 

1879  Arthur  Martvn 
1HS2  Robert  Melville 

1883  Joseph  Black 

Balcll 
1772  Nathaniel 
1772  William 
1797  David 

Baldwin 

1795  Thomas 

1843  Dwight 

1800  Edward 

1874  Dwight 

1874  Thomas  Tilestou 

1870  Albert  Henry 

1881  George  Storer 

1881  Herman  Frost 

1884  Robert  CoUyer 

Ball 

1741  

1741  (iideon? 

1707  

1858  Stephen 

18C>0  James  Preslev 

1880  Schuyler  CoU'ax 

Ballan 
1884  Sidiiev  Miller 


Ballantine 
1724  John* 

Ballai-d 

1701-8  Robert 

1754  Samuel 

1810-11  Davis  Coolldffe 

(,see  Vi>n  Iiagen) 
1827  James  Murtou 


INDEX. 


333 


Ballentine 
1734  William? 

Ballon 
1874  Maturin  Howland 
1879  William  Martin 

Banci'oft 
1833  James  Henry 
1835  Silas  Atkins 

1849  Robert  Gray 
18G5  Winfred  Baxter 

Bangs 

1777  Samuel 

1784  James 
1837  Edward 
18G5  Clarendon 
1865  Edwin  INIayo 

1882  William  Sleeper 

Banister 

1755  John 

Banks 

1734  William  ?t 

1865  William 

Barber 

1874  Clifton  iS'icliols 

Bardwell 

1875  Benjamin  Bates 

Barker 
1826  Alexander  W. 

Barnard 

1635  Tobias* 

1689  John 

1820  Charles  Francis 

1820  George  Middleton 

1822  Edward 

1829  James  Munson 

1840  George  Middleton 

ia51  Joseph  Tildeu 

1859  Francis  Homes 

1861  Charles  Inman 

1864  Henrv 

1864  Howell 

1875  Fred  Augustus 

Barnes 
1819  James 

1866  Franklin  Pierce 
1866  Wiuthrop  Howard 
1874  George  Alfred 
1877  Frederic  Heni-y 

Barr 

1881  James  Cummings 

1883  Lawrence 

Barrel! 

(See  Barril  and  Barrill) 

1776  Joseph 

Barrett 

1746  Samuel 
1758  John 

1777  Gerrish 
1781  Nathaniel 

1785  Joseph  Trumbull 
1791  Samuel 

1850  George  Samuel 
1881  William  John 


Barrick 
1739  James 
1769  James 
1771  Thomas 

Barril 

1738  John 
1744  Colburn 

1747  

1747 

1750  

1877  John  Patrick 

Barrill 
1741  Nathaniel 
1812  Joseph 

Barron 
1857  John  Solomon 
1864  Joseph  Edward 
1874  Thomas  Aloysius 
1882  Amos  Koyes 

BaiTows 

1828  Horace  Granville 

(see  Barrus) 
1874  Joseph  William 

Barrus 
1828  Horace  Granville 
(see  Barrows) 

Bany 

1866  Frank  Parker 
1874  John  Francis 
1877  Thomas  Francis 
1881  Frank  William 
1881  John  Daniel  Joseph 

Barstow 
I860  Rogers  Lewis 
1864  Charles  Fanning 
1870  Henry  Taylor 

Bartlett 
1768  John 

1776  Thomas 

1777  George 
1782  Abraham 

1839  Richard  Atkins 
1843  Sidney 
1846  Gordon 

1849  AV'illiam  Pitt  Green- 
wood 
1852  Albert  Maurice 
1855  Gilbert  Russell 
1864  Robert  Edmund 
1877  DanaPrescott 
1880  Henry 
1884  Joseph  Gardner 

Bartley 
1872  George  Edgar 

Barton 

1803  Edward 
1822  Richard 

1867  Milton  Homer 

Bascom 
1345  Henry  Laurens  King 

Basnet 
1773  Charles 


Bass 

1767  Samuel 
1773  E1)enezer 

1781  Henry 

1786  William  Baker 

1789  George  Washington 

1789  Horatio  Gates 

1789  Joseph 

1810-11  William  Henry 

1817  George  J. 

1845  William  Heni^ 

Bassett 

1854  Charles  Mason 
1861  Francis 

Bastide 
1744  John  Henry 

Batchelder 

1851  Frederic  William 
1873  Thomas  Coggswell 
1880  Charles  Clarence 

Batclieller 

1864  Edwin 

Bateman 

1877  Frank  Elliot 

Bates 

1792  Daniel 

1824  Charles  Jarvis 

1826  George  H. 

1826  Henrv 

1827  Joshua  Hall 
1834  Samuel  Reeves 

1859  Clement 

1864  Frank  Andrews 

1866  Phineas 

1871  Frank  Prosper 

1871  Lewis  Palmer 

1871  Samuel  Worcester 

1871  Waldron 

1873  Benjamin  Frederick 

1875  John  Lewis 

1883  George  Ross 

Batterman 

1860  Alphonse  Beecher 

Bauer 

1863  John 

1882  Randolph  Sherman 

Baury 

1855  Frederic  Francois 

Baxter 

1804  Thomas  Marshall 

1805  John 

1823  Christopher  M. 

1866  Joseph  Nickerson 

1867  Ezra  Francis 

Bayley 

1782  Samuel  Proctor 
1838  Thomas 

1841  Henry  Emerson 

1852  George  Hayward 

Bazin 

1817  Charles 


334 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Beachani 

1740  Isaac?: 
1747  Joseph? 

Beal 

1859  Thomas  Prince 
18(a)  lienjamiii  I^eighton 

Bcale 

1S78  Seth 

Beals 

1834  James  Henrv 
184!)  Joshua  Gardner 
1880  William 

Beaman 

1877  Heui-y  Sisson 

Bean 

1758  Thomas? 

1823  Horace 

1882  Charles  Harrison 

Beai'd 

1880  Charles  Freeland 

Beaty 
16C9  George  Warren 

Beaumont 

1879  William  Shepherd 

Beck 

1858  Frederic  Alleyne 

Beckford 

1880  Joseph  Albert 

Bedlington 
1839  Samuel  Moody 

Beebe 

1858  James  Arthur 

Beebee 
1883  Herbert  Anderson 

Beecher 
1826  Charles 
1820  Henrv  Ward 
1848  Frederic  AVilliam 
1850  George  Howard 

Beeching 
1873  George  Washington 

Belclifv 
1C89  Jonathan  ' 
1713  Andrew  - 
1717  Jonatlian  • 
1770  Andrew 
1778  Jonathan 

Belknap 

1751  Jeremiah 

17C7  JorcMiiiili 

1787  Joliii 

1883  Charles  Francis 

1883  Preacott  Hartford 


Bell 

1774  William  ?  t 

1783  Danie! 

17S7  Charles  Williams 

17'J3  John 

1797  Daniel 

18.5*3  Clarence  Horton 

1IS69  William  McPherson 

Bellingham 

1635  Samuel  ?t 

Bellows 
1831  Francis  William 

Greenwciod 
187C  Charles  Franklin 

Bendelari 
18C4  Georpio  Anaclete  Cor- 
rado 

Bender 
1831  Andrew  Sigoumey 

Benedict 
1859  Frank  Rogers 

Benham 
1868  Henry  Hill 

Benjamin 
1S22  James 

Bennet 

1740  John?  J 
1748  Rowland  ?t 

Bennett 

1741  John  ?  t 
1753  William?: 

1858  Joseph 

1859  Theodore  Wilbur 
lH<;o  Arthur  Gardner 
1SC9  William  Dennis 
1870  Joseph  Irving 

Bent 
1855  George  Conway 

Berenson 
1881  Bernard 

Beinard 

1760  Shiue 

17(.3  Thomas? 

17G6  Scroop  (see  Morland) 

Berry 

1803  William 

1860  Joljn  Henjamin 
1860  Rufus  Ltcompto 

Bethune 

1723  Nathaniel 
17'.'0  George 
1735  Henry 
17c;'5  Ik'uiamin 
1770  Nathaniel 
1777  fJeorgM 
18J1  <ieorgcAmory 
1823  John  McLean 


Betton 

1831  George  Ervinc 

1832  Charles  James 
1846  Walter  Thornton 

Bicker 

1780  Martin 

Bickiord 
1879  Robert  Sloan 

Bieknell 
1850  Walter  Favor 
1863  Frederick  Herbert 
lsf.5  (ieorpe  James 
IfoX;  ildward 
lb70  William  Harry  Warren 

Bidwell 
1874  Charlton  liontecou 

Bigelow 

1802  Alpheus 
18l'0  (;eoi-eT\'.er 
1826  Henry  Jacol) 
1841  Jo?inh  Francis 
1846  Albert 
1857  'Jeorge  Tvlor 

1859  Joseph  Sniith 

1860  Henrs-  Marshall 

1861  Albert  Smith 
1866  Frank  Ha-ar 
18';9  James  Edward 
1874  Edward  Clav 

1884  Frederick  Sonthgat- 

Biglow 
1802  Horace 

Billings 

1737  Joseph? 
1737  Richard? 

1764 

1823  JohuE. 
1S34  William  W. 
1878  fteorge  Rartlett 
1884  Walter  Henry 

Bingham 
18C2  George  Joel 

Binnev 

1819  f'harles  James  Fox 
18'22  John 

^^■23  John  Callender 

1842  Amos 

1843  John 

1815  William  Greene 
185')  Henry  Prentiss 

Birch 
1800  George  William 

Bird 

1820  John  H. 

18i"2  Edwanl  Vanderhoof 

Birden 

1037  John* 


Birmingham 

1874  Wesley 


INDEX. 


335 


Bishop 
185G  Thomas  "Wetmore 

Blackmar 

I860  Orison  Virgiuius 


Blackmore 

18-54  John  William 
1867  George  Alfred 


Blagden 

1847  George 
1S51  Edward  Reynolds 
1852  Samuel  Phillips 
1852  Thomas 


Blagge 


1802  Stephen 

1803  Samuel 
180C  Benjamin 


Blaikie 


1855  Thomas  King 

1856  "William 

1863  Alexander  Wilson 
1867  Josiah  Alfred 


Blair 

1820  Victor  S. 

1876  Howard  Kendrick 

1881  John  Smith 


Blaisclell 

1867  William  Horace 


Blake 

1777  Ellis  Gray 

1790  Joshua 

1S12  William  Henry 

181U  Edward 

1821  James  H. 

18J6  Henry  K. 

1827  Alexander  V. 

1832  George  Thatcher 

1844  Charles  Frederic 

1852  Edward 

1852  Francis  Everett 

1852  Frederic  Dana 

1853  James  Henry 
ISi-O  William  Payne 
ISGl  Edward  Dehon 
1802  Frank  Whitney 
1875  Gordon 

1882  Charles  Arthur 

1882  Fred 

1SS4  Edward  Frank 


Blakemore 

1877  William  Hancock 


Blauchanl 
1733  Caleb 
1742  Edward? 

1762  Caleb 

1763  Joshua 

1764  Samuel? 

1765  Edward??: 
1768  William  ?i 
1774  Edward 

1777  John  Wharton 

1779  fieorge 

1782  Jcjseph  Tyler 

1782  William 

1786  Charles  Chauncey 

1792  Joshua  P. 

1801  Edward 

1804  John 
1804 

1805  John 
1815  Charles 

1833  Abraham  Watcy 

1844  George  Henry 

1854  John  Adams 

18.56  Thomas 

18»j4  Henry 

1865  Sidney  Shannon 

1879  Frederick  Woodward 

Blaiiej' 

1831  William 

Blashfield 

1861  Edwin  Rowland 

Blasland 
1851  Edward  Boutell 

Bliss 

1824  James 

1837  Frederic  E. 

1838  Alexander 
1838  William  Davis 
1840  Robert 

1863  Elijah  Williams 

1882  Fred  Shepard 

1883  Walter  Danforth 

Blodget 

1767  Caleb 
1767  Samuel 

Blodgett 

1763 


1879  Edward  Everett 
1883  Charles  Martin 

Blowers 
1753  Sampson  Salter 

Blue 
1879  Henry  Borne 

Bluxome 

1844  Joseph  Albert 


Blythe 


1782  Benjamin 
1782  Francis 

Boardman 

1S75  George  Gerry 
1870  Arthur  Frank 


Bockus 
1856  Robert  McLaren 
1881  Charles  Edwin 

Bodge 
1855  James  Henry 

Boies 

1782  William 
1835  William  E. 

Boit 

1781  John 

1825  Edward  Darley 

1853  Edward  Darley 

Bolander 
1876  Charles  Damon 

Bole 
1723  Thomas* 

Bolkcom 
1861  Albert  Edward 

Bolles 

1854  :Michael  Shepard 

Bond 
1821  George  William 
1827  Charles  Royal 
1845  John  Gorham 

Bonyotte 
1737  Peter 

Boone 

1884  Edward  Payson 

Booth 
1867  Clifton  Clarence 

Boott 

1802  Francis 
1840  Frederic 

Bordman 
1817  William  Henderson 

Borgliardt 

1878  Hans  Heinrich  Max 

Borland 
1737  John 
1749  Francis 
1703  Francis ?.t 
1774  Samuel 

1803  John 

BoiTOwscale 

1833  Feron  Wilson 

Botsford 

1879  Edward  Kirk 
1882  Charles  Horace 

Botume 

1806  John  Franklin 


336 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Bourn 

17C8  Sjivanus 

Boutineau 
1734  Isaac? 

Bouve 
1861  Walter  Lincoln 

Bowditch 

1S23  Henn-  Ingereoll 

1832  Amos  J. 

1835  John 

1836  vr. 

1859  Edward 

Bowdoin 

1724  William* 
1734  James 
1700  James 

1806  James  (see  Winthrop) 

1807  John  Temple  James 

(sec  Winthrop) 
1820  George  lUcharcl  James 

(see  Sullivan) 
1822  James  (see  Sullivan) 

Bowen 

1738 

1782  John  BaiTett 
1786  Nathaniel 
18t59  John  Templeton 
1873  James  Williams 

Bowers 

1830  Charles  Manning 

1833  Ferdinand  Hamilton 
1839  Howard  ^lalcom 
1852  John  Lee 

Bowes 

1777  John  Hancock 

Bowler 

17C3 


Bowman 
1784  Jonathan 
17H4  AVilliam 
1830  Adam  R. 
188'^  Abraham  Lincoln 

Bowser 
1872  Alexander  Thomas 

Bowyer 

1734  

Box 

1747  Jobu 

Boyce 

1757  John  ? 

Boyd 

17;«)  William 

1808  Kbenezer  Little 

1834  Frederick 

Boydell 

1740  John? 


Boydc'li 
1848  William  Havard  Eliot 
1855  Jeremiah  Wesley 

Boyer 

1774  Daniel 
1776  Peter 

Boyle 

1774  Isaac* 

1782  John 

1797  George  Washington 

(see  HoyJes) 
1810-11  James 

Boj'les 
1797  George  Washington 
(see  Boyle) 

Boylstoii 

1723  Nicholas* 
1758  Ward  Nicholas 

Boyntou 

1852  Winthrop  Perkins 
1854  Herbert  Addison 
1862  Charles  Edwin  Stephen 
1884  John  Henry 

Braljiner 
1857  Horace  Ambrose 

Bracket 

1773  Benjamin 

Brackett 

1740  Anthony? 

1741  Maylem"? 
1776  Benjamin 

Bradbury 

1821  Charles  W. 
1883  Charles  Merrie 

Bradford 

1745  James 

1749  Williams 

1763  John 

1766  Samuel 

1769  AVilliam 

1797  Samuel  Henley 

1797  William  Bowes 

1807  Daniel  Xell 

1810-11  William  John  Alden 

1813  Thomas  Gamaliel 

1814  Duncan 

1822  John  Robinson 
1831  Martin  Luther 
1838  George 

1838  Thomas  George 
1869  Albert  Edwin 

Bradish 

18'>7  Albert  Henry 
1877  Stanley  I'earco 

BracU.'e 
181.<  Thomas  D. 
lHl;i  KriMlcric  Hall 
IX'22  Ji>si"|ili 

18J3  Kiimund  Fowlo 

1823  James  Bowdoin 


Bi-adley 

l^>30  Charles  Smith 

1875  Parker  RicbardBon 

Bradstreet 

1857  Samuel 

Brady 

1872  Edward  E. 

Bragan 

1876  Jf»hn  Sydney 
1876  Joseph 


18C5  John  Fowler 
Branian 

1834  Jarvis  Dwigbt 

Brandon 
1731  Benjamin 

Brattle 

1669  William 
1749  Thomas 

Break 
1781  Samuel 
1783  William 

Brennan 

1879  Ernest 

Brenner 

1858  Ernst  William 

Brereton 

1832  Thomas  John 

Brett 

1866  AVilliam  Pierce 
1869  John  Quincv  Adams 
1873  Lloyd  -Milton 

Brewer 

1807  George  Maltby 
18*17  Nathaniel 
1820  William  Augustus 
1826  Theodore  Francis 
1826  Thomas  Alayo 
1847  William  Augustus 
1873  Daniel  Chauncy 
1879  Henry  Chaso 

Brewster 

1819  Oliver 

1820  William 

1859  George  Bilby 

Briant 

1736 

Bridge 

1725  Ebeno7.er» 

1726  Robert  • 
1735  Matthew 
1822  Samuel  James 
1878  Arthur  Henr>- 


INDEX. 


337 


Bridgham 

1725  Powning' 

1T85  Ezekiel  Goldthwait 

1787  Charles 


1751  John 
1824  William  C. 
1844  Charles  Edward 
18f>4  Bodwell  Sargeut 
1873  Frank  Joseph 
1877  George  Kendall 
1879  Lloyd  VernoE 
1889  Frederick  Foye 

Brigham 

1819  Benjamin 
1823  Levi  Henry 
1830  Charles  Henry 
1852  William  Tufts 
185t>  Charles  Brooks 
1859  Edward  Austin 
1862  Thomas  Swain 
1870  Arthur  Austin 


Bright 
1874  Elliot 

Brignati 
1884  Lawrence  Antonio 

Brimmer 

1750  Martin 
1754  Andrew 

Brill  dley 
1786  Rohert 

Briiile}' 

1737  Edward 

1742 

1742  George? 
1752  George? 
1758  Thomas 
1820  Edward 

Broad 
I860  Joseph  Aster 

Broadbelt 

1746  John 

Brodhead 
1843  Francis  Daniel 

Bromberg 

1879  Edward  Justin 

Bromiield 

1735  Edward 

1750  Samuel?* 

1751  John 
1760  Henry 
1782  Edward. 


Brooks 
1803  Edward 

1819  William  F. 

1820  Edgar 

1823  Horace 
1830  Samuel  G. 

1842  Peter  Chardon 
1846  Phillips 

1846  ATilliam  Gray 

1854  Georee 

1855  AViliiam 
1850  Frederic 

1857  Arthur 

1858  Frederic 

1861  John  Cotton 

1870  Edward 

1871  Charles  Elwell 
187C  Paul  Cuff  Phelps 

1880  Franklin  Herrick 

Broome 

1778  Samuel  Piatt 

Broughton 
1867  Henry  White 

Brown 

1725  Josiah  ' 
1742  William?  J 

1747  Nathaniel? 

1748  Thomas  ?  t 
1758  Aaron  ?  t 
1768  IVIather  Byles 

1821  Roliert  J. 
1821  William  F. 

1824  Charles  IngersoU 
1824  Henry  lugersoll 
1824  Jolm'Warren 
1830  Buckminster 
1833  Charles  H. 

1836  Arnold  Welles 

1837  Atherton  Thayer 

1843  Daniel  Edward 
1843  Joseph  Mansfield 
184G  Francis  Henry 
1855  John  Patrick 

1862  William  Legate 
1864  John  Coffin  Jones 
1869  Samuel  Edward 
1874  Crawford  Richmond 

1874  William  Francis 

1875  Elmer  Ellsworth 

1876  Fred  Keyes 

1876  George  Henry 

1877  Alexander  Philip 
1877  Gilbert  C. 

1877  Joel  Harvey 

1878  George  Heni-j- 

1879  Edward  Lyman 

1881  Richmond  Hood 

1882  Frederick  Wires 

1882  William  Henry 

1883  George  Franklin 

1884  William  Joseph 


Browne 

1744  William 

184S  Edward  IngersoU 

1882  Edwin  Coleman 

Brownell 

1864  Frederic  William 


Bnice 

1764  Daniel 
1764  Thomas 
1785  Stephen 
1791  Stephen 
1826  John 
1826  Robert 


Brj-ant 


1776  James 

1777  John 
1821  John 

1832  Nathaniel  Hadley 
1840  John  Duncan 

1854  Walter  Cashing 
1874  Frederic  Edward 
1876  George  Butler 

Buck 

1848  Charles  William 
1848  Jedidiah  Herrick 

(Robert  Herrick) 

1855  Stuart  INIanwaring 


Buckingham 

1817  Joseph  Huntingdon 
1821  Edgar 
1825  Caleb  Alexander 
1827  John  Albert 
1831  Charles  Edward 
1844  Lucius  Henry 


Buckle}' 

1867  John  Joseph 
1871  Philip  Townsend 

1883  Walter  Aloysius 

Bugbee 

1857  John  Stephenson 

Bulfinch 

1701  Tliomas  * 

1735  Thomas 

1742  Jeremiah  ? 

1742  William  ? 

1744  Samuel 

1744  William 

1770  Charles 

1805  Charles 

1805  Thomas 

1810-11  George  Storer 

1813  Francis 

Bulger 
1882  Joseph  Martin 

Bullard 

1852  John  Lincoln 

1858  Charles  Guild 
1862  George  Richardson 
1865  George  Barret 
1876  Frederic  Field 

1884  Albert  William 

Bullock 
1875  Charles  Holbrook 


338 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Buuistcail 

177U  Joseph 

ITM  J('.->iuli 

171SJ  Tliiiinas 

1780  Nathaniel 

17KJ  .•<;iuiuel 

17«8  .John 

17'.Ki  K|>hraim 

1«:;C  Jcreiiiiah 

1S41  FieoiianJosiali 

1848  Kathaniel  Willis 

1804  Horace 

Bundy 
1850  George  H. 

Bunten 
18C3  Charles  Virgin 

Burbank 
18i.;»  William  Henry 
ISTf)  Walter  C'hanning 
187f.  Alliort  Hcnrv 
187C  Frank  Ehvood 

Burbeen 
1737  John 

Burch 

1767  Joseph 

Burdett 
1875  Fred  Hartshorn 

Burgess 

1859  Edward 

1874  Oliver  Graham 

Burgwyn 

18C5  Collinson  IMerrepoiit 

Kdwards 
18C5  John  Alve&ton 

Burke 

1880  Francis  Edward 
18«:i  Joliii  Kyan 
1883  James 

Burly 

1805  William 

Burnell 
1724  Samuel  • 

Burnett 
1720  William 

1875  William  John 

Burnhain 

1734 


1803  Allen  Winslow 

Burns 

Ipns  Ro!)ort 
IS'in  Walter 
ISjs  Joseph  F. 
188.J  Frank  Xavier 

Burr 

i7i;o 

1883  Arthur  Elllnutou 


Burrill 
ISei  Auj^stus  Warner 

BuxToughs 

1752  William 
l^xs  James 
18118  John 
ia32  William 
18V2  Georsre 


Burt 
1725  John  ' 
1882  John  Andrew 

Hurton 

187i;  James 

18S2  Harry  Edwin 


Bush 

1855 
1855 
18C5 
1866 
18C9 
1870 
1870 
1870 
1880 


Charle?  Greene 
Frederic  Dehlois 
Delilois 
Samuel  PiiCrc 
Arthur  I'liillijJS 
Henry  Sturpis 
Walter  Murray 
William  Came 
Edward 


Bussey 
179C  Benjamin 

Butcher 
1879  Walter  Hosford 

Butler 
1748  James?  t 
1748  Allord  ?  J 
1758  Gillam 

18C8  Edwaril  Croiupton 
18ii8  Robert  William 
1X74  Cliarles  Frank 

1874  Frank  Eugfiio 

1875  John  E<!\vard 
l^**!  Joseph  Ilaitshorn 
1884  Harry  Grant 

Butterworth 
1870  Frank  Alhert 

Buttolph 

1737  

Byles 
1714  Mather  • 

Bynner 
18CS  Thomas  Edparton 

Byrne 

IfiCA  Samuel  James 
1881  Jobeph 

Byron 

1881  Jiunen  Tnlinan 
188.1  Lewis  Thomas' 


Cabot 
18-J3  Thomas  Handasydc 
\>>X  George 
isjt;  Samuel 
183«  Francis 
1S3'J  Edward 
iKiO  J.-imes  Thompson 
IstVi  Saiiuiel 

lSi".2  Arthur  Tracy  Jacktin 
1S<"4  James  Jackson 
1871  Godfrey  Lowell 

Cady 

1802  Edward  Werner 

Caldwell 
18«.l  Charles  Boomedge 
1802  Mellen  Augustus 

Calef 

1734  Samuel? 

1735  John  ? 
1735 

1739  Samuel 

1740  no'oert? 
1768  Robert 

Calhoun 
1805  William  Barron 
1807  Charles 
1840  Simeon  Howard 

Call 

1827  Frederic  L. 

Callanan 
1878  Bartholomew  Aloysius 

1880  Edward  Joseph 

Callender 

1779-86  John  • 
1815  Frederic  B. 
1815  George 
1815  Gustavus 
IS-.n)  George  L. 

Carabell 
1791  Andrew 

Came 

1881  Walter  Deland 

Cameron 
1873  Charles  John 
1870  Colin  Campbell 

Campbell' 

1757  Andrew? 

isio  (Jeorge  ? 

1827  James  Colin 

1827  John  Mundell 

1800  Alt'xandi'r  Bowles 

\HA  Francis 

listK^  (Jeorgo  II viand 

18t«  William  I'aylor 

lMi7  Nowcll  Rii>;ers 

1S78  Frank  Autiustns 

lb7K  JoM'ph  AloystuM 

lt>7U  Ji'M'iili  Frniicls 

1883  I'atrirk  Henry  Joseph 


INDEX. 


339 


Cauu 
18CS  Joseph  Boardman 

Capen 

177G  Thomas 
ISlo-ll  Stoddard 
1828  Francis  Lemuel 

1831  John 

1832  Edward 

1835  Charles  James 

1864  Edward 

C;irdv.-ell 

1865  Frank  Delgardo 

Carew 

1875  Charles  Henry 

Carewe 
1763  James 

Carey 

1884  John  Patrick 
1884  William  Augustus 

Carleton 

1824  George  J. 
1830  Charles  Muzzy 

Carnes 

1762.  Thomas 

Carpenter 

1761  

Carr 
ISTG  Frank  Edwin 

Carret 
1858  James  Russell 

Carroll 
I860  George 
18CC  Francis  Maley 

Carruth 
1853  "William  'Ward 

Carter 
1736  John  ?  t 
1783  James 
r.'>3  John 
18111-11  James 
1853  William  Smith 
(see  Smith) 
1S5S  Benjamin  Hobart 
1S58  John  Wilkins 
1859  James  Richard 
1865  John  Henry 
1867  Edgar  Willis 
1873  George  Washington 

1883  Frederick  Nason 

1884  William  Wood 

Cartwri.irlit 

1822  John  W 

186S  George  Brown 


Cary 

1824  Samuel 

1835  George  Blankern 

1837  Thomas  Graves 

1838  William  Avlwin 

1839  Edward  Matthews 
1848  Richard 

Casey 

1863  John  Francis 
1871  Thomas  Bernard 

Cashman 
1851  David  Augustus 
1862  John  Bernard 

Casno 
1738  Isaac?  t 

Cass 
1877  Charles  Henry 

Cassell 

1800  James 
1800  John 

Cassidy 
1858  1^'atrick  Leo 
1871  William  Edward 

Castle 

(see  Cassell) 

Castoring 
1868  St.  George  Brown 

Caswell 
1874  Osgood  Carlton 

Cavanagh 
1883  Walter  James 

Cavely 


Chamberlin 

1855  Charles    Henry  Wheel- 

wright 
(Charles  Wheelwright) 
1865  Frederic  Ellery 
1874  John  Edward 

Chandler 
1815  Gardner  Leonard 
1841  Thomas  Henderson 
1853  Horace  Parker 
1859  Parker  Cleaveland 
18G9  Frederick  Emerson 
1871  Fred  W. 
1879  Cleaveland  Angier 
1882  Porter 

Channing 
1821  William  Henry 

Chapin 

1856  Lucius  Dexter 
1379  Frederic  Edgar 


Chapman 


1T37 

n 


Cnace 
1845  Edward  Henry 
1857  Richard  Col)b 
1863  Daniel  Kimball 

Chad'oourn 
1854  William  Hobbs 

Chadbourne 
1856  Thomas  Lincoln 

Chad  wick 

1794  Joseph 

1850  George  Bradford 

1882.  Stillinan  Percy  Roberts 

Chalenor 
1880  Louis  Edwin 

Chamberlain 

1837  Timothy  Dutton 
18.50  Walter  Odell 
1852  Edward  Dyer 
1876  Andrew 
1878  Avtiuir  Conley 


17C5  Joseph 

1821  George 

1822  Richard  Miller 
1827  William 

1830  Ozias  Goodwin 

1841  William  Barker 
1345  George  William 
1846  Henry  Grafton 
1848  Jonathan 

1863  Millard  Fillmore 
1883  Robert  Tyler 

Chard  on 
1747  Peter 

Cliark 
1798  George 

Chase 

1776  Thomas 
1783  Joseph 
1805  Thoihas  B. 
1307  William  Heni-y 
1813  George  Edmund 

1842  Theodore 

1848  George  Biuelow 
1858  Charles  H. 
1863  Charles  Milton 
1860  Ira  Batchelder 
1878  Henry  Ernest 
1880  William  Munroe 
1882  Charles  Samuel 

Chauncey 
1737  Charles 

Chauncy 
1712  Charles  • 

Checkley 

1688  John 
1703  Samuel  * 
1727  John* 
1732  Samuel 
1734  Rifhard 
1746  William 


340 


PUBLIC   LATLK   SCHOOL. 


Cheever 

1C71  Thomas  • 
1T60  >VilUam 

Chenerv' 
1875  ^^^illiam  Elisba 

Cheney 
18G9  James  Loring 

1872  David  Hatchelder 

1874  Geoige  Clarence 
1882  Alfred 

1882  Benjamin  Pierce 
1882  Charles  Paine 

Chenowith 

1880  Ernest  Bernard 

Cht'sbrough 
1852  Heni-j'  Freyer 
1852  Isaac  Sumter 

Chesley 

1873  George  William 

Chevaillior 
18C7  Charles  Frederic 

Chickey 
1852  John  Franf'is 
(see  Cicchi) 

Child 
1768 

1813  David  "W. 

1814  EbenezerDorr 

see  Chilile) 
1840  Francis  James 
1854  Franklin  David 

Childe 

1814  Edward  Vernon 
(see  Child) 

Chikls 
1740  Thomas 

Chipman 
ISfil  William  Harris 

1804  Henry  Lane 

Chittenden 

1881  George  Herbert 

Choate 

184G  Rufiis 

18r>:t  Frederick  Eugene 

1875  Rulnfr  Sterling 
1870  William 

Chrinies 

1882  Walter  Albert  Samuel 

Christian 

1805  Thomas  Francis 

Chiireh 
1745  Benjamin 

1747  

1750  Edward 
17<'7  James  Millar 
1S.VI  William  ("onant 
18C4  Edward  Head 
18G4  Henry  Augustus 


Churchill 

1869  John  Maitland  Brewer 

1870  Charles  Benjamin 

Cicchi 
1852  Francis  John 

(see  Chickey) 

Cilley 
1852  Clinton  Albert 
1881  Harry  Edgar 

Clapp 
1835  Charles  L. 
1838  William  Warland 
1850  Thomas  H. 
1878  Clift  Rogers 
1881  George  Bucklin 
1881  Wilfrid  Atherton 

Clark 

1676  John  * 

ITiX;  John  • 

1800  Charles  Chauncey 

1833  John  Theodore 

1835  William  Adolphus 

1852  Robert  Farlcv 

1853  Arthur  Hamilton 
1853  William  Tilton 
1850  Rufus  Wlieelwrij:!!! 
1858  Matthew  Rismoudu 
1800  Edward  Henry 
1863  George  Loud 

1803  Henrv  I'aston 
1865  LesteV  Williams 
1860  Charles  Lowell 
1870  Arthur  Jameson 
1870  Louis  Monroe 

1872  Benjamin  Preston 

1873  Fred  Willard 

1874  Eugene  Lester 

1874  Josejth  Eddy 

1875  Morris 

1877  Jami'>  rumniings 
1881  Allen  Lincoln 
1881   Frank  Mulliken 
1883  William  H.  Ashley 


Clark 

1718 

173!) 

1743 

1740 

17.^5 

1701 

17lU 

1705 

1 

1780 

17111 

1791 

i8ii; 

1817 
1819 
1820 
1822 
1824 
1824 
1824 
1840 
1K42 
1843 
1846 
1861 
1H75 
187U 
1879 


Richard  * 

lienjamin 

Jonathan  ?  t 

Christwher 

Isaac  Winslow 

John 

Samuel 


Samuel  Clarke 

Noel 

Jiuues  Freeman 

William  Hull 

Abraham  Fuller 

Charles  Scotlo 

(ieorgo  P. 

Thonias  Curtis 

William  Jiliss 

James  Okl'o'xI  Andrew 

fJardiner  Hubbard 

Fraiik  Wigglesworth 

Jo'eph  Tavlor 

V(irtimcr"Hall 

wllliau)  Paluc 


Clanir 

1881  Alfred  Alonzo 

Cleaveland 
1820  George  H. 

Cleland 
1805  Charles 

Clement 

1780  Charles 
1780  Thomas 
1782  John 
1884  John 

Cleveland 

1878  William  Wordsworth 

Cliftbrd 
1801  Samuel  Washington 
18Cy  Chandler  Robbins 

1882  William  Harvey 

Clinch 

1846  John  Morton 
1803  Joseph  Howard 

Clock 
1875  Frank  Herman 

Clones 
1877  William  Jacob 

Clough 

1760  William 
180y  William 
1867  Edward  Everett 

Coakley 

1879  Frank  Joseph 

Coale 
1863  George  Oliver  George       ; 

Coats 
1777  Benjamin 

Cobb 
1708 
1708 
1840 
184!» 
184;t 
mV2 
1S74 
187t; 
18K1 
18S3 


Benjamin 

Samuel 

James  Thornton 

Cyrus 

Darius 

George  Downes 

Clarence  Gav 

Frederic  (^odman 

Fred  Everett 

liernard  Capcn 


Col)bftt 
1751  PhUip?! 

Cobe 

1877  Maurice 
1883  Morris  Henry 

Cobnrn 
HK!  Seth 

1859  William  Axigustus 
1874  Charles  Henry 


Cochran 

1874  Frederic  Boardinan 

Codman 
1709  Henrv 
1805  Stephen 
1807  Richard  Cartwright 
1835  Robert 
1842  James  McMaster 
1845  El  I  ward  "Wainwright 
1868  "William 
1872  Charles  Greenough 

1875  John 

1877  Edmund  Dwight 
1880  Franklin  Lincoln 

Codnei' 

1760  Abraham  ? 

Coe 
1880  Henry  Tilton 

Coffin 
1733  Nathaniel 
1735  Charles 

1735  Samuel? 

1736  William? 
1738  James?  t 
1757  Nathaniel 
1753  William 

1761  Thomas  Aston 
1703  John  ? 

1765  William  William 

1766  Isaac 
17GS  Thomas 
1768  William 

17G9  Jonathan  Perry 

17G'J  William 

1771  Ebenezer 

1776  Francis  Holmes 

1807  Isaac 

1817  Thomas  M. 

1819  Henry  Rice 

1827  John  G. 

1827  William  Barnard 

1830  William  Spooner 

1831  George  B. 
1867  Walter  Scott 
1878  Lucius  Powers 


1874  William  High 

Cogswell 
1880  Charles  Frederick 

Coker 

1745  

1848 

Colbert 
1865  Joseph  Francis 
18C7  John  Dennis  Joseph 

Colburn 
1820  Frederick  A. 

1822  Benjamin  Prince 

1823  Charles 
1825  John  Henrj- 
1846  Theodore  Edson 
1852  Erastus  Talbot 


INDEX. 


Colby 

1840  John  Howe 
18G8  John  Stark 

Cole 

169C  Henrv 

1859  Albert  Cyrus 

1876  Edward  Benjamin 
1880  William  Henry 

Coleman 
1861  Cornelius  Ambrose 

Colesworthy 

1867  William  Gibson 

Colford 
1S51  Edward  Martin 

Collamore 
1829  Gilman 

1860  John  Hoffman 

Collier 

1822  William  Robins 
1824  Ephraim  Robins 
1875  Henry  Smith 

Collins 
1741  Clement?  t 
1859  John  Washburn 

1877  Michael  Joseph 

1878  John  Aloysius 

Collison 

1870  Harvey  Newton 

Colman 
1681  Benjamin 
1745  John 
1747  Benjamin?  + 
1776  William 
1788  Dudley 
1788  Nathaniel 
1792  Charles 
1795  Henry 

Colson 

1728  Adams 

Colton 

1871  Frank  Walter 

Colver 

1840  Hiram  Walace 

Colwell 

1874  Michael  Bernard 

Comee 
18G8  Frederic  Robbins 

Comer 

1869  Charles  Evelyn 

Comins 

1875  Frank  Barker 


Ul 


Conaut 
1777  John 
1793  Samuel 
1859  Albert  Harrison 
18C4  Theodore  Scarborough 

Conley 
1878  Francis  Joseph 

Conness 

1882  Irvin  McDowell 

Connolly 
1866  John  James 

Connor 
1865  Christopher  Augustus 

Converse 
1856  James  Blanchard 
1863  Edmund  Coggswell 

Conway 

1883  William  Joseph 

Cook 

1834  Charles  H.  H. 

1843  Hezekiah  Anthony 
1847  Charles  Wells 
1878  Howard  Walker 
1883  Benjamin 

1883  George  William 
1883  "William  Amos 

Cooke 
1640  Elisha  * 
1686  Elisha* 
1712  Middlecott  * 

1838  Josiah  Parsons 

Cookson 
1784  Samuel 

Coolidge 

1781  Joseph 

1788  Benjamin 

1790  Charles 

1809  Joseph 

1810-11  Thomas  Bulfinch 

1824  Edwin 

1825  Charles  A. 

1827  James  Ivers  Trecothick 

1839  Joseph  Swett 

(see  Swett) 
1842  Horace  Hopkins 

1844  David  Hill 
1850  Jonas  Wyeth 
1857  Ellerv  Channing 
1869  William  Williamson 

1874  Frederick  Shurtleff 

1875  Charles  Cummings 
1875  David  Hill 

Cooper 

1701  William* 
1727  William* 
1732  Samuel 
1758  Jacob 
1758  William 
1706  Samuel 
1770  Richard 
1774  John 
1788  Richard  * 


342 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Copeland 

173C  Ephraim  ? 
1827  Augustus 
1848  (Jeor^re  AVarren 
ISGl  Edwin  Eaton 
IRxJ  Frederirk  Herbert 
1874  Walter  Louis 
1881  Herbert 

Copland 
1826  SethA. 

Corcoran 

1807  Lawrence  Michael 
Aloysius 

Cordis 

1741 


1745  Elnatlian 
1745  Joseph 
1740  Thomas  ? 
1753  Joseph 

Cordner   . 

I       1877  Auckland  Hazil 
I       1877  Eilwii)  Thompson 

I  Cordo 

1       187C  Frank  Ir\'inp 

I  Cormier 

j       1874  Louis 

Corne 

1832  Louis  Adolph 

'  Cornish 

i       1872  Lester  Warren 

Cosins 

1738 


Cotter 

1867  Bartholomew  Joseph 

Cotting 

1821  David  S.  O. 

183:3  Ebenezer  Francis 

1835  David  Sears 

Cotton 

1641  Seaborn  * 
1G47  John  - 
177  »  Dudley 
1810-11  Henry 
1581  Frank  Buxton 

Couc'n 
18C4  Ir.i 

Coue^* 
1883  Samuel  Franklin 

Coughhin 
1883  Joseph  Gordon 


Coulter 
1882  Alfred  Frazer 

Coutliouy 
1S20  Joseph  Pittv 
1820  William 

Coverly 

1784  Samuel 
l.'JM  Samuel 

1803 

1833  Oeorpe  Todd 
18M  Edward 

Cowdln 
1853  Robert  Jackson 

Cowley 

1750  John  '■ 

Cox 

1778  William 
1787  Hickling 
1787  Lemuel 
18C1  Charles  Vose 
1806  Charles  Healy 

Coyle 

1884  John  Thomas  Grant 

Co}'!! 
1877  George  Warren 


Crackbon 

182D  Charles  Augustus 
1832  John  Whitney 
1834  Joseph 


Craddock 
1737  George 

Crafts 

1774  Thomas 
177i;  John 
177t>  William 
1777  Ebenezer 
1852  James  Mason 

Cragie 

1763  Andrew 

1764  John 

Cragin 
1838  Lorenzo  Silas 

Crahaii 

1872  Thomas  Joseph 

Cramer 

1771  I'eter 


Crane 
1816  Horatio  Nelson 

1853  Phineas  Miller 
li*:17  William  Dwight 
Idtil  Edward  BarrowB 
1874  James  Carr 

Cravath 

1741  Thomas?! 

Crawford 
1870  Charles  Wesley 

Creed 
isra  William  All)ert 

1883  James  Frauds 

Creliore 
1837  Luther  Clark 

Creqiiie 

1767  Peter  Markop 

Cressey 

1884  Edward  Kuowles 

Crocker 

1701  Samuel  Mather 
1844  T'ricl  Ha>kell 
1847  George  Gordon 

1854  George  Glover 
1674  George  I'riel 
1878  Joseph  Ballard 

Crockett 

1834  George  Kimball 
1870  Montgomery  Ailams 

Crombie 

1757  William 
182")  James  A. 

Crompton 

1876  Arthur  Henry 

<see  Wright) 

Crooke 
1872  Reuben  Francis 

Crooker 

1805  Kalpli 

Crosby 

1707  Jolin 

1S40  Steplit'ii  Moody 
1S4;4  I'arlcf-r  Aui:ustlne 
ISO'.i  Edward  H:trry 

1877  Isaac  Wellington 
1877  James  Welliugton 

Cross 
18:a  William 

Croswell 

17.VJ  Andrew 
176«  William 


Crowell 

1882  Fred  Thomas 

Crowley 

18G5  Daniel  Francis 
1865  James  Linus 

Crown  inshield 

1833  JohnC. 
1837  Charles  B. 

1849  Benjamin  William 
18o2  Edward  Augustus 
1853  Francis  Welch 

1850  Frederic 

Crnft 

18-21  Ed-ward 
1825  William  Smith 
1827  Samuel  Breck 
1837  James  Jackson 
1860  Charles  Fox 

Crump 

1883  Eugene  Sumner 

Cudworth 

1763  

1781  Nathaniel 

Culliney 
1880  James 

Cullis 
1882  Charles  Franklin 

Cummings 
1870  Thomas  Harrison 

Cunningham 

1734  Kathaniel?t 

1739  John 

1799  John  Adams 

1812  James 

1814  Francis 

1817  Lewis  G. 

1819  Edward  Liuzee 

1831  George  Inman 

1834  James  Henry 

1838  George  Alfred 

1838  Horace 

1844  William  Henry 

18G4  Frederic 

1866  Stanley 

1873  Heurv  Winchester 

1876  Franke  Osier 

Curless 
1883  Frank  Henry 

Currier 

18C1  Arthi-ir  Milton 
18G8  William  Wallace 
1869  Charles  Gilman 
1872  George  Warren 
1875  Charles  Clarke 
187C  Walter  Scott 
1879  Wilton  Lincoln 

1883  Josie  Hilton  Allen 

1884  Thomas  Franklin 


INDEX. 


Curry 
1875  George  Erastus 

Curtin 
1873  Thomas  Aloysius 


343 


Curtis 


1776 

1803 

1805 

1805 

1810- 

1810- 

1812 

1834 

1834 

1838 

1838 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1844 

1845 

1850 

1857 

1863 

1874 

1876 

1876 


Thomas 
Charles  Pelham 
James  Freeman 
Thomas  Buckminster 
11  George  Henry 
11  Nathaniel 
Loring  Pelham 
Charles  Pelham 
Nathaniel  William 
Daniel  Sargent 
James  Freeman 
Greely  Stevenson 
Herbert  Pelham 
Thomas  James 
William  Stevenson 
George  Man 
Hall 
Walter 
Edgar  Corrie 
Rest  Fenner 
John  Silshee 
Thomas  lleynoldson 
Walter 


Gushing 


1701  Thomas-* 
1733  Thomas 
1735  Edward 
1765  Thomas 
1782  Edward 
1785  Charles 
1796  Thomas  (John  Han- 
cock ?) 
1824  Thomas 
1829  IVIarston  Watson 
1832  William 
1838  Henry  L. 

1838  Lemuel  Francis  Sidney 
1842  Henry 
1864  Edward  Thaxter 
18i!7  Hayward  Warren 

1881  Alvin  Matthew 

1882  Harry  Alonzo 

1883  Ethan  Allen 


Cushman 
1874  William  Prince 


Cutler 

1690  Timothy  * 

1721  John  " 

1723  Timothy  * 

1746  Peter  * 

1764  Benjamin  Clarke 

1821  "William  Ward 

1855  AVilliam  Washliurn 

1858  Edward  Hutchins 

1866  Frederic  Waldo 

1869  Walter  Marshall 

1872  Charles  Francis 

1879  William  James 

1880  Frederick  Farley 
1882  Edward  Perkins 


Cutter 

1829  George  Henry 

1830  George  Francis 
1832  Horace  F. 

1867  Edward  Jones 


Cutting 
1853  Andrew 


Dabney 


1749  John  ? 

1755  

1861  Alfred  Stackpole 
1861  Frederic 


Dadd 
1857  George  Henry 


Dafforne 

1783  John 


1862  Heniy  Luprelet 
1877  Warren  Chapman 


Dakin 
1782  James 

Daland 
186S  Tucker 


Dale 

1854  Ebenezer 
1856  William  Hales 
1877  Harrie  Walter 


Dall 

1807  John 

1815  Joseph 

1828  Charles  Henry  Appleton 


Dalrymple 


1878  Charles  Henry  Stone 
Billings 


Dalton 

1754  Peter  Roe 
1831  Peter  Roe 
1838  Joseph  Grinell 

1877  Harry  Walter 

1878  Harry  Rogers 


Daly 

1875  John  Andrew 

1876  John  Aloysius 
1878  Dennis  Henry 

Dam 

1866  Ashtou  Leslie 


344 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Dame 
1827  Theodore 
1830  William  Augustus 
1854  "William  Aliraliam 
187'J  >Vinthroi>  Herrick 

Damon 

1851  Howard  Franklin 
1854  Alexander  Doane 

1875  Willie  Walter 

Dana 

1750  Edmund 

1751  Francis 
1839  Frederic  L. 

1846  William  Parsons  Win- 
chester 

1852  Samuel  Heber 
1865  James 

1868  Francis 

1878  Francis  Boyden 

Danfoith 

1779  Samuel 
1781  Thomas 
1822  Hlowers 
1830  George  F. 

Daniels 

1874  Francis  Herbert 

1880  Herbert  Andrew 

1881  Howard  Bigelow 

Danielson 

1870  £mil  Augustus 

Darby 
173C  Jonathan 

Darling 

1862  Herbert  Choate 
1872  Edward  Irving 
1874  Frederick  Homes 
1881  John  Barnard 

Darracott 
1836  James  R. 

Dashwood 

1770  Samuel 

1771  John 

1772  John 

Daunt 

1876  Albert  Vincent 


Davenport 


1739  Addington 

1820  CharleH  Ward 

1821  Henry 
1821-t  John  • 

1833  lienjamiu  Colmau 

Ward 
1842  Kdwiu 

Davidson 
1867  Ward 


Davis 
1724  Anthony  • 
17;<4  William 

1736  Benjamin 

1737  Edward 
17C0  William?  t 
1762  Edward 
1762  Solomon? 

1765  AVilliara 

1766  William 

1771  Jonathan 

1772  Isaac 

1772  Thomas  ? 

1773  Isaac 
1776  Edward 

1776  John 

1777  William 
1780  Edward 

1783  William  Spencer 
1789  Charles 

1791  Richard  Montgomery 
1795  Thomas  Oliver 

1802  John  Derby 
1801  William  V. 
1814  Jonathan  Amory 
ISl.j  Charles  Henry 
1817  Thomas  Kemper 
1820  Edward 

1820  Ezra 

1821  George  Cabot 
1828  William 

1828  William  Augustus 
183^  Oliver  James 
1832  Wendell  Thornton 
183i  Heniy  Tallman 
1834  Sauiiiel 

1836  Oilman  I. 
1836  William  Watson 
1839  Robert  Smith 
1842  William  Nye 
1845  Francis  Bassett 
1845  William  Sidney 
1850  Howard  Malcom 
1850  Evan 
1860  Henry  Ferrell 
18()1  £ut;vhe  Clinton 
1868  Frederick  Sumner 
1872  Edu;u-  Addison 

1874  Charles  Jordan 

1875  Arthur  Augustus 
1870  Chiules  Peavey 

1876  Frank  Edward 

1877  Frank  Mason 

Davison 
1883  Charles  Ulysses 

Davy 

1870  Charles  Lewis 

Dawes 
1766  Thomas 

1792  Thomas 
1804  Harrison? 
1810-11  George  Minot 
1810-11  Kufus 

1816  Horatio 

1829  Thomas 

Day 

1741  

1744  

1740  

1750  

1759  


Dean 
1853  Reuel  William 

1857  Charles  Frederick 
1863  Benjamin  Wheelock 

1874  Joslah  Stevemt 

Deane 

1846  William  Roscoe 

Dearborn 

1881  John 

Deasy 

1873  William  Henry 

Deblois 

1759  George? 
1763  Gilbert 
1766  William 

1768  Lewis 

1771  Francis 

1772  Stephen 

1773  Gilbert 
18W  Stephen 

1814  James  Nathaniel 

1819  Edward 

1826  Stephen  Grant 

Decatur 

1870  Frederic  Forsskol 

Deering 

1742  Heni7 

Degen 
1861  George  Frederick 

De  Gersdoff 

1875  Carl  August 
1875  George  Bruno 

De  Graan 
1875  John  Henry 

Dehon 

1784  Theodore 
1787  William 
1823  William 

1826  Theodore 

1827  Thomas  Morton  Jones 
1856  Arthur 

1858  Henderson  Inches 

Dehone 

1769  Francis 


De  Lancey 

18t;2  Curtis  Dwicht 
1862  Randolph  I'uyson 

De  L:uiey 

1867  Michael  Frauds 
1871  James  H. 

Dehuu) 
1871  Samuel 


1 

INDEX. 

345 

Deming 

Dexter 

Dodd 

1720  Joseph  * 

1800  Thomas  Amory 

1839  George  Frederick 

1814  John  Haven 

1866  John 

Demond 

(John  Coffin) 

1867  Arthur  Hooper 

1823  George  T. 

1881  George  Whittemore 

1859  Thomas  Denny 

1829  Theodore  G. 

1839  Edward  Robbins 

Dodge 

Dempsey 

1841  Arthur 
1846  George 

1858  James  Hale 

1880  Addis  "William 

1857  Trueman  Cross 

1878  Ward  Irving 

1881  Arthur  Wyman 

1884  Edward  Warner 

Dennie 

Dickason 

Dods 

1735 

1747  John 

1799  Thomas 

1844  William  B. 

1752  Joseph 
1754  Albert  ?  + 

Dickerman 

Doe 

1757  James 

1884  Robert  Kerr 

1859  Orlando  Witherspoon 

1779-86  Joseph  " 
1805  Henry 

Dickinson 

Doggett 

1832  James 

1821  Daniel  H. 

1763  Samuel 

1852  Edward  Jackson 

1764  Thomas  ?  % 

Dennis 

1856  Edward  Brown 

1765  Samuel 

1825  Hii-am  Barrett 

1858  George  Artemas 

Denny 

Dickson 
1873  William  James 

Doheity 
1847  Edward  Augustus 
1852  William  Wisner 

1871  Arthur  Briggs 

1854  Hugh 

1879  Daniel 

Dillaway 

1859  Francis  Aloysius 

Denton 

1834  William  Pitt 

1818  Charles  Knapp 
1818  Francis  Henry 
1878  Charles  Frederick 

Dolan 
1883  John  Joseph 

1873  Frederick  Lincoln 

Wood 

Dolbear 

Derby 
1819  Elias  Haskett 

Dillenback 

1755  Thomas 

1869  Hiram  Irving 

Dolbeare 

1846  Hasket 

1851  George  Strong 

Dimmock 

1752  Benjamin 
1759  John? 

1854  Richard  Henry 
1857  Nelson  Lloyd 

1846  William  Reynolds 
Dinsdale 

1866  Albert  Henry 
1866  William  Henry 

Deshon 

1749  

Dole 

1841  Daniel 

Dinsmore 

1866  Charles  Stewart 

Deven 
1879  Patrick  Joseph 

1858  Charles 

Doliber 

1858  Edward  F. 

1874  William  Henry 

Dittmar 

Domett 

Devens 

1874  Arthur  Charles 

1826  Charles  H. 

1829  Charles 

1864  Arthur  Lithgow 

Dix 

Dommitt 

1881  Henry  Fairbanks 

1822  John  Homer 

1750  Joseph 

1823  Charles  W. 

1756 

1870  Frank  Mile 

Devme 

Donaldson 

1871  James  Luke 

Diron 

1866  John  Johnston 

1877  William  Henry 

1829  Benjamin  Homer 

1868  John  Adams 

Doncker 

Devonshire 

Dixwell 

1783  John 

1767  John 

1877  Thomas  Edward 
Francis 

Donlon 

(see  Hunt,  Samuel) 

1884  James  Riehard 

Dewey 

1815  John  James 

1816  Epes  Sargent 

T)nnTipn 

1869  Arthur  Waldo 

1824  George  Basil 

1734 

De  Witt 

Doane 

1746 

Donnelly 

1866  George  Archibald 

1801  Henry 

1804  George  Bartlett 

1882  Charles  Thomas 

De  Wolfe 

1815  Augustus  Sidney 

Donnison 

1822  Frederic  W. 

1796  William 

1882  Edward  Gardner 

1834  George  Alexander 

1799  Joseph 

346 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Donovan 
1858  William  James 

Doogue 
1882  Luke  Joseph 

Dooling 

1874  James  Joseph 

1879  Aloysios  Breckinridge 

Dorcey 
1867  James  Edward 

Doit 
1773  William 
1780  Joseph 
178'j  Saimiel  Adams 
1810-11  Kdward 

1814  Joseph  Goldthwait 

1815  Aiiilrew  Cunningham 

1815  Clifford 

1816  Francis  Oliver 
1815  George  Bucknam 

1817  Alfred 
1817  Gustavus 

1817  Joseph  Hawley 

1818  Allien  Henry 

1821  Addison 

1822  Horatio 

1822  James  Augustus 
1824  Theodore  Haskell 

1849  Morris 

1867  Benjamin  Humphrey 

Doty 

1878  Frank  Willard 

Doubleday 

1772  John 
1786  Elijah 

Dow 

181C  Samuel 
1853  James  Burrill 
1861  Frank  Henry 
1881  Alexander 

Dowd 

1876  John  Williams 

1879  Thomas  Francis 

Dowling 

1850  Peter  Francis 

1880  Walter  Giles 

Downe 

1725  Henry  • 
1727  William* 
1729  Samuel 
1734  Thomas 

Downer 
1880  Charles 

Downos 

174(1  

1771  yamuel 


Downing 
1820  George 

Downs 
1883  WiUiam  WaUace 

Dowse 
1755  Joseph 
1760  Joseph? 

Doyle 
1875  Charles  Francis 

Drake 
1858  Edward  Louis  Hackett 
1858  Frank  George  Eastman 
1803  .lames  McEwen 
1831  George  Irving 


Draper 

1734  Richard? 
1850  George 
18.54  Alonzo  G. 
1862  WiUiam  Dudley 
1874  Joseph  Rutter 

Drew 

1853  Edward  Bangs 
1866  Frank  Haynes 
1870  John  Frank 

Driscoll 

1882  Florance  John 

1883  John  Joseph 

Drowne 

1750  

1750  

1753  Nathaniel  Pasme 
1757  Samuel? 

Drummey 
1880  Nicholas  Daniel 

Drummond 
1876  John  Francis 

Dudley 

1746  John 

Duff 
18G7  William  Frederic 

Dugan 
1842  James  Atberton 

Dumaresq 
1865  Francis 

Duncan 
18C7  Charles  Isaac 

Dunham 

ISUti  John  Elliott 
1869  Harrison 
1871  Howard  Carey 
1880  Stilluiau  Robert 

Dunlap 
1839  Samuel  Fales 


Dunn 
1802  Samuel 
1814  John 
1814  William 
1«22  Charles  Frederick 

1822  Theodore 
1K'18  S-iniuul 

lh40  James  Cutler 
1841  Charles  I'aine 
18.53  H<jrace  Sargent 
1882  James  Blair 

Dunnell 
1780  Samuel 

Dunning 
1850  William  Hale 

Dunscomb 
1863  Daniel  William 

Dunton 
1872  Charles  Hamlin 

Dupee 

1800  John 

1823  Horace 

Durant 

1724  Edward  • 
1741  TUoaias? 
1741  Cornelius? 

Durell 
1859  Jesse  Murton 

Durivage 

1825  Francis  Alexander 

1826  Oliver  Everett 

Dutton 
1817  John  Lowell 
1821  James 

(see  Russell) 
1821  Francis  Lowell 
1844  Edward  P.ayson 
184,5  Ormond  Horace 
1852  Horace 

D'Vys 
1874  George  Washington 

Dwight 

1821  Samuel  Eliot 
1823  John  Sullivan 
1833  Beniamin  Franklin 
1874  Percy  David 


Dy 


er 

1818  Henry 
Hl.S  Thoiiias  Sturgis 
l.sjii  Itenjauiin  Franklin 
lh;i2  Francis  Edwin 
184U  .lolui  Justin 
18.57  Joseph  Holbrook 
1860  Fraiik  Benson 
1881  Edwin  Herbert 


Eaines 

1736  — 


INDEX. 


347 


Earley 

1881  Charles  William 

Earls 

1849  Thomas  James 

Earnshaw 

1882  Charles 

1883  Henry  Poole  Jackson 

Easterbrooks 

1735  

Eastman 
1874  Howard  Clark 

1876  Edmund  Chase 
1881  Osgood  Tilton 

Eaton 

1800  William 
1810-11  John  Allen 

1819  David  B. 

(Albert  Caspar) 

1820  John  James 

1823  Charles  H. 

1824  Ebenezer 

1824  Joseph  Warren 
1827  William  Storer 
1830  Theodore  A. 
1835  Francis  G. 

1850  William  Redfield 
1858  George  William 
1863  Charles  Marvin 

1867  Selah  Reeve 

1868  Harold  Bavard 
1873  William  Smith 

1877  Percival  Richards 


Eayi'es 


1734  William? 
1734  John  ? 

Eayrs 

1850  William  Newhall 

Eberle 

1851  Eugene  Frederic  An- 

toine 


Eckley 


1794  Joseph 

1795  Thomas  JefEries 
1797  David 

Eddy 

1867  Charles  Benjamin 
1877  John  Hardenberg 

Edes 
17G0  Benjamin  ?  $ 
1764  Peter  ? 

Edgerly 
1864  Henry  Clay 

Edmands 

1818  Benjamin  Franklin 
1818  John  Wiley 
1832  WUliam  Otis 


Edson 

1843  John  Henry 

Edwards 
1760  Thomas 
1802  Thomas 

1844  Henry  Augustus 
1855  Henderson  Josiah 
1873  Pierreijont 

1880  Albert  SuUaway 
1882  William  Joseph 

Eells 

1849  Samuel  Henry 

Egan 

1859  Ignatius  Patrick 
1863  Eugene  Francis  Joseph 
1865  John  James  Edward 
1875  Thomas  Barry 

Egerton 

1863  James  Ozro 

1881  George  Washington 

Ela 

1877  Paul  Francis 

Eldredge 

1837  Edward  Henry 
1840  James  Thomas 
1842  Charles  Warren 

1845  George 

1878  Edward  Henry 

Eldrido:e 


1857  John  Loring 

1866  George  Homajis 

1874  Arthur 

Eliot 

1726  Andrew 

1747  Samuel 

1773  Simon 

1776  Ephraim 

1783  Samuel 

1801  Charles 

1809  Samuel  Atkins 

1809  William  Havard 

1818  George  Augustus 

1844  Charles  William 

18C4  William  Samuel 

1879  George 

Eliott 

1737  Joseph 

Ellery 

1721  John  * 

Ellinger 

1877  Carl  Frederich  William 

Elliot 

1865  George  Tracy 

Elliott 

1S54  Gilbert 


Ellis 

1820 
1824 
1848 
1855 
1856 
1856 
1857 
1864 
1874 


William  Henry 
George  Edward 
James  3Iarsh 
Charles  James 
Theodore 
William  Rogers 
Edward  Clarke 
Arthur  Blake 
Rufus 


Ellison 
1815  James 
1820  Andrew 
1824  William  Sharswood 
1860  William  Lyman 

Elwell 

1824  William  H. 

Ely 

1883  Frederick  David 

Emerson 

1810-11  William 

1812  Ralph  Waldo 

1813  Edward  Bliss 

1817  Charles  Chauncy 

1818  Robert  Buckley 
1834  George  Samuel 

1839  Francis  Buckminster 
1860  Ferdinand 

Emeiy 

1782  Robert 
1867  Albert  Hill 
1875  Herbert  Godfrey 

1884  Arthur  McArthur 

Emmons 

1801  Nathaniel 

1858  George  Boole 
1865  Arthur  Brewster 
1880  Alfred  Page 

Endicott 
1841  Lewis  Fitch 

English 
1797  George  Bethune 
1810-11  Thomas  Stanhope 

1819  James  Lloyd 

1859  James  Steele 


Emiis 

1882  Walter  Baldridg< 

Epes 

1740  Samuel 
1771  WiUiam    . 

Erskine 

1747  

Erving 

1736  John 

1742  William 

1743  James 
1746  George 
1771  John 
1771  Shirley 

Estabrook 

1866  Henry 

1876  Charles  Eugene 

348 


PUBLIC    LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Estes 
1881  Fred  Reid 

Estle 
1870  William  Lloyd 

Etlieridge 

1760  Nathaniel  ? 

Eustaphieve 

1822  Alexander  Alexis 

Eustis 

1761  William 
1763  Abraham 
1766  Jacob 
1770  Nathaniel 
1773  Nathaniel 
1806  George 

1832  William  Tappan 
1834  Charles  Whittlesey 

Evans 
1846  Alfred  Douglass 
1857  Walter  Norris 
1803  Andrew  Otis 
1864  Martin  Elias 

1855  Horatio  Dunbar 
1878  George  WiUiara 

Evarts 

1823  John  Jav 

1828  William  Maxwell 

Everett 

1805  Edward 

1818  Charles  James 

1820  Frederic  W. 

1821  Oliver 

1823  Ellery  Vincent 

1824  Oliver  Oapen 
1845  Edward  IJrooks 
1845  Henry  Sidney 
1852  William 

18G0  Manton 
18C9  Edward 
1870  Charles  Clement 

Ewell 

1856  Arthur  Franklin 

E>Te 
1687  John  • 

Fagin 

1870  David  Leonard 
1870  James  Henry 

Fahio 
Fairlxmks 

1824  Samuel  S. 

Fairchild 

1831  Lucius  H. 

Faiiiielil 
1746  John 
1821  John  O. 


Fairservice 
1776  George 

Fales 
1795  Henry 

17'J7  William  Augustus 
1802  Stephen 
1810-11  Samuel  ? 
1816  Samuel  Bradford 
1855  George  Henrj- 
1862  Edwin  Manton 
1871  Willard 

Faneuil 
1746  Peter 

Farley 
1810-11  Frederic  Augustus 
1814  Eben 
1840  Robert 
1865  Arthur  Christopher 

Farlow 
1861  William  Gibson 

Farnam 
1883  Oscar  Eugene 

Farnham 
1802  John  Hay 

Farnsworth 

18G6  William 
1879  Vincent 
1883  William  Oliver 

Fariium 
1850  Albert  Henry 

1873  John  Milton  Barle 

Farr 
1853  William  Wilber 

FaiTar 
1876  Frederic  Emerson 

Farren 

1874  John 

Farrington 

1788  Thomas 

1806  Charles  Horace 

1881  George  Wiufleld 

Farwell 
1820  Luther 
1822  Oliver  A. 
1870  I'arris  Thaxter 
1874  Frederick  Walter 

Faucon 

1816  Edward  Horatio 
1864  C.orham  Talfrey 

Faulkner 
ia'«  Charles  Winthrop 
1833  George  Heury 

Faunco 

1883  Sewall  Edward 


Faxon 
1823  James »». 
1879  Frederick  Winthrop 

Fay 

1854  Alford  Forbes 
I8*J1  I'cter  p:dw:ird 
1SC9  Mark  Wi-sley 
1876  Eugene  Han'iilton 

1879  William  Kmorsou 
1884  John  I'atrick 

Fayenveatlier 

1732  Samuel 

1734  Jonathan  ? 

1735  Benjamin 

1736  William? 

Feel}- 
1875  Joseph  James 

Felch 
1862  George  Murray 

Fellner 

1880  Eugene  Lewis 

Fellows 

1779  Caleb 
1779  Jonathan 

1783  Gusta%-us 

Felt 
1829  George  W. 

Felton 
1840  John  Brooks 
1882  Herbert  Luther 

Fenn 
1874  William  Wallace 

Fenno 

1784  John  Ward 
185<)  Edward  Nicoll 
1869  Lawrence  Carteret 
1869  Norman  Fracker 

Fenton 
1771  Thomas  Temple 

Ferdinand 

1855  Frank 

Ferguson 

1861  Francis  Theophilus 
1865  Frank  Alva  Alphunso 

Fernald 

183t'.  (Miver  Jordan 
1864  Henry  Albert 

Fernandez 
1874  Joseph  Emanuel 

Ferrin 

1859  Albert  Alonzo 

Ferris 
1873  Frederick  Barker 


INDEX. 


349 


Fessendeu 

1808  Arthur 

1815  Beujamin  Bucknam 
1819  Charles  Buckuam 
1883  William  Chafflu 

Fick 

1881  Johu  William  Frederick 

Fiedler 
1879  Paul  George 

Field 

1801  Joseph 
1827  Justin 
1834  Edward  Lincoln 

1837  William  Paislev 

1838  Barnum  Wisner 
1848  Richard  Montgomery 
1852  Benjamin  Faxon 
1858  William  De  Yongh 
1861  William  Nichols 
1872  James  Brainerd 

1881  Eliot  Worcester 

Fillebrown 

1824  James 
Finlay 

1768 


Fisher 

1831  Francis  Willis 
1835  John  F. 
1837  Galen  M. 

1847  Isaac  Davenport 

1848  Horace  Newton 
1850  John  Herbert 
1871  Samuel  Tucker 
1879  Francis  Mason 
1884  Horace  Cecil 

Fisk 

1835  Benjamin 

Fiske 

1845  Edward 

1884  George  Converse 

Fitch 

1705  Thomas  *■ 
1734  Samuel? 

1741  Benjamin  ?  J 

1742  John  ?  t 
1748  John?  t 
1755  Thomas 
1764  William 
1771  John 
1778  Joseph 

1822  Jeremiah  George 
1858  Charles  Henry 

Fitzgerald 

1878  James  Joseph 

1879  John  Francis 

Fitzpatrick 

1S2G  John  Bernard 


Flagc 


1747  Josiah  ?  J 

1747  Stephen  ? 

1752  Gershom 

1833  Charles  Johnson 

1816  Josiah  Foster 

1858  William  Sumner 

1873  Joshua  Gardner  Beals 

Flahert}"- 
1879  Matthew  James 

Flanagan 

1858  James  Joseph 

Flanders 
1883  Ernest  Franklin 

Fleet 

1743  John  ?  $ 
1774  John 
1776  Thomas 

Fleming 

1865  John  Henry 

Fletcher 

1751  

1752  William 
1755  Henry 
1766  Thomas 
1808  Rufus? 
1861  William 

1877  Hammond  Theodore 

1877  William  Chester 

Flint 

1842  Edward  Austin 
18C8  Willis  Everett 
1876  Edward  Rawson 

Flucker 

1763  Thomas 

Flynn 

1873  John  Joseph 
1873  William  Patrick 

Fogg 
1808  Stephen  Minot 

(Ebenezer  Thayer) 
1853  Samuel  Soden  Law- 

1861  Ludolph  George 

1SG3  William  John  Gordon 

1867  Francis  Joseph 

FogO 
1769  William  Brown 

Follan 

1878  William  Andrew 

Folsom 

1876  George  Frank 
1876  Paul  Foster 

Foltz 

1857  William  Allen  Arthur 

1858  Jacob  Francis 


Forbes 

1776-83  John  Murray  • 
1823  Franklin 

1833  William  Edward 

1834  Francis  Henry 

Forbush 

1S45  Edward  William 

Ford 
1827  James 
18G1  John  Melvin 
1864  Charles  Lafayette 
1881  Nehemiah  Butler 

Forrest 
1773  James 
1860  Edwin  Ernest 

Forristall 

1867  Thomas  Henry 

Forsyth 
1866  Francis  Lyman 

Fosdick 

1739  John? 

1740  James? 
1740  Thomas? 

1797  John 
1807  Joseph 
1814  Nathaniel 

Foss 

1875  Edward  Sanborn 
1877  Clarence  Eugene 
1884  Leon  Frederick 

Foster 

1736  John? 

1737  Ebenezer  ?t 
1748  Thomas  ?  + 
1754  Joseph  ?  + 

1757  Thomas  Waite  ? 
1757  Edward  ?t 
1777-84  Bossenger 
1782  William 
1796  Charles  Channcy 

1798  Henry  Gardner 

1799  Joseph 

1813  William  Henry 

1814  Charles  W. 
1816  Charles  Phineas 
1816  Edward 

1818  Edward  A. 

1818  William  Emerson 

1819  George  James 
1819  John  Howard 
1819  William  Henry 
1821  Samuel  B. 
1825  George 

1844  William  Hammond 

1861  Arthur  Louis 
ISGl  Russell  Burroughs 

1862  Henry  Libby 
1864  Alf  reel  Bwight 

1SC7  Roger  Sherman  Bald- 
win 
1871  Charles 

1873  Burnside 

1874  Reginald 

Fottler 

1882  Milton  Evans 


350 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Fowle 

1767  

1808  William  lieutley 
1833  William  I'. 

1839  Samuel  Lawrence 

1840  Georjie  Itinl 
1864  Edward  Osl.oriie 

1875  John  Wilcox 

1876  Frank  Edward 

Fowler 
1854  Alexander  Xewton 

Fox 
1818  Thomas  Bavley 
1831  William  S. " 
1837  Edward  A. 
1837  George  M. 
1857  James  Taylor 

(see  Taylor,  James 

Valentine) 
1884  Charles  Edward 

Foxci'oft 
1739  Thomas 
1744  Samuel 
1820  Francis  Aujrustus 
1833  Israel  Cooke 


Foy 


1875  Joseph  McHale 
1884  James  Albert 

Foye 

1724  William  • 
1875  (see  Foy) 

Francis 

1814  Ebenezer 

1815  Charles  S. 
1823  Joseph  Hariott 
1827  David  Green 
1835  Tappan  Eustis 

1878  Carleton  Shurtleir 

Franklin 

1714  Benjamin 

1771  James  IJoiitineau 

1844  Daniel  Hicknell 

1879  Isadore  Henry 

Fraser 

1871  Donald  Allan 
1873  Charles  Alexander 
1875  Henry  Edward 
1875  John  James 
1884  Argyll 
1884  Hora,ce  Elbridge 

Frazier 
17C7  Marlboro' 
1771  John 
1773  Nathan 

Freeman 

1714  Samuel  • 

17C(l  Constant 

170C  James 

1770  Kzeklel 

1805  Watson 

1815  JnmPH 

1851  H(  iirv  Hufrpeford 

1802  James  fioldtliwaito 

18C7  Julius  Wilson 


Froncli 
181G  John  R. 
181S  Moses 
1825  Charles  J.  T. 
1840  George  Allen 
1842  Edward  Arthur 
1857  Samuel  (Juarles 
18f,2  Samuel  William 
18i!5  James  Riddell 
18C7  Arthur  Uenjamin 
1870  George  Edgar 
1878  Walter 
1882  Allen 

Frenyear 
1882  Thomas  Cyprian 

Frizzoll 

18C2  Thomas  Jamison 

1865  Franklin  Robert 
1878  Frank  Munroe 

Frobisher 
1770  WiUiam 

Frost 
1870  Charles  Ballou 
1870  Edwin  Thomas 

1877  Robert  Warner 

Frothingham 

1803  Nathaniel  Langdon 

1810-U  

1828  Theodore 

1830  Thomas  Bumstead 

1831  Francis  Greenwood 
1K31  Henry 

1834  Octavius  Brooks 
1842  Arthur  Lincoln 
ia50  Charles  Harris 

1858  Frederick  Gray 

1859  Donald  McLeod 

1859  Samuel 

1860  Roliert 

1874  Ephraim  Laugdon 

1875  :Mark 

1875  Paul  Revere 

1875  Thomas 

1876  Langdon 

1878  Thomas  Goddard 

1879  Richard 

1884  Henry  Adams 

Frye 

1877  Gardiner 

1878  James  Albert 

Fuller 
18.'58  William  James  Apple- 
ton 
1863  Julian 
186(1  Alvarado  Morton 

1866  Arthur  Ossoli 

1880  Hadley  Greeley 

Fullertoii 

1736  William? 

Fulton 

1867  Frank  Edward 


Furber 

1817  Edward  O. 

1820  Frederic 

1821  Isaiah 

1824  Thomas  T«anca<>ter 
1863  Edward  Harrison 
1880  Edwin  I><'mist 
1880  Everett  Howard 


Furlong 

1881  Arthur  William 


Furnass 

1742  


Furness 

1806  William  ? 

1807  John  Clarke 
1812  William  Henry 

Gaffielfl 

1835  Thomas 

Gage 

1846  Nathaniel  Everett 
1816  WiUiam  Leonard 

Gair 
1788  Joseph 

Gale 
1850  William  Turner 

Gallagher 
1861  William 

Gallison 

1772  Henry 

I8f)3  Henry  Hammond 

Galllvan 
1879  James  Ambrose 
1879  William  Joseph 

1883  Frank 

Galvin 

1874  John  Edward 

Gannett 

1852  William  Channing 

1853  William  Wyllys    ^ 

Garceau 

1873  Edgar  Aloysius 
1878  Ernest  Jos"ei)h 

1884  Albert 

Gardener 

1743  William 
1748  James 
1770  Andrew 

Gardiner 
1724  Svlvester  • 

1744  John 

1773  John  Svlvester  John 
1791  Rol.ertHallowell 

(see  llallowcU) 
1841  John  Sylvester 

1861  Charles  IVrkins 

1862  William  Howard 
1865  Edwiud  Ciardiner 


INDEX. 


iol 


Gardner 

1721  Joseph  * 
1728  Nathaniel 

1780  John 

1781  James 
1781  Joshua 
1810-11  Georcc  "W. 
1813  John  Lowell 
1820  George 

1820  Joseph  Henry 

1821  Samuel 

1822  Francis 

1838  Joseph  Pealiody 

1839  fteorc,e  Augustus 
1854  Henrv  Gardner 
1856  Frederic  AVilmot 
1866  George  Henry 
1869  Albert  Frank 

Gamer 

1874  "William  Vaughn 

Garratt 

1865  Joshua  Howe 
1877  James  Newton 

Garrison 

1852  Wendell  Phillips 
1863  Francis  Jackson 

Gassett 

1832  Edward 

Gatiomb 

1745  Christopher 

Gavin 
1869  John  Harrison 


Gay 


1768  Martin 

1772 

1779 

1805 

1806 

1831 


Ebenezer 

Timothy 

Frederic 

William  Branford  Shu- 
hrick 
1833  George  Henry 
1838  Charles 
1840  Joseph  Willard 
1843  Edward 
1868  Frederick  Lewis 

1876  Warren  Fisher 
1879  Chai-les  Albert 

Gee 

1706  Joshua 

Geist 

1859  Alfred  William 

Gems 

1877  Emil  Auguste 

George 

1870  Alvin 

Geralds 

1736  


Gen'ish 

1722  Samuel  • 
1734  Joseph  ?  % 

1736  Benjamin? 

1737  John? 

Geriy 

1862  Edward  Peabody 

Geyer 

1814  John 

1815  George 

Gibbens 

1835  Daniel  Lewis 
1846  Edwin  Augustus 

Gibbins 

1729  John 

1733 

1739  Thomas  ? 

Gibbons 
1875  Joseph  McKean 
1884  Sherwin 


Gibb 

1723 
1739 
1743 
1756 
1765 
1810 
1812 
1846 


William  * 
Robert 

Henry 
William 
1-11  Samuel  F.  ? 
Samuel  Blagge 
Amory  Thompson 


Gibson 

1714  Benjamin 
1853  Albert  Otis 
1 802  George  Alonzo 
1863  Charles  DeWolf 
1870  Charles  Swasey 

Gilbert 
1843  Warren  Francis 
1845  Samuel  Sprague 
1852  Daniel  Dudley 
1852  Shepard  Devereux 

Gilchrist 

1805  George  Edward 
1881  Charfes  Robert 
1884  Robert  Watson 

Gile 

1870  Harry  Winslow 

Giles 

1808  George  Lindall 
1868  Jabez  Edward 
1880  Walter  Newell 

Gill 
1766  John 
1771  Michael 

1840  Christopher  Columbus 
1866  John  Francis 

Gillespie 

1884  Charles  James 


Gilnian 

1875  Charles  Freeman 

Gilson 

1773  Roland 

Girardin 

1878  Charles  Lewis 

Given 

1876  George  Washington 

Mansfield 

Glazier 

1878  Charles  Henry 

Gleason 
1864  William  Harvey 
1875  Philip  Joseph 
1875  Walter  Howard 

Gleeson 

1878  John  Joseph 

Glover 

1765  Nathaniel 
1815  Lewis 

1873  William  Liddiatt 

1874  Horatio  Nelson 

Glynn 
1883  Thomas  Silas 

Godbold 
1776  John 
1855  Frederic  Augustus 

Goddard 

1776  John 

1810-11  Frederic  Warren 

1815  William 

1818  William  H. 

1821  Benjamin 

1821  Nathaniel 

1822  John 

1824  William  Warren 
1855  George  Augustus 
1878  George  Henry 

Godet 
1744  Theodore 

Godfrey 

1861  Michael  Barnard 

Goering 

1877  Edwin  Robert 

Goff 

■  1864  John  James  Edward 

Goffe 

1735  Dixi? 
1739  Francis 
1748  Ebenezer? 
1748 


352                                       PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 

1                                                                                                                                                                   1 

Going 

Gorham 

1 
Graves                                    i 

1876  Eklward  Henry 

1746  Nathaniel  •.' 

1827  William  E.                             j 

1748  Johu  '• 

1832  Thomas  R. 

Goldborou2:h 

1748 

179 J  John 

1837  Howard  Malcom                  ' 
Gray                                       \ 

1797  Samuel 

179-J  Stephen 

1800  Frederic 

1705  Ebenezer  • 

Goldsmith 

1821  John  James 
ISiii  John  Warren 

1723  Elli-"  • 
1734  Joseph  ? 

1866  Simon 

1822  William  Cabot 

1743  

1831  Francis 

1753  Edward  ?  $ 

Goldthwait 
1738  Joseph? 

Gorman 

1753  EUis 
17M  William 
1758  Edward 

1741  John  ? 

1862  William  Patrick 

17o3  Edward 

1741  Philip? 

1870  John  William 

176'J  Stei.hen  Hall                      , 
1770  William 

1745  Ezekiel 

1874  James 

1779  Benjamin 

1772  Edward                                 , . 

1779  Ezekiel 
1818  George 

Gormley 

1772  William 
1774  John 

1880  Hugh  Joseph 

1777  John 

Goodale 
1789  Nathan 

1880  John  Andrew 

Gould 

1778  Lewis 
1781  Thomas 
1784  Ellis 

1872  Henry  Delano 

1707  James  ? 

178r.  Thomas 

1769  Samuel 

1822  Francis  Henry 

Goodman 

1782  John 

1822  Joseph  C. 

1875  Francis  Heury 

1835  Benjamin  Apthorp 

1822  ^^'illlam 

1837  Nathaniel  Goddard 

1827  Frederic 

1852  Ezra  Palmer 

1832  Horace 

Goodrich 

1853  Samuel  Shelton 

1832  James  H. 

1843  Charles  Bishop 

1861  Edward  Cutts 

1837  George 

1878  David  Parsons 

1809  Junius  Benton 

1816  Frederic  TureU 

1882  Harold  Beach 

1874  George  Franklin 

1849  William 
1851  Francis 

Goodridge 

Goulet 

1851  John  Chipman 
1859  Francis  Calley 

1829  William  Lang 

1864  Ambrose  Eugene 

1808  Harris 

1853  James  Francis 

1860  Samuel  Shober 

Goullaud 

1862  Edward 

1879  Harold  Bradford                 | 

Goodspeed 

1874  Joseph  Arthur  Willis 

1876  Louis  Samuel 
Goulston 

Graj-ton 
1746  James 

Goodwin 

1881  Edward  Selmar 

Greelv 

1777  Daniel 

1846  i'hilip 

1777  'William 

Gom-ley 

Green 

1794  Nathaniel 

1845  Richard  Chapman 

1849  Ozias 

1851  Hersev  Bradford 

1863  John  Ohcever 

1874  George 

Gove 

1855  Granville  Llewellyn 

1715  Joseph 
1738  Joseph 

1738  Joshua 

1739  Richard  ?  t 

1739  Tliomas?i 

1740  Johu  ?  t 

1741  Jen-mial>?J 

1877  Fred  Spraguo 

Gowen 

Gordon 

1869  Caleb  Emery 

1741  Richard?? 

1736  William 

1742  Nathaniel  ?  : 

1764  Alexander 

Gracey 

1743  Edward 

17C4  Georfce 

1880  Spencer  Pettis 

1881  Harry  Maynard 

1744  Charles 

1766  James 

1745  Henry 

1707  Hugh  Mackay 

1747  Benjamin  ?  ; 

1820  Cuthbert  Collingwood 

Grafton 

1749  (ieorge? 

1880  Ernest  Barron 

1750  Francis  ? 

1883  Arthur  Hale 

1827  Henrv  Dearborn 

1754  Iteujamin 

1843  Charles  Chapman 

1758  John  ?  t 

Gore 

Granger 

1762  Francis? 
1163  

1756  John 
1758  Hamuel 
17i;5  Christopher 

1726  Thomas  • 
1879  Meylert 

1763  William 
1772  Edward 
1772  Benjamin  ?  t 

1791  John 

Grant 

1773  Joshua 

1817  Samuel 

17!»  John 

1825  Samuel 

1754  Moses 

1810-11  Matthew  Wlllev 

1867  John  Flint 

K'.iii  Charles 

1819  David 

1821  Patrick 

183.'>  George  H. 

Gorely 

1863  Robert 

1846  John  Joseph 

1856  Adoljihus  WilIlami>ou 

1864  Heni-v  Rice 

1848  Charles  Percival 

1868  Patrick 

1867  Charles  MoutraviUo 

Greene 

1757  David 
1790  John  Rose 
1792  David  Ireland 
1794  Charles  Winston 
1 806  Benjamin  Daniel 
1820  Samuel  N. 
1827  Benjamin  Ellery 

1827  Samuel  Hvmtington 
1836  Henry  Bowen  Clarke 
1864  Albert  Adams 

1874  Joseph  Tilden 
1881  Arthur  Lyman 
1881  Nathaniel 

Greenleaf 
1712  Steplien  * 
1740  Benjamin 

1745  William  ?t 
1706  "William 
1770  Daniel 

1770  William? 

1771  John 

1772  James 
1772  Thomas 
1706  Joseph 
1797  Thomas 
1801  Ezekiel  Price 
1829  J.  S.  P. 

1856  Eugene  Douglass 
1860  Franklin  Lewis 

Greenovigli 

1746  Thomas  ?t 

1786  Nathaniel 

1787  Newman 

1828  William  Whitwell 

1829  Richard  Saltonstall 
1846  James  Bradstreet 

1853  William 

1854  Alfred 

1854  Charles  Pelham 
1858  Malcolm  ScoUay 

Greenwood 

1728  Samuel* 

1815  Alfred 

1818  Edwin  Langdou 

1836  Charles  Ridsxeley 

1836  Francis  William 

1843  Augustus  Goodwiu 

Gregerson 
1850  James  Rohy 

Gregg 
1841  Samuel  Wadsworth 

Gregory 
1801  James 
1801  John 
1869  jSiilton  Turpin 

1876  Arthur  Stevens 

I 

i  Grew 

]       1822  Charles 

I       1847  Henry  Sturgis 

i  Gridley 
i       1714  Jeremiah  * 
I       1718  Richard"* 
I       1740  Benjamin 
i       1741  Isaac?? 

1742  Joseph  ?  t 
1       174G  John 


INDEX. 


Griffin 

1752  Henrv 

1874  Martin  Gerald 

1883  John  Francis 


1737  Jacob 

1743 

1750  John  ? 

Griswold 

1841  George 

1874  Loren  Erskine 

1880  Leon  Stacy 

Groce 

1884  Joseph  Byron 

Groll 

1882  Maximilian  Chai-les 

Francis 

Grossman 

1883  Elias 

Grosvenor 
1824  Lemuel 
1880  Jean  Milton 

Groton 
1SR4  William  Mansfield 
1866  James  Randall 

Grout 
1874  John  Henry 

Grove 

1838  James 

Grover 

1862  Thomas  Williams 
1869  Herbert  Preston 

Guardenier 

1843  Edward  Everett 


Guild 

1824  George  F. 

1852  William  Hoskins 

1866  Robert  Wheaton 


Guinzburg 
1877  Richard  Aaron 

Gulliver 

1837  Daniel 


353 


Gunn 

1874  Frederick  William 

Gunther 
1873  Ludolph  William 

Guppy 

1884  George 

Guthrie 
ISRl  Peter  Ross 
1862  Thomas 

Gyslaar 

1836  Henry 

Hackett 

1854  Francis  Wilbur 
1801  George  Jewett 
1865  Frederic  Albert 
1878  Karlton  Spaulding 

Haden 

1883  William  Shelley 

Hagar 

1854  Charles  Willard 

Hagerty 

1868  John  William 

1877  Timothy  Aloysius 

Hague 
1842  William  Wilberforce 
1867  John  Rathbone 

Halm 
1856  Ammi  Ruhamah 

1878  Rudolphus  Ammi 
1878  Sydney  Granville 


Haines 

1874  Frederic  Herbert 

Hale 

1812  

1825  George 
1828  Nathan 

1830  WUliam  George 

1831  Edward  Everett 
1839  Alexander 

1841  Charles 

1848  Joseph  Augustine 

1851  Edward 

1858  Seymour  St.  Clair 

Torrienter 
1882  Charles  May 

Haliburton 

1747  William 
1835  Alfred  F. 

354 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Hall 
1731  Harper 
1734  Joseph? 
1734  Nathaniel? 
173i;  IMtts 

1759  Thouias  Mitchell  ? 

1760  William? 
177C  J<)sei)h 

1777  Caleb  Brooks 
1777  Joshua 
1799  Jose  J)  h 

1816  James  Davis 

1817  Stephen 

1818  Georpo  A. 

1819  Ellis  Gray 

1822  Robert  Jiomard 
1S23  Amasa  Davis 

1827  Joseph  A. 

1828  Charles  Dudley 
1828  Henrv  T. 

1830  Edward  Reynolds 
1830  William  Auj.'ustus 
1834  Osborn  Boylston 
1834  Tliomas  B.-irtk-it 
1834  Alexander  Mitchell 
1847  George  Wellint^ton 

1849  William  I'avne 

1850  Fiank  Seaburv 
1850  William  Kittredgc 
1855  Ephraira  Abbot 

1855  James  Morris  Whiton 
18C2  Chandler  Prince 
1862  Francis  Henry 

(Francis  Kockwood) 
1864  Arthur  Dudley 

1874  David  Graham 

1875  Harry  Newbury 
1875  Newbert  Jackson 
1879  Alonzo 

1879  Frederic  Davis 
1882  Frederic  Bellows 

Hallet 
1829  Charles  Thacher 
1838  Henry  Earned 

Halligaii 
1871  John  Joseph  Francis 

Ilallowell 

1737  Bri-S 
1758  Ward 

(see  Boylston) 
1791  Robert 

(see  Gardiner) 

Halsey 

1725  James  * 

1758  Thouias  Lloyd 

Ham 

1801  Frederic  Augustus 
Planiblen 

1864  Joseph  Brown 
mm  Arthur  Wi'llington 

1880  Jonathan  Kddy 

Hamblin 
1853  Howard  Malcom 

Hanies 

1866  Horace 


Hamilton 
1858  Frederic  Carl 
1873  Charles  Wesley 
1878  Frank  Elmer  Ellsworth 

Hammatt 

1787  lU-njauiiii 
1789  Heuiy  Hill 

Hammett 

1786  John  Barrett 

HammoiK.! 

1781  Henn.- 
181(1-11  Charles;? 
1821  William  Dawes 
ISIO  Francis 
1853  James  B. 
1SC2  Heury  Walker 

Hamock 

1742  John 
1752  Thouias 

Hancock 

1745  John 

1750  Ebenezer 

1776  Thomas 

1780  John 

1814  John 

1816  Thomas 

1X18  George 

181'J  Charles  Lov.ell 

1S21  M'illiam  Emerson 

1829  Beniamin  Franklin 

1833  Washington 

Handiiekl 

1740  Willianj 
1700  Charles 

Handlen 

1877  Frank  Lubbock 

Hanners 
1812  George 

Hannon 

1875  Martin  Henry 

Hansered 

1741  William? 

Hanson 
1K06  Charles  Hillard 
1871  William  Greene 
1875  Herbert  Nathan 

Hardcastle 

1740  Sanuiel 

Hardin*; 
1832  William  Henry 
1837  Chester 
18f.O  Albert  Ellis 
1877  Selwyn  Lewis 
1877  William  Otis 


Hardy 
1863  Anson 
1863  Francis  Alonzo 
186<j  AValter  Badenacb 
1874  Alpheu^  Sumner 
1879  E«lward  Everett 
1879  George  Herd 

Harkins 
1859  Matthew 

Harmon 

1835  Thomas  Sc<itt 

Harnden 

1881  Frederick  Emerson 

Harney 

1865  James 

HaiTinian 

1882  Edward  Avery 

1883  Edwin  Fisher 

Harrington 

1841  Edward  Blake 
1847  Jeremiah  Alexis 
1881  Louis  Joseph 

Harris 

1776  Abel 

1784  George  Washington 

1784  Herman 

1784  Robert 

1795  Samuel 

1820  Isaac 

1823  Charles 

1833  Horatio 

1839  Henry  Walter  Hunne- 

well 
1845  James 

1856  Charles  Wellington 
1858  Frederic  :Mortou 

1860  Francis  Augustine 

1861  Darius  Miller 
18f.2  George  Bacon 
1806  Robert  Orr 

1874  Thaddeus  William 

1875  Cliarles  Nathan 
18S4  William  Fenwlck 

Hart 

1879  William  Frederic 
1881  Francis.  Jost-ph 
1883  Albert  Lewis 

Hartnett 

1862  Arthur  Edward 

1867  John  Thomas  Francis 

Hartshorn 
1829  Charles  Henrj- 

1880  Harry  .May 

Hartwcll 

1868  Edward  Mnssov 

1873  Ernest  GretMdeiif 

1874  William  AVnlker 
1880  Shattuck  Gsgood 


INDEX. 


355 


Harwood 

1734  Thomas  ? 
1860  Albert  Carroll 
1S«0  Edward  Everett 
1S77  Charles  Hamant 

Haskell 
1854  Frederic  Elisha 
1S63  Richard  Girdler 
1864  Georsre  Bliss 
1864  "William  Louis 
1876  William  Andrew 


Haskins 

1776  John 

1781  Robert 

1781  Thomas 

1790  Ralph 

1816  (reorge  Foxcroft 

1869  Willie  Jewett 

1881  William  Edgar 


Hassam 

1856  John  Tyler 

Hastings 

1790  Samuel 
1802  Henry 
1826  Daniel  M. 
1830  Joseph  S. 
1830  I.ewis 
1832  Charles  B. 
1837  Horace  Holley 

1837  Samuel 

1838  George  Russell 
1860  Edward 

1864  George  Alfred 

1869  John  King 

1870  HenJT  31archant 
1872  Edward  Rogers 
1872  Nathaniel  Wade 

1880  Horatius  Bonar 

Hatch 
1731  Nathaniel 

1747  Jabez  ? 

1749  Harris  ? 

1772  Charles  Paxton 

1  Si;5  Edwin  Austin 

1865  Walter  Maynard 
1876  Everett  Wesley 
1878  Eugene  Hamlin 

1881  Arthur  Elliott 


Hathaway 

1856  George  Henry 
1858  Frederic  William 
1875  Joseph  Clarence 

d'Hauteville 

1850  Frederick  Sears  Grand 

Haven 

1551  Franklin 
1854  Edward  Belknap 
1862  Otis  Erastus 
1SG7  William  lugraham 


Hawes 

1850  Marcus  Morton 
1858  Henrj-  Gordon 
1864  Joseph  Prince 
1866  Eihvard  Hall 
1870  Edward  Southworth 
1875  CjTUS  Alger 

Hawkins 
1884  James  Henry 

Hawley 
1857  James  Frederic 

Hay 
1750  John 
1759 


1834  Joseph 

1840  Gustavus 

Hayden 

1807  William 

1838  William 

1845  Charles  Sprague 
1861  David  Hyslop 
1852  Henry  Harrison 
1852  Horace  John 
1869  Edward. Everett 

1869  Rollin  Thorne 

Hayes 

1819  Augustus  Allen 

1870  Arthur  Clarence 
1872  Charles  Edmund 
1874  Francis  Brown 
1874  Hammond  Vinton 
1874  John  Joseph 
1874  William  Allen 
1878  Harrv  Edgar 

1881  Alfre'd  Samuel 
1832  George  Heui-y 

1882  William  Henry 

Hayman 

1780  Edward 
1780  Gaspar 

Haynes 
1342  Henry  Williamson 

Haj^vard 
1797  John  White 
1799  Charles 
1802  Albigeuse 
1895  George 
1805  Joseph  Henshaw 
1S2S  Charles 
1829  George 

1832  Charles  H. 

1835  Lemuel 

1839  Isaac  Davenport 

(Davenport) 

1841  Nathan 

1842  John  Dorr 

1843  John  White 

Hazelton 

1851  Isaac  Hills 

Hazen 

1734  Charles 

1823  Charles  Drury 

1833  John  Prince 


Head 

1771 

1806  George  Edward 
1843  George  Edward 

Headley 
1872  PhineasCamp 

Healy 

1859  William  Edward 

1860  Joseph 

1861  Eugene 

Heard 

1838  Augustine 
1848  John  TniU 

(John  Theodore) 
1874  Richard 

Hearne 

1880  Joseph  Warren 

1880  Thomas  Francis 

Heath 

1876  Frank  Arthur 
1876  James  Freeland 

Heaton 

1853  Charles  William 

Hebi'on 

1882  John  Bernard 

Hedge 

1855  William 

Heinzen 

1859  Charles  Frederic 

Helyer 

1727  Jonathan  * 

Hemenway 

1874  Frank  Benjamin 

Henchman 

1708  Nathaniel  * 
1847  Russell  Bunce 
1879  Russell  Bunce 

Henck 

1861  Edward  Warren 

Henderson 

1748  

1783  George 

1869  George  Andrew 

1879  William  Pride 

Hendrick 

1881  James  Francis 

Henley 

1780  James 
1780  Richard 

Hennesy 

1866  Frank 


356 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Hennessey 
1880  Cornelius  Francis 

Henshaw 

1738  Jfiseph 
1746  William 
1753  Joshua 
1758  Andrew 
1825  Samuel 
1831  Charles  ChUd 
1835  John 
1839  George 
1844  Francis 
1856  Edward 
1856  Isaac  Means 
1864  Samuel 

Hepworth 
1846  George  Hughes 

Hermann 
1884  Frederick  George 

Hersey 

1882  Fred  "Walter 

1883  William  Osmar 

HeiTey 

1884  Everett  Pray 

Hesseltine 

1878  Norman  Francis 

Hewes 
1737  Samuel 
1755  Elienezer  ? 
17C1  Itobert? 
1770  Samuel  Hill 

Hewins 

1818  Elijah  Dunbar 

Hews 

1737  

1839  Edwin  S. 

Heyer 

1879  Edward  Aloysius 

Heywood 
1859  William 

IIil>bav(l 
1883  Harry  Benjamin 

Hichbom 
1795  ISenjamin  Andrews 
1808  Docfdridge  Crocker 

Hickey 
1876  John  Augustine 
1879  John  Aloysius 

Hickling 

1750 

17-i2  William 
lMlO-11  Charles 
1810-11  William 


Hig, 


gins 

1*47  Alexander  Martin 
1H52  Patrick  Stanislaus 
1884  George 

Higginson 

1821  John 
1S21  Stephen 
1846  Henry  Lee 
1848  James  Jackson 
1852  Francis  Lee 

Hildreth 

1882  Henry  Arthur 


Samuel 

Henrj' 

William 

Thomas 

Alexander  Sears  ?  t 

Edward 

John 

Chiirles  Lawson 

(Jeorj;e  Edwards 

Henry  Martyn 

John'lJoKardus 

Frank  AJden 

Frank 

Benjamin  Dudley 

George  William  Rogers 

Alpheus 

George  Edwin 

William  Francis 


Hill 

1738 
174G 
1746 
1749 
1761 
1753 
1701 
17G9 
1826 
1S34 
1834 
1844 
18C2 
18t;5 
1806 
1809 
1875 
1877 
1877 

Hillar 

1741  - 


Hillard 

1822  George  Stillman 

1822  John 

1884  Harry  Lincoln 

Hilliard 
1869  Richard  Walter 

Hills 
1874  Joseph  Lawrence 

Hillyer 

1823  Oliver  Prescott 

(see  Prescott) 


Hinckley 


1778  John 
1778  Joseph 
17K3  Robert 

1810-11  

1810-11  

1837  Frederic 

1840  William  Howard 

1800  Samuel  I'arkcr 

Hinds 
1873  Howard 

Hinkley 
1866  Holmes 


Hiniuan 
I860  WiUiam  Moseley 

Hirst 
1713  Samuel  • 

Hitchbom 
1776  Lsaac  Barre 
1770  John 
1770  Robert 

Hitchcock 
1851  Samuel  Wbittemore 

Hixon 
1803  Joseph  Sayer 

Hoagland 
1881  Ralph  Pratt 

Hoar 

1857  Joseph  Rockwood 

Hobart 

1833  Charles  Gustavus 

1858  Henr>-  Llnaley 
1879  Edward 

Hobbs 

1877  Joseph  Melser 

1878  Jasper  Jenkins 

1879  Bruce  Webster 
1883  Frank  Stanley 

Hodgdon 

1756  Thomas 

Hodges 

1833  George  D. 

1840  Richard  Mannintj 

1858  William  Hammatt 

1802  Edward  Francis 

18<>1  Harry  Blake 

1805  William  Donnisoii 

1871  George  Clarendon 

1871  Harry  Foot 

Hodgkins 
1879  Howard  Gregory 

Hodgman 
1877  Willis  Kennedy 

Hodgson 
1753  Tlioraaa 

Hodler 
1^83  Herbert  Oilman 

Hoft'endrtlil 

1872  George  Gordon 

Hoffman 

1808  John 


Holbrook 
1723  Samuel  * 
17Ci9  Abiah  ? 
nC9  Samuel 
1840  Charles  A. 
1840  George  E. 
1848  Henry  Harding 
1852  DanielJefferson 
1SG6  Leander 
1870  Olin  Adams 

Holden 

1818  Edward  p. 
1823  Jeremiah  Fenno 
1859  Artemas  Rogers 
1867  Edward  James 
1872  Francis  Marion 

Holder 

1870  Frederic  Blake 
1879  Daniel  Curtis 
1879  Oscar  Howe 

Holland 
1635  Jeremiah  * 
1810^11  Samuel  "West 
1815  George  "Washington 

1821  Frederic  "West 
1850  Frederic  May 

1879  Henry  Fish 
1881  Hubert  Thomas 

Hollingsworth 
1846  George 

Hollis 

1852  Joseph  Edward 

Hollo"well 

1746  Samuel 
1748  Robert 

Holman 

1822  Oliver 

1853  Edward 

1875  Charles  Harvey 

1876  Dudley  "Watson 
1884  "William  RoUin 

Holmes 
1853  Augustas  Spencer 

1869  Charles  Sidney 
1873  "William  Hervey 

1880  Ernest  Burton 

Holt 

1826  Benjamin  P. 

Holway 
I860  Raymond  Fletcher 


Holyoke 


1735  Samuel 

1739  Elizur 

1740  John 
1746  John 


INDEX. 


Homans 
1701  John 
1773  Benjamin 
1810-11  N.  R.  B. 
1831  John 

1837  Charles  Dudley 
1848  John 
1864  Frank  Belcher 
1808  John 

Homer 

1766  Jonathan 
1768  Benjamin 
1804  George 

1810-11  

1810-11  

1817  Benjamin  P. 
1817  Eugene  Adalbert 

1819  Samuel  Cobb 

1820  Sidney 

1825  George  Freeman 
1837  Charles  "Whitefield 
1858  "William 
1879  Sidney 

Homes 
1837  Francis 

Hooper 

1749  William 

1750  Stephen 

1753  Joseph 

1754  George 
1754  Robert 
1758  Thomas 
1761  

1783  Thomas  "Woodbridge 

1835  John  Sewell 

1839  Robert 

1841  John 

1844  Willam  Sturgis 

1863  "William  Foster 

1866  Arthur 

1866  Horace  Nathaniel 

1867 

Hooten 
1877  "William  Erdix 


Hopki 


kins 

1822  Erastus 
1822  George 
1864  "Warren  Rugby 

1877  Samuel  Bugbee 

1878  James  Francis 

Hopkinson 

1850  Francis  Custis 
1852  John  Prentiss 

Horan 

1861  "William 

Horgan 

1878  John 

Hornblo"wer 
1866  Edward  Thomas 

Home 

I      1883  James  Fleming 


357 


Hortler 
1884  Frederic  Abram 

Horton 

1836  J.  "W. 
1851  Charles  Paine 
1863  "tt^illiam  Henshaw 
1879  "William  Kimball 

1882  "SVilliamLangley 

Hosford 

1881  James  Robinson 

1883  John  Thomas 

Hoskin 

1879  Edmund  Foster 

Hoskin  s 

1776  John 

1776  "William 

1777  Richard  Quince 

Hosmer 

1840  Samuel  Dana 

Hongh 
1859  George  Gilman 

Houghton 

1778  Jonathan 

1876  Pliny  Dixi 

1877  Neidhard  Hahneman 

1878  Cyrus  Arnold 

Ho"w 

1837  Hall  Jackson 
Howard 

1780  John  Clarke 
1780  "William 
1784  Algernon  Sidney 
1789  Samuel 
1798  Charles 
1798  George 
1802  Joseph 
1815  John  Clarke 
1819  "William  H. 
1845  Charles  Tasker 
1859  "William  Swift 
1862  Percy  Briggs 
1865  William  Lester 
1875  Lincoln  Frost 
1878  Edwin 
1878  John  Galen 
1881  Harry 

Howe 

1819  William  H. 
1830  John 

1838  Charles  Edward 
1845  James  Henn' 
1851  Frank  Boylston 
1851  Sidney  "Walker 
1855  Franklin  Theodore 

1858  Christopher  Herbert 

1859  Henry  2\Iarion 
1873  George  Francis 

1877  Joseph  John 

1878  John  Thomas 

1879  Robie  Stearns 


30J 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Howes 
ISfiO  Osborn 
1S78  George  Edwin 

Howl.'Uld 
1(?75  Frank  Henry 

Hoyt 
li*50  William  Henry 
\i'6  Charles  Hale 

Ilubbavd 

1750  Miles  ?  t 

1751  Thomas? 

1758  Joseph 

1759  Simon  Ray?  t 
17Cf)  Daniel 

1772  Thomas  Green?  t 

1773  John 

1780  Gilbert  Harrison 
1782  Henry 
1700  Charles 

1821  Henrv  Babcock 

1843  l)avi(^  Green 

1844  Henrv  Blatchford 
1844  William  Out 
1851  James  Mascareno 
1854  Charles  Eustis 
187C  Gorham 

Hubbart 

1813  Joseph  Snow 

1822  Thomas  T. 
1827  John  F. 

HudcUeston 

1829  John  Samuel  Fi-ancis 
1880  John  Henry 

Hudson 
1764  Benjamin 
183G  Charles  Henry 
1867  Heni-y  Bright 

Hughes 

1757  Samuel 
1767  James 
1820  George 

Hull 

1635  John 


Hulnio 

1767  Thomas 

Hume 

1884  George  Kdgar 

Humphrey 

1824  Francis  Josiah 
1«3'.»  William  Knilicott 
1H40  (iHorifo  Henry 

Hunii)hveys 

1877  George  Moore  \\i-\U 


Hunnewt'll 
].s»v»  Hollis 

1852  George  All>ert 

Hunt 

1723  John 

1724  John 
1740  Samuel?  t 
1751  John 
1753  Samuel 

1759  Richard  Tothill  ?  J 
1770  William?  % 
1772  Alexander?  i 
1772  Thomas?  J 
1782  Abraham 

1782  Elisha 

1783  Samuel 

(see  Dixwell,  John) 
1789  John 
1702  William 

1793  George 

1802  William  Gibbes 
1816  Charles  James 
1833  Thomas 
1839  Henrv  Leavitt 

(Leavitt) 
1839  Jonathan 
1839  Richard  Morris 
1847  Franklin 

1853  Charles 

1859  Charles  Everett 
1862  William  David 
1870  Edward  Browne 

1873  Herbert  Lincoln 
1875  John  Henrv 
1882  Paul 

Hunter 

1734  

Huntington 

1820  George  Lathrop 

1821  Joseph  E. 

1855  Edward  Stanton 
1S03  Frederic  Jabez 
1303  Henry  Greeuough 

Hurd 

1736  John 

1738  Nathaniel  ? 

1794  John  Russell 
1844  Charles  Henry 

1874  Cliarlfs  Uussell 
1874  Ht'Miv  Sl:intcm 

1877  Fred  Ellsworth 
18H1  Oliver  Edwards 
1882  Stephen  Perkins 

Hurley 

1878  Thomas  Jolm 

Hussey 
1789  Joseph 

Hutching-; 

1830  William  Vincent 

Hutchins 

1843  John  WillHon 
18C2  Edward  Webster 


Hutchinson 
1648  Elisha 
1682  Thomas  • 
1716  Thomas  • 
1723  Elisha  • 
1725  Francis  • 
1751  William 

1759  John  V 

1760  William  Sanf<»rd 
i      1768  Shriuipton? 

j  Hyams 

1876  Godfrey  Michael 

Hyde 

1«18  William  Augustus 
181'.t  Joseph  Ames 
1844  George  Smith 

Inches 

1821  Charles 

1822  Hennan  Brimmer 
1829  Martin  Brimmer 

Indicott 

1759 

Ingalls 

1807  Daniel 
1822  William 
1843  John  Brazer 

Ingersoll 

1782  Benjamin 
1782  James 

Ingraham 

1801  Daniel  Green.eaf 
1810-11  John  Hazelhurst 
1880  George  Chadwick 

Ireland 

1856  William  Carlton 

In'ing 

1884  William  Hv-nry 

Irwin 

1857  William  Nassau 

1858  Richard  Daniel 

Isenbeck 

1878  Ernest  Ciustavns  Ailol- 
phus 

Ivers 

1762  James 

(see  Trecot  hick 
1702  

Ives 

1777  Th.inias  r..ynt<.n 

Jack 

1874  Edwin  Kvcrclt 
1874  FrcdiMic  Liilnvetti" 


Jackson 

1740  William? 

1742  Joseph 

174_'  Samuel  ?$ 

1744  Kchvarcl 

174a  Daniel?  J 

17511  Jonathan 

175-  Clement 

1753  Joseph 

1755  Nathaniel  ?  + 

175G  Henrv?  t 

1758  William?} 

1760  John  ? 

176!)  William 

1781  Ertvvai-d 

1781'  Robert 

1784  Charles 

1784  Henry 

1784  James 

1821  James 

1821  John  Barnard  Swett 

1829  Isaac  Newton 

1830  Alexander 

1846  William  Frederic 

1854  James 

1859  John  Cotton 

1866  Oscar  Roland 
1874  Frederic  As  bury 
1878  Lewis  Lincoln 
1884  Frederic  Gibbs 

Jacobs 

1862  Washington  Irving 

1867  George  Edward 

1868  George  Shattuck 

Jaffries 

1738  

Jager 
1876  Lewis  Pius 

James 

1749  Francis 
1816  Enoch 

1869  Arthur  Holmes 

Jamison 

i        1865  John 

1 

i  Janes 

'        1863  George  H. 


Jaques 


1866  Henrv  Percv 
1868  Herbert 
1872  Eustace 

Jarvis 

1734  Elias  ? 

1750 

1756  Charles 
1768  Thomas  ?  t 
1771  Philip 
1782  Leonard 
1791  Leonard 

1823  AVilliam  Porter 

1824  John  A. 
1831  Samuel  G. 

1874  William  Furness 
187G  Charles  Edwin 


INDEX. 


Jeffries 
1721  David  - 
1752  David 
1752  John 
1840  ISenjamin  Joy 
1843  Geoige  Jaffrey 
1846  Edward  Pay  sou 
1852  Henry  Uphan; 

Jencks 
1813  Theodore  Russell 

Jenkins 

1734  

1769  Charles 
1784  William  Hill 
1843  William  Lincoln 
1858  James  Edgar 

Jenks 
1790  William 
1810-11  Francis 
181S  Frederic  Craigie 
1818  Joseph  William 
1820  John  Henry 
1823  Francis  Haynes 
1823  Leander 
1825  Russell  Edward 
1829  LemueLPope 
1839  Craigie  Phillips 
1851  Francis  Henry 
1854  Henry  Fitch 

1864  Charles  William 
1881  Barton  Pickering 

Jenness 

1874  AV'illiam  Durant 
Jenny 

ISSrWilliam  Tbacher 

Jennys 

1744  Richard 
1780  Richard 

Jejison 

1744  Samuel? 

1884  William  Austin 

Jewett 

1825  David 

1834  Frederick  Sebastian 

1865  Charles  Sidney 

1874  William  Jay 

1875  David  John  Fielding 

Job 

1875  Herbert  Keightley 
1875  Robert 

Johnson 

1635  Robert  * 
1794  Thomas 
1818  I^aniel  H. 
1839  George  William 

1851  Edward  Crosby 

1852  Granville  Ebenezer 
1856  George  Jotham 

1864  Frank  Darling 

1865  Melville  Augustus 
1870  James  William 

1877  Archibald 

1878  Edward  Stearns 

1881  Svdnev  Reginald 

1882  Frederic  Perley 
1882  Herbert  Parlin 
1882  Robert  Clark 


359 


Johnston 
1852  Thomas  Murphy 
1866  Edward  Garabrant 
1877  Samuel  Brewster 

Johnstone 

1738 

1742  

1752  Henry 

Johonnot 

1738  Peter 

1743  Daniel 
1748  Andrew 

1752  Francis 

1753  Gabriel 
1762  Francis 

1765  George  Stuart 

1766  Daniel 

1776  Samuel  Cooper 

Jones 

1745  William 

1753  Peter  Faneuil 

1754  William 
1758  Daniel 

1766  Thomas  Kilby 
1791  Edward 

1797  Thomas  Morton 

1798  Daniel 

1799  James 

1839  Eben  Boylston 

1849  Clarence  William 

1850  Peter  Cushman 

1853  Henry  Stone 

1854  Joseph  Sidney 
1858  Sylvester  Allen 
1887  James  Edwin 
1868  William  Arthur 

1874  Frank  Winchell 

1875  Francis 

1878  Eugeue  Bates 
1882  William  Frost 

Jordan 

1829  William  Hamilton 

Stewart 
1860  James  Clark 
1867  Eben  Dyer 

Josselyn 

1871  Arthur 

1875  Freeman  Marshall 

Joy 

1759  John 

1760  Michael 
1768  George 
1788  John 
1793  Joseph 
1807  Levi 

1817  Joseph  Barren 
1823  John  Benjamin 

Joye 

1765  Benjamin 

Judkins 
1830  Benjamin 
1863  Charles  Albro 

Jutten 

1884  Benjamin  Chauncy 


360 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


1 


Keany 
185«;  Lawrence 

Kearns 
1882  Daniel  David 

Keating 
1823  Horace 
18C1  William  Henry 

Keegaii 

1855  Dermot  AVarlmrton 
1858  Vincent  Elijah 

Keenan 

1884  Thomas  Henry 

Keep 

1840  John  Haskell 

Keevan 

1875  Albert  Francis 

1876  William  Henry 

Keith 
1839  ^yilliam  Henry 

Keliher 
18&i  James  Patrick 

Kelley 

1871  Vebster 

1883  Stephen  Augustus 

Kelliher 

1873  Michael  John 
Kelly 

1852  David  Joseph 
18<n  AVilliam  Davis 
18C3  Daniel  Dall 

1872  Heury  Gilmore 

1884  Edward  Thomas 

Kelso 

1882  Arthur  Gilbert 

Kemp 
1852  Charles  Parker 
1881  Frederick  Nathaniel 

Kendall 
17!>7  William 
1820  Hezekiii'i  Smith 
1838  Charles  Grant 
1851  Joseph  KUthards 
\HXi  Edwuid  Hale 
18<;J  Arthur  Sherwood 
lw;5  Henry  I'n-ston 
18(J<>  Kichard  IngerKoll 
1874  Herliert  Waldo 
1881  Frank  Alexantler 

Kendricken 

1884  John  Miirthi 


KentieUl 
1834  Williaiii  Frederic 

Kenison 
18C4  George  Sylvester 

Kennard 

1877  Frederic  Hedge 

Kennealy 

1806  John  Henry 

Kent 
1737  Nathaniel 

1878  Harry  Watson 
1884  Edward  Lawrence 

Kevr 

1875  James  Andrew 

Kerrigan 

1874  James  Aloysius 

Kettell 
1820  Edward 
182G  John  Brooks 
1828  Thomas 

Kettloy 
1744  

Keyes 
1874  Charles  Dexter 

Kibbey 

1870  John  Drew 

1870  William  Beckford 

Kidder 
1822  Thompson 
1833  Franklin  A. 

Kidner 
18C8  Reuben 

Kidgell 

174G  

Kiley 
1883  Daniel  Joseph 

Kilgour 

1876  Walter  :MalcoIm  Scott 

1877  Ashburn  Cogswell 

Kimball 
1H.J5  George  W. 
1835  James  M. 
18.).»  Edward  R. 

1844  (ieorgo  Frederic 

1845  David  Pulsifer 
\KA  Janu'-<  Sherman 
18:.t  WilUimi  Augustus 
1857  Charh'S  Lawrence 
18<d  Edward  Beechcr 
18''.t  Francis  Tai)pan 
187.')  Frank  Clifton 

1875  Gcnrgo  Washington 
1877  JanifS  Dickinson 
1877  WllUam  Sandford 
1881  D mlel  Parker 


Kimpton 

1878  Frederick  White 

Kincaid 
1881  George  Henry 

King 

1702  James '.' 

1877  Richard  Ellsworth 

1881  Tarrant  Putnam 

Kingman 

1867  Arthur  Davis 
1860  George  Flavel 

Kingsbury 

1877  Edmund  Winchester 

Kingsley 

1825  Henry  Coit 

Kinney 

1872  Heni-y  Nason 

Kittredge   . 
1850  Edmund  Webster 
1803  Jeremiah  Charles 

Klein 

1882  Paul  Constantine 

Knapp 
18M  Arthur  Mason 

1873  Samuel  Stetson 

Kneeland 
1740  William 
1780  William 
1K31  Samuel 

Knight 
1773  John  ? 
1831  George  M. 
185;»  Horatio  Willlston 
18t"H  Samuel  Lee 

1874  Frederic  Theron 

1875  William  Elbridge 

Knowles 

1861  Alvali  Augustus 
1866  Charles  Fnuiklin 
1875  Arthur  Jacob 

Knowltun 

1865  Albion 

1865  Frank  Warren 

1874  Harry  May 

Knox 

1751  Thomas?! 
1758  Henry 

Koch 

1882  William  U.>l>t«rt 

Kolb 

1877  Albeit 

Konla 

1H70  John  Jos.'ph 


INDEX. 


361 


Krackowizer 

18G7  Emil  Wasbington 
ISVG  Richard  Francis 

Kraiiss 

1872  Aloiizo  Augustus 

Kreissman 
185S  Charles 

Krey 

1877  John  Henry 
1884  Arthur  William 

Krogman 

1857  George  Albert 

1874  "Washington  Libbey 

Kuhn 
1807  George  Horatio 
1807  John 
1866  Richard  Ernest 

Kyle 

1874  riavil  Winslow 

Lack! 

1834  William  Gardner 

1835  John  Gardner 

1858  Charles  Albert 

Lattin 

1844  Dwight 

Lagan 

1854  Hugh 

Lakeman 

1859  James  Edward 

Lamb 

1773  Samuel 
1853  Hiram  Oscar 
1861  Horatio  Hamilton 
1868  Henry  Whitney 

Lambert 

1740  Hickman  ? 

184-t  Edward  Wilberforce 


Lamkin 

1883  Walter  Rogers 

Lamp  son 
1782  Thomas 

Lam  son 
186G  Gardner  Swift 
1868  Fraub  Gage 

Lander 

1826  William  A. 


Lane 
1826  John  Foster  Williams 
1840  Frederic  Athearn 
1848  William  Russell 
1865  John  Chapin 
1870  Charles  Stoddard 
1873  Alfred  CUurcli 
1875  Benjamin  Clarke 

1883  Lucius  Page 

1884  Daniel  Winn 

Langdon 

1729  Samuel 
1782  John  Walley 
1816  Charles  Frederic 
1875  William  Henry 

Langdon-Elwyn 
1820  William  O. 

Langley 

1763  

1845  Samuel  Pierpont 


Langmaid 
1872  Webster  Chase 

Larkin 
1808  George  Makepeace 
1827  Joseph  F. 

Larnell 
1711  Benjamin 

Lash 

1791  Robert 

Lathrop 

1795  Samuel  Checkley 
1806  John  Peirce 
1855  William  Henry 

Latimer 

1861  George  William 

Laughton 

1753  Joseph 
1764  Henry 
1766  John 

Laugier 
1802  James  Henry 

Lauriat 
1875  Anselm  Augustus 

Lavery 

1875  Thomas  Stanislaus 
Sumner 

Lawley 

1863  Edwin  Ainge 


Lawrence 

1740  Benjamin? 

1822  William  Richards 

1823  William  Boardman 
1837  Robert  Cleans 
1852  Arthur 

1857  Robin-t  Means 
1871  William  Badger 

1878  Charles  William 

Lawrie 

1862  Alvah  Kittredge 
1862  Andrew  Davis 

Leach 
1738  James? 
1801  William 
1869  George  Stetson 
1876  Adoniram  Judsou  Gray 

Leahy 

1879  William  Augustine 
1882  George  Vincent 

Learnard 

1837  William  E. 

Learock 
1862  George  Francis 

Leaiy 

1867  John  Francis 

Leavitt 

1850  David 

1880  Miner  La  Harpe 

I  Lee 

1759  Joseph 
1867  James 
187G  Daniel  David 
1880  Francis  Watts 

1880  James  Joseph 

1881  Carlton  Howard 

1882  Luther  Whitmarsh 

Leeds 

1861  Osgood  Chase 

Le  Francis 
1881  Richard 


1735  Samuel* 

Leighton 
1796  Nathaniel 

Leland 

1867  George  Adams 

1868  Willis  Daniels 
1881  Edmund  Francis 

Le  Mercier 

1739  Peter 

Lemon 

1816  John 


362 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Leonard 

1881  John  William  Thomas 

1882  Frank  Homer 
1882  George  Ueur>- 

Lepeau 
1821  Albert  A. 

Letchmere 

1733  Andrew 
1735  Richaril 

Lever 
1771  Ebenezer 

Leverett 

1635  John  * 
16t;i»  John 

1734  John  ? 
17Go  Thomas 
1767  AVilliam 

1771  John 

1772  Thomas  ? 
1778  Henjamin 

1812  Frederic  Perclval 

1813  Charles 

Levi 
1880  William  Abram 


Lindsay 
1833  John  Wesley 
18C8  Thomas  Bond 
1860  William  Uirckhead 

Linscott 
1873  Roswcll 


Lewi: 

1724 
1750 
1753 
1758 
1807 
1820 
1820 
1824 
1852 
1853 
1863 
1805 
1866 
1860 
1874 
1870 
1883 


Ezekiel  * 

Jonathan  Clarke? 
William 
Winslow 

Isaiah  William  Penn 
William  King 
Ahiel  Smith 
John  Saxton 
Charles  Seymour 
Thomas  Chew 
Charles  Ward 
Alvah  Conant 
Charles  Amos 
Abraham  Jarrett 
Leo  Rich 
Hastings 


Libbey 
1835  Francis  A. 

Liebmau 

1881  Harry 

Lillie 

1777  John  Sweetser 

Lincoln 
1802  James  M. 

1806  Jairus 

1807  Hawkos 

1819  Thomas  Oliver 
1821  William  Cowper 
182.t  15i>za 
182I1  licnjamiii  A. 
1826  John  Larkin 
1826  Joshua 

1829  Henry  Knslp^u 

1830  Ezra 
18MI   Hcmnn 

I8:t2  .lohn  Hiimpstead  ' 
1852  Uiivid  KranclH 
1871  Charles  Spraguo 


Linton 

1734  John  ? 

Linzee 

1813  George 

1819  William  T. 

1820  Thomas  Coffin  Amory 
1831  John  William 

Litchliuld 
1867  William  Harvey 
1877  Lawrence 

Lithgow 

1831  William 

Little 

1802  William 
1833  William  B. 
1846  George  Coffin 
1857  Charles  Wilkins 
1862  John  Mason 
1877  Guy  Templeton 

Littlefield 
1859  George  Emery 
1881  Cliarles  Eldridge 

Littlehale 

1864  Albert  Wallace 

Livermore 

1844  Charles  Frederic 

Livingston 

1744  Philip 

1855  Mauoab  Meade 

Lloyd 
1746  Samuel? 

1740  

1776  James 
1776  Joseph 
1867  FranK  Brewer 

Loan 
1875  Patrick  Henry  Joseph 

Lobdell 
1769  James 

Lo  Cascio 
1884  Philip 

I^ckc 

1848  George  LjTiian 

1852  l'.eniamin  Breckonrldge 

Wisner 
1874  Hersey  Goodwin 

Ivodge 

1816  Giles  Henry 
1810  John  Kllerton 
1865  Kraiieis  Giles 
1868  Richard  Walloy 


Logan 
1776  Walter 

Logue 

1877  Charles  Augustus 

Lombard 

1851  George  Brimmer 
1851  Jacob  Hall 
1855  <:harles  I'arkcr 
1855  Ephraira 
1865  Warren  Plimpt<in 

Long 

1835  Robert  T. 

Longstreet 
1882  James  Warren 

1841  Henry  Dutch 

1865  Henry  Bryant 

1866  Willie  Francis 
1807  Charles  Chandler 
1875  Thomas  Rafter 

Loring 

1745  John 

1760  Joseph  Royal 

1761  William 

1764  John  Gvles?: 

1764  William? 

1765  Joseph 
1773  Israel 
1776  Joseph 

1776  Joshua 

1777  Israel 
1777  Joshua 
1773  John  Foster 
1770  Heurv 

1770  Thomas 
1782  Edward 
1782  Henry 

1782  Israel 

1783  Giles 

1784  James  Tyng 
1786  Josei)h 
1800  John 

1804  Charles  Greely 

1805  William  .losenh 
1812  Edward  Greely 
1814  Ellis  Gray 

1816  Elijah  James 

1817  Francis  Caleb 
1820  Josiah  Quincy 
1820  Caleb  William 
1831  Francis  W. 
1835  Henry 

IKiH  William  Joseph 
ISIO  Charles  Greely 
1S4I  James  Lovell 
1840  (li.uKs  Greely 
18v'>0  Kdw.ird  <!  reefy 
18.V2  Wright  Boott 
18')7  Thachcr 
1858  Frederic  Wadsworth 

1850  Charles  Wing 
1861  Alden  Porter 
1861  Ricliiird  Freeman 
186;»  Henrv  Kirk 

1870  rresott 
1872  Victor  J. >sepli 
1881   Atherton 
ISSl  Harrison 

1851  Klehard  Tuttle 
1881  Robert  Gardner 
1884  Robert 


INDEX. 


363 


Lothi-op 
1821  Stillman  L. 
1840  Thornton  Kirklanil 
1855  Samuel  Kirklaucl 
1875  Howard  Aue;ustus 

1875  John  Howland 

Loud 

1866  Thomas  Jefferson 

Loudon 
1871  William  Henry 

Louge 

1832  Leonard  B. 

Louge e 
1866  George  Henry 

Louis 

1876  Isaac 

Lovejoy 

1859  Wallace  William 
1862  Arthur  BratUord 
1866  John  Francis 
187-1  Edwin  Louis 

Lovel 

1717  John  * 

Lovell 

1744:  James 
1744  John 
1748  Joseph 
1755  Nathaniel 
1762  Benjamin 
1771  James 

1771  John  M. 

1772  Joseph 

1773  John 
1776  Thomas 
1800  Joseph 

Lovering 

1799  John 

1817  Nathaniel  Phillips 
1820  Joseph  Swain 
1860  Charles  Taylor 

Loveritt 

1754  

Lovesy 

1834  Arthur  Henry 

Lovett 
1858  James  Be  Wolf 
1880  Albert  Henry 

Lovis 

1837  Francis  Augustine 

Low 

1834  John  Henry 
1844  James  Patterson 
1855  Benjamin  Owen 


Lowden 

1743  Samuel  '? 
1749  Joseph  ?  X 
1753  William 
1785  Thomas  Costin 

Lowder 

1798  Samuel 

Lowe 
1773  James 
1840  Frederic  Lowe 

Lowell 

1711  John  *" 
1742  John 
1748  Michael? 

1776  John 

1777  John 
1781  Michael 

1815  Charles  Russell 

1822  William  K.  S. 

1840  Joseph  Augustus   Pea- 
body 
(Augustus) 

1844  Charles  Russell 

1849  James  Jackson 

1866  Charles 

Lowther 

1870  George  William 

Loyde 
1776  James  (see  Lloyd) 

Luce 

1734 

1734 

1739 

1739 

1S40  


Ludlow 

1822  William  B. 

Ludy 
1884  Joseph  Valentine 

Lufkin 
1869  Joseph  Poland  Nash 

Lund 
lb84  Charles  Granville 

I  Lunt 

1847  Samuel  Henry 

Lyford 

I      1841  George  Henry 

I  Lyman 

I      1801  George  Williams 
1857  George  Gray 
1861  George  Hinckley 
1867  Gerry  Austin 

Lynch 

1876  Clarence  Channing 

Lynde 

168-  Benjamin 
1774  Walter 


Lyon 
1871  Alansou  Ue  Witt 
1871  Charles  EgbertFrithioff 

Lyons 

1869  William  Jerrard 

1879  George  Albert 

1880  Michael  Francis 

1881  John  Ambrose 
1884  Daniel  Bernard 

]Maccarthy 

1687  

Maccarty 

1726  Thaddeus 

MacConnell 
1876  James  William 

Macdonald 
1863  Jerome  Stephen 
1881  Alexander 

MacDonogh 
1794  George 

Mace 

1745  William 

Mackay 

1777  William 

1782  William 

1783  Job 
1790  Samuel 
1804  William 

1807  Joseph  Hussey 

1812  Robert  Caldwell 

1813  Tristram  Barnard 
1826  George  Henry 
1846  William 

1851  Francis  Lodge 
1874  William  Haslet 

Mackie 

1883  Charles  William 

Macock 
1738  William 

Macomber 

1833  William 

1834  James  Brown 
1876  Frank  Meredith 

Madigan 

1862  John  William 

Magdeburg 
1879  Fred  Edward 

Magee 

1866  John  Bernard 

Maginn 
1873  William 

^laguire 
1863  Francis 
1878  Hugh  Gavin 


3C4 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Maj^wood 

1876  Robert  Homan 

^lahoney 
l^l  Deimis  William 
1874  Frankliu  Oould 
1S75  Timothy  John 

Maine 
1S66  Nathan  Collins 

i^Iainwaruig 
1754  Nathaniel 

Malcom 
1S30  Thomas  Shields 

Mai  em 

1739  


:Maley 
1881  Frank  ■William 

Mally 
1884  Charles  Francis 

Malone 

17»<0  Jr)hn  ' 

1877  John  Francis 

Mann 
1837  Henn-  Augustus 

1856  Charles  Hamilton 

1857  Charles  Birnev 
1861  Sewell  Rollin-i 

1874  Jonathan  Haniugton 

Manning 

1808  Josejih 

1S58  Francis  Henry 

1872  Benvick 

Mansfield 

1871  Lott 

^lapson 

1770  Arthur 

iSIaroy 
1883  Henrj-  Orlando 

^lardenborough 
1763  Giles 

Maroney 
18C0  Michael  Joseph 

Mavquand 
1839  Joseph 
1883  Helviu  Ruben 

Man-ill 

1873  Park 

Marsh 
1750  Christopher  Bridge 
1X19  Kbonezer 
1881  llonrv 


Marshall 

1743  Sannul 

1744  John 
1747  Caleb  ?  % 
1747  William? 
176J  Ebenezer  ?  t 
1791  Thomas 

1Si3<;  Thomas  Lethbridge 
iJsOl  Charles  Wyzeman 

Marston 
1800  James 
lSlO-11  J-«hn 
1832  William  A. 

Martin 

1734  John?! 
1734  Samuel?? 
1734  Thomas  ?  t 
1759  James 
1783  Nathaniel 
1843  Alexander  Donald 
William 

1874  Frank 

1851  Charles  Augustus 

Marti  nbro' 

1747  

1747  

Martyii 

1713\Tohn  ■ 

Mars'in 
1845  William  Theophilus 
Rogers 

1875  William  Mather 

Maseareen 

1729  John 

Mascarene 

1776  John 

Mason 

1734  David  ? 

1734  Jonathan  ? 

1741  Arthur?  t 

17G3  Jonathan 

I7C4  Daniel 

1S30  DaniiO  Gregory 

1835  Alvordo 

1845  Lucius  Field 

1846  William  I'owell 
1S18  Arthur 

1852  Amos  La\\Tence 
1858  Augustus  Francke 
1806  George  Walter 
1872  George  Walter 
1875  Edward  Hammond 

]\Iasury 
1868  Walter  Richards 

!Matchett 

1765  

1815  William  Perkins 
1821  Theodore 

:\rathor 
ir.i;'.t  Cotton 
li'.si  Saujuol 
1712  Samuel  • 


^lathews 

1746  

Matsie 

1742  

Matthews 
1841  John  Henry 
1875  Edward  Clark 
1879  Joseph  Dodd 

INIaudsley 

1764  Robert 


May 

1769 
1773 
1785 
1786 
1800 
1802 
1822 
1823 
1826 
1836 
1816 


Joseph 

Ephraim 

Samuel 

Frederic 

Charles 

George  Washington 

Samuel 

John  Jose])h 

Edward  Augustus 

Edward  1>. 

George  Perrin 


Mayers 
1875  Alanson  Herbert 

Maylem 

1734  


INlaynard 


IS'22  Waldo 
1827  John  P. 
1877  John  Edward 
1880  Lorenzo  Abner 


:May( 


o 

1814  David 
1817  Charles  Farley 
18*1  Alfred  Jackson 
18C0  Charles  Lincoln 
1879  Frederic  >lilton 

]McAvoy 
1862  Daniel  Muri>by 

McCaffery 
1868  Christopher  J. 

McCann 
1866  Michael  John 

MeCarrol 

1769  


:\IcCartliy 

1861  Jeremiah  Joseph 

1862  Lawrence  Patrick 
1862  Patrick  James 
1865  James  Austin 

McCarty 
1879  James  Thomas 

McClcary 

1831  Samuel  Foster 
1879  Samuel  Foster 


. 

INDEX. 

365 

McClure 

McKenna 

Means 

1759  DavM 

1882  Francis  Patrick 

1834  James  Howard 

1812  Thomas 

1870  Charles  Johnson 

1817  Alexander  Wilson 

McKenzie 

1877  Freeman  Alexander 

INIeany 

McConike 

1877  James  Gregerson 

1862  George  Luther 

McKim 

1877  John  Austin 

Mears 

McCorlde 

1878  Alexander  Rice 

1831  Elijah  Raymond 

1871  Charles  "White 

1846  George  Granville 

1871  William  Foster 

iMcLane 

1771  Edward 

Tkleinrath 

McCulloeh 

1772  John 

1868  Joseph 

1881  Robert  Lawton 

McLaughlin 

Meins 

McDaniel 

o 

1844  James 

1864  Walter  RoMnson 

1747 

1870  John  Feter 
1872  Frederic  Rodney 

1866  Benjamin  Robinson 

McDavitt 

1876  James  Nicolass 

Melanephy 

1864  Charles  Francis 

1875  Joseph 

1869  Daniel  Bernard 

McLean 

I860  Albert  E. 

^leldrum 

McDonald 

(see  McLane) 

1826  George  S. 

1850  Henry  Franklin 

^                                   1 

1872  Martin  Alan 

1874  Eugene 

1875  James  Thomas 
1875  Joseph 

1884  William  Elmer 

McLellan 

1820  Henry  Blake 
1820  William  Hull 

Meloney 

1793  John 

1827  Francis  IVIiller 
1846  George  Frederic 

Melvil 

1866  Norman  Alexander 

1758  Thomas 

McDonnell 

1863  John 

INIciVIalion 

Melville 

1855  John 

1830  Sylvester  Dean 

IMcDonovigh 

1881  Thomas  James 

j       ]?03  Thomas 

Melvin 

1883  Vincent  Stanislaus 

IVIcMichael 

1869  Willis  Brooks 

1866  George  Henry 

McGaiTV 

Menavd 

1882  De  Francis 

McNeal 

1762 

1863  Charles  Sidney 

1  McGillicuddy 

Mendum 

1       1884  Cornelius  Joseph 

McNeil 

1766  Robert 

1862  Frederic  Oliver 
18G5  Frank  Willis 

j  McGilvray 

1830  John  S.  W. 

1867  Ernest 

]  870  Samuel  Warren 

1862  Jacob  Bernard 

McNeill 

1379  Alonzo  Thayer 

McGlynn 

1765  Archibald 
1782  William 

Mentzer 

j       1881  Edward 

1866  Albert  Frank 

iNlcGowan 

i*.IciSrincli 
1883  Robert  Alexander 

ISIeredith 

1838  John 

1866  Eugene  Samuel  Isaac 
1876  Irving  Samuel 

IMcGregor 

jNIcSheehy 

1877  Alexander 

1877  Joseph 

JMeriam 
1823  Levi  Benjamin 

Mclnnis 

IMcTaggart 

1824  Charles  D. 

1855  Charles  Benjamin 

,    1873  James 

1760  

INIcKay 

INIcVey 

Men-iam 
1850  Joseph  Waite 

1850  Joseph  Crane 

1859  Adolphus  Gustavus 

1850  Joseph  Waite 

1851  Waldo 

McKean 

M'Donald 

1S54  Arthur  Ware 
1861  Frank 

1783  Joseph  * 
1818  Henry  Swasey 

1864  Alfred 

1865  William  Clark 

i   I\IcKendry 

Meagher 

]\Ien-ick 

!       1877  William  Henry 

1377  Richard  Nugent 

1884  Robert  Michael 

366 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Merrill 

1802 

1833  James  Cusliing 

1871  <;e()rj:c  WLite 

1874  Wiiuhroi)  Minot 

1875  William  liiiulford 
187C  M'illiaiii  i:iukcuiure 
1884  Shcrbui  n  .Moses 

Men-iman 

1881  Edward  BuUer 

Men-itt 

1872  Nebemiah  Thomas 

^lerrow 

1876  Wallace  Dexter 

Meri-y 

1878  William  Henry 
Messenger 

1851  William  B.  A. 
1867  Charles  Albert 

Messinger 

1823  Robert  Harris  Hinckley 
1854  Charles  Roswell 

Meston 
1880  George  Dodd 

]Metcalf 
1858  Theodore  Alovsius 
18C2  George  Alplio'nzo 


Meyer 


1876  Charles  Fisher 
1876  Edward  William 

^lifflin 

1850  Charles  Francis 
1852  Benjamin  Crownin- 

shield 
1855  George  Harrison 

Mignault 
1875  Theodore  James 

Miles 

1847  Samuel  Ingalls 

Miller 

1777-84  Charles  » 
1781  James 
1781  Joseph 
18(32  Henrv  Franklin 
18C2  Walter  Herbert 
1804  James  Cook 
18C7  Charles  PMward 
1870  Genru.'  Slow 
1875  William  Sumner 

Millerd 

1866  George  Hayward 
Millerick 

1«71  Daniel  Edward 

Millette 
1883  Arthur  Drake 


Millikcn 

18C1  William  Henry 
1871  Arthur  Xorris 
1870  Walter  I^ewis 

Mills 

169G  

18«'>6  Caleb  Irving 
1866  Isaac  Bonney 
1874  Ezra  Palmer 
1882  John  Wesley 
18g4  Heurj-  Taylor 

Milniore 
1859  Martin 

Milton 

1865  Henry  Slade 

1874  Charles  Dickenson 

Minchin 
1874  William  Andrew 

Minns 
1810-11  Constant  Freeman 
1818  William 
1820  Henry 

Minot 
1742  George 
1747  Jonas  Clarke? 
1747  Stephen? 
1751  John?  t 

1761 

17G2  

1767  fienrge  Richards 
18-'i;  William 
1S31  Francis 


:Minott 

1754  — 
17C1  — 


1 770  Samuel 
1794  William 

Mitchell 
1826  Nahum  M. 
ia^9  John  Ames 
18t;.s  John  Siii^ileton 
18C9  James  William 

1875  Franklin  IJhickstone 
1881  Benjamin  Edward 

Bates 

Mixter 

1873  Henry  Clay 

]\rKenny 
1872  James  Frederic 

^loakloy 

1876  John 

Money 

1874  Joseph  Andrew 

Monk 
1764  Henry 


Monks 
1859  Hen^^•  t^rafton 
184>3  Frank  Hawthorne 
1805  George  Howard 

Monroe 

1851  Elijah  Willis 
18C1  Josiah 

Montague 

1802  George  Trescott 
1862  Ru-sell  Wortlev 
1862  William  Fepperrell 
1866  Henr>'  Watmough 
1868  Frazar  Livingstone 

Moor 

1763  Morris 

ifoore 
1763  Alfred 
1776  George 
1821  Augusnis  M. 
1821  Jonathan  Hunnewell 
1«52  Edward  Xapoleon  Bo- 

uajKirte 
1852  Samuel  Lawrence 
lb09  Benjamin  Charles 
1862  Benjamin  Charles 
1865  Charles  Sturtevant 
1870  John  Eugene  Scarlett 
1876  Michael 

1876  William  Lincoln 

1882  Edward  Appleton 
1884  Alexander 

1884  Henry  I'ercival 

]\Ioran 

1877  John 

Morehead 
1758  Alexander 

31  organ 

1881  William  Festus 

1883  Clement  Goinett 

^loriarty 

1852  John  Hancock 

1853  Josei>h  Moselv 
1866  William  Andrews 
1858  (ieorce  Andrews 
1870  Stephen  Franeklyn 
1877  Joseph  Aloysius 

^lorland 
17C6  Scrojte  Bernard 
(See  Bernard) 

MoTOng 

1872  Walter  Welch 

Morrill 
17!M  William 
IStiO  James 
1855  Ferdinand  Gorges 

(Ferdinand  George) 

1873  I'ark 

1883  George  Albert 


INDEX. 


Morris 
1721  James  * 
1830  Charles  Augxistus 
1858  Roland  Buuker 
1870  John  Gavin 

1874  George  I'atrick 

1875  Charles  White 
1875  Edward  JEverett 

1880  William  Bolten 

1881  Robert  Emmet 

Morrison 
1840  Archibald  Morrison 

(see  Stone) 
1869  John 


Morse 
1798  Benjamin  Eddy 
1798  John 
1805  Samuel 
1822  John  Torrey 
1838  Moses 
1855  Ahner  L. 
1855  Albert  Field 
1861  George  Lyman 

1864  Godfrey 
18G4  Henry  Lee 

1865  Warren  Gardner 
]86'o  Hosea  Ballon 
18C9  Edward  Leland 

1870  AVarren 

1871  Jacob  Charles 
1875  Edrtard  Gilman 
1877  Charles  Francis 
1877  Gardner 

1877  George  Maxwell 

Randall 

1878  John  Hamilton 

1879  Frederic  Homer 


Morss 
1876  John  Wells 

Morton 

1760  Perez 

1772  Joseph 

1777  Ephraim 

1778  Andrew 

1778  Jonathan  Diinond 

1779  William 
1782  Jonathan 
1823  Joseph 
1826  Edward  C. 

1861  Edward  Whitman 
1861  William  James 

1881  George  Carpenter 

1882  Andrew  Marcus 


Moseley 


1748 

1748  Edward 

1859  William  Oxnard 

1873  Charles  Bailey 

1874  Carletou 


Mosely 

1747  John 

Mosher 

1877  Willie  Clapp 


Motley 

1821  Thomas 

1822  John  Lothrop 
1829  John  M. 

1832  James  Maflitt 
1834  Ebenezer  Preble 
1858  Thomas 

Motte 

1850  Ellis  Loring 

Moulton 

1761  

1807  William  Henry 

Mowton 

1864  George  Melbourne 

Mullen 

1871  Francis  Henry 

1874  Thomas  Aloysius 

1882  Loring  Blanchard 

1883  John  Thomas 

Muller 

1881  Joseph  Ambrose 

Mullin 
1850  Thomas  Currier 
1869  Peter  Francis 

Mumford 
1782  Benjamin  Maverick 

Munde 

ISGl  Paul  Fortunatus 

]\Iiinro 

1860  Josiah  Green 
1863  William  Foster 

1875  John  Cummings 

Munroe 
1827  Edmund  S. 
1834  Charles  William 

1858  :Martin  Adams 

1859  Abel  Bradley 

1860  Charles 

Mnrdoeh 
1833  James  Ellice 

1861  AVilliam  Nelson 

Murdock 

1874  Harold 

Murphy 

1815  James 

1862  Patrick  Joseph 

Alovsius 

1865  Charles  Joseph 
1865  Wilfrid  Emmet 

1872  Daniel  John 

1873  Alfred  Humphrey 

1875  Michael  Francis 

1877  Joseph  Alovsius 

1878  William  Stanislaus 

1882  Jdhii  Joseph 


Murray 

1870  Theodore  Randolph 
1873  Michael  Joseph 

Mutzenbecker 

1816  

Muzzy 
1825  Jonas  B. 

Nancrede 
1802  Joseph  Geurard 
1802  Nicholas  Cusseus 

Nash 

1870  George  Miner 

Nason 

1808  James  Bvron 

1862  Costello  Doddridge 

Nazro 

1841  Charles  Henry 
1862  Julius  Marshall 

Xeal 

1876  James  Pierpoint 

Xeale 
1875  Henry  Reed 

Neary 
1884  John  Vincent 

iSTelson 

1739  

1854  Frank  Howard 

1856  Thomas 

1875  Louis 

1875  Frederick  Campbell 

1884  Herbert  Warner 

iSTesmith 

1877  Samuel  Dinsmore 

Xevers 
1832  Benjamin  3L 

New 

1751  John 

Newcomb 

1838  Dauforth  Stillraan 
1852  i:agar  ^larshall 
1875  Joiin  Briggs 

Xewell 

1790  Andrew 
1814  William 

1822  Samuel  H. 

(see  Stark") 

1823  Charles  Stark 
18r)7  Edward  Colman 
1875  John 

1879  William  Elbridge 


1 

3G8 

PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL 

1 

Xewman 

Noble 

Nute 

1704  Henrv 

1861  James  Henrv 

1877  Henry  Orsamus 

1765  William 

1881  Louis  Erastiis 

1882  Richard  Paul 

176«  SainuPl 

1792  Honrj 

Nutter 

17%  Samue! 
1806  Edward 

Noonan 

1875  John  Andrew 

1874  George  Read 

IgfM".  fienrge 

1806  Samupl  Phillips 

1875  John  Joseph 

Nutting' 

1855  Henrv  Jones 
t       1858  Marshall  Perry 

Norcross 

1816  Benjamin  Franklin 

1 

1 

1776  Nehemiah 

Nye 

1  Newton 

l>*ts3  Otis 

1       1736  John  ?  : 

18t.7  Grenrille  Howland 

1790  Samuel 

(       1740  

1        1740  

1 — 1 

Nonnan 

O'Brien 

:       1850  (;eore:e  L. 

1871  William  Mellon 

1852  John  Simon 

1869  Edward  Wood 

NoiTis 

O'Cain 

Nichols 

1834  Greenleaf  Dudley 

1819  Thomas  J. 

1814  George 

1840  Charles  Shepard 

1829  George  Welles 
1834  Allen  C. 

1843  George  Walter 
18»')3  Francis  William 

Ochterlony 

1839  Richard  Chamberlain 

1878  George  Merrill 

1766  David 

1840  Frederic  Speluian 

1352  Arthur  Howard 
1852  William 

North 

O'Connell 

1855  Lvman 

1764  William 

1845  Daniel 

1836  M^illiam 

1857  William  David 

1859  Willard  Atherton 

1864  John 

1875  George  Henry 

Norton 

1883  Daniel 

1876  Edward  Hall 

1827  Alfred 

1877  James  Safford 

1880  Harvey  Lovett 

1883  Howard  Gardner 

O'Connor 

Xicholson 

1872  George  Bernard 
1875  William  John 

1795  Samuel 

Norwood 

1796  Joseph 
1       1796  Robert 

1820  John  Greene 
1820  Samuel  Smith 

O'Conor 

'       1827  Frederic  A.  G. 

1876  John  Berchmans 

1860  Frank  Shaw 

I      1862  Charles  McDvaine 

Noteware 

Odin 

1 

1859  Albert  Colton 

1  Mckels 

1768  Timothy  Cutler? 
1820  John 

1       1820  Edward  C. 

Nourse 

1 

1 

1803  Franklin 

Odiorne 

Nickerson 

1863  Frederick  Russell 

1864  Ralph  Haskins 

1844  Edward  GUirdon 

1856  Theodore 

1862  George  Frederick 

1859  John  Albert 

18C7  Stephen  Westcott 
1867  Stuart  Archibald 

Nowell 

O'Donnell 

1       1869  Frederic  Ubed 

1858  Edward  George 

1861  Constantine  Ambrose 

i       1872  Herbert  Goodridge 

1874  Walter  William 

1861  John  James 

1       1876  Joseph  Partridge 

1881  Frank  Clark 

1876  Bernard  Ignatius 

1       1878  Herbert  Hill 

1882  John  Parker 

Lovola 

!       1880  Joseph 

1876  Michael  Joseph 

1      1881  Alfred  Alexander 

Nowlan 

Nightino^ale 

1866  William  Edward 

O'Dowd 

1869  John 

1869  Willard  Elliot 

Noyes 

O'Hara 

Nihill 

175.:  Nathaniel 
1765  Helcher 

1882  Edward  Patrick 

1674  Matthew  Henry 

17*4  Nathaniel 

1876  John  Joseidi 

1827  James  Sullivan 

O'Kane 

1881  Walter  Williams 

I860  Joseph  Paul  Thomas 

Xiles 

1865  Magnus  Ventress 

Nunn 

O'Keefe 

1883  Walter  Lincoln 

1871  Charles  Pierce 

1868  Maurice  Joseph                 i 

O'Leaiy 

1883  William  Curran 

Olin 

1875  George  Henry 
Olirer 

1635  John  * 

1664  Peter  » 

1669  James 

1672  Daniel  * 

1711  Daniel* 

1713  Andrew  ^ 

1719  Peter  " 

1722  Kathaniel  * 

1728  Edward  Brattle  • 

1737  James 

1739  Andrew 

1747  Daniel 

1751  Daniel 

1751  Peter 

1755  Hul)l<ard?l: 

1756  William  Sandford 

1757  Peter 

1763  Brinlev  Sylvester 

1764  Thomas  Fitch 
1777  Daniel 

1784  Francis  Johonnet 

1797  James 

1810-11  Thomas  Henry 

(Henry  Kemble) 
1823  Francis  Ebenezer 

1825  Marshall 

1826  Henrv  J. 

1828  Daniel  A. 

1829  James  Lloyd 
1831  Henry  Kemble 

O'Xeil 

1876  William  John 
Orcutt 

1858  William  King 

Ordway 
1835  Aaron  Lucius 
1847  Joseph  Cutter  Pond 
1804  Joseph  Atwood 

Osborn 

1779  John 

1780  John  S. 

1845  Francis  Augustus 
1874  George  Palmer 


Osborne 

1728  Woodbury 
I       1739  Samuel 


Osburn 
1757  Samuel? 

Osgood 

1861  Edward  Lewis 

1862  George  Phillips 
1877  William  Fogg 
1881  George  Laune 


Otis 

1748 
1767 
1768 
1773 
1779 
1784 
1786 
1787 
1802 
1812 
1813 
1815 
1810 
1819 
1822 
1825 
1825 
1832 
1836 
1830 
1841 
1858 
1874 
1877 
1881 


Samuel  AUeyne 
James 

Harrison  Gray 

Samuel  AUeyne 

George  AVashington 

Joseph 

Charles 

Harrison  Gray 

George  Alexander 

William  Foster 

Joseph  Russell 

Allyne 

Jame:5 

George  Harrison 

Barney  Smith 

John  A. 

Edmund  Burke 

James  Eugene 

Jenckf  Harris 

George  Allyne 

George  Edward 

James 

Alfred  Worcester 

Alexander 


Overing 

1736  Robert  Loftus  ? 

Oviatt 
1857  John  Henry 

Oxnard 
1748  Thomas? 
175G  Edward 
1756  William 

Packard 

1834  Martin 

1868  Ernest  Kingman 

Packer 

1740  Thomas 

1741  

Paddock 

1735  Adino 
1735  John 
1739  Enoch? 
1765  John 
17t)7  Adino 
1876  Louis  Henry 


Page 

1823 
1846 
1849 
1853 
1870 
1873 
1874 
1876 
1878 
1883 
1884 


Henry  A  ugustus 
Calvin  Gates 
Benjamin 
Alvin  Reed 
Henry  Derby 
William  Hussey 
George  Hills 
Walter  Oilman 
Herman 
Arthur  Calvin 
Calvin  Gates 


Paige 
1880  John  Dudley 


Paine 
1738  Robert  Treat 
1767  Samuel 
1770  John?1: 
1773  Joshua 
1781  Orris 
1781  Robert 

1781  Thomas 

(Robert  Treat) 

1782  Charles 
1782  Snow 

1785  Henry 

1813  Robert  Treat 

1814  James  Henrv 
1817  Charles  Pushing 
1843  Charles  Jackson 

1843  Joseph  Warren 

1844  William  Gushing 
1846  Robert  Treat 
1854  Sumner 

1881  Arthur  Warren 
1884  Damon  White 

Palfrey 

1749  William 

1759 

1777  John 
1777  William 
ISIT  Cazneau 

1841  Francis  William  Win- 

throp 

(Francis  Winthrop) 
1841  William  Taylor 
1844  John  Carver 

Palmer 

1750  Thomas 
1754  Eliakim 
1784  Joseph 

1786  John  Hampden 
1788  Edward 

1824  Simeon 
1826  Horatio  Albert 
1833  Edward  Dorr  Griffin 
1858  Charles  Dana 
1866  George 

Park 
1796  William  Cooper 
1816  John  Cochran 
1843  Thomas 
1881  Francis  Edwin 
1883  Lewis  Gray 

Parker 

1764  William?  + 

1777  Benjamin 

1777  Edward 

1777  Isaac 

1777  John 

1779  Jacob 

1784  John  Rowe 

1788  Samuel  Dunn 

1794  James  Lloyd 

1794  Thomas  Ivers 

1802  William 

1S05  George 

1808  Benjamin  Clark  Cutler 

1810-11  Charles  Albert 

1810-11  Richard  Green 

1814  John  Brooks 

1815  Charles  Hamilton 
1815  Samuel  Parker 

1815  Staunton 

1816  Jonathan  Hamilton 


370 


PUBLIC    LATIN    SCHOOL. 


Parker — coiUimicd. 


1823 
1825 
182o 
1827 
18»J 
1832 
1834 
1834 
183t3 
1837 
18;J7 
1838 
1841 

1842 

184)'> 
1851 
l&H 
1854 
185;) 
18C0 
18«3 
1864 
18C5 
1807 
1874 
1876 
187G 
1878 
1880 
1881 


William  Oliver 
Charles  Henry 
William  A. 
Georpe  Stanley 
Henry  2Helviilc 
EdwaVd  H. 
JClieii  Francis 
Francis  Jewett 
Moitjromery  Davis 
Francis 

Jonathan  Mason 
James  Cutler  Dunn 
Isaiic  Stevens 

(W  Stevens) 
John  Jlason  Good 

(Mason  Good) 
Theodore  Dehou 


Arthur  Cortlandt 
ScoUay 

Joseph  Wilherforcp 
Francis  Greenwood 
Francis  Vose 
John  Urooks 
Samuel  Hale 
Artliur  Taylor 
Sidney  Marshall 
Francis  Xavier 
John  Frost 
James  Jacobs 
I'hilii)  Stanlev 
Franklin  Eikfy 


Parkman 

172C  Elias  - 
1782  Samuel  Burt 
1792  John 
1800  Francis 
1800  (Jeorge 
1802  Henry 

(Samuel) 
1805  Daniel 
1825  Samuel 
1827  Henrv 
1829  EdwaVdBreck 
1837  George  Francis 


Parks 

1828  >"athauiel  Austin 
1833  George  Bradish 
18CC  George  Richmond 


Parm  enter 

1800  William 

Parsons 
1825  Thomas 
1828  Thomas  William 
1830  Samuel 
1844  Henry  Bradbury 
1844  AVIlliani  John 
I84G  William 
184'.»  James  Allen 
1851  Henry  Woods 
1854  Frank 
1882  Starr 

Pasco 
18C9  Lewis  Al))ert 


Pastene 

1883  Jeremiah  Joseph 

1884  Charles  Anthony 


Pateshall 

1724  Richard  - 

Pattee 

1859  Charles  Henrv 
1873  William  Sullivan 

Patten 

1852  HeniT  Lvmau 
1871  Frank  Biirtlett 

Patterson 

1822  Albert  Clarke 
1839  George  Edward 

Paul 

1862  Joseph  Francis 

(Frank) 
1875  Edward  Stanton 
1883  Alexander  MacAdam 
1883  Alfred  James 

Payne 

1773  Joshua 

1870  James  Heni-y 

Payson 

17G0 


177G  John 

1770  Thomas 

1820  George  A. 

1H.)0  Charles 

1850  Frank 

1M30  Thomas 

1803  Edward  Francis 

1870  William  Hawes 


Peabody 


1821  George  Frederic 
1823  Charles  H. 
1825  Wellington 
1828  Augustus  Goddard 
1832  Owen  filcndower 
1834  Edward  Tluitcher 
1842  Selim  Hobait 
1855  Robert  Swain 
1864  William  Russell 


Peacock 
1877  George  Blass 

Pearce 
1834  Shadrach  Haughton 

Pearl 
18C1  George  Henry 


Pearson 
178'»  Benjamin 
1858  George 
1S5'J  EUph.'.let 
1(<76  Harrv  Joseph 

1880  Charles  Henr>- 

Pease 
1857  Edward  CbampioQ 

Peck 

1736  John  ? 
1738  Samuel? 
1752  John 

1757  Robert  Mavnard.' 

1771  William  Dandridge 

1772  Moses 

1857  Thomas  Bellows 

Peirce 

1735  Samuel  ?t 
175»i  Joseph 
1761  Isaac  ?  t 
1769  Joseph 
1701  Isaac 
1818  George 
IK.'O  Frederick 

1829  .Tames  Robinson 
1875  Mark  Wentworth 

Pekav 

1881  Julius 

Pel  ham 

1758  Henry 

Pemberton 

1680  Ebenezer  • 
1712  Ebenezer* 
1721  James  * 
1731  Samuel 

1736  Thomas  ? 

Pendleton 
1852  Aubrey  Maitland 

Pennj" 

1773  Charles 
1773  Foster 

Pi'iinycuick 
1875  I'atrick  James 

Pennyman 

1747"wil!iara 
1749  James 

Pepperell 

1737  Andrew 
1755  William 

(see  Sparhawk) 

Percival 
1845  James 
1881  David  Crowel 


INDEX. 


371 


Perkins 
1723  Nathaniel  * 
1743  James  ?  i 
175G  James 
1761  John 
1763  George 
1760  Thomas 
ISOl  James 
181G  Richard 
1819  Edward 

1821  William  Powell 

1823  James 

1824  John  Sirllivan 
1S30  James  M. 

1831  Jonathan  T. 

1837  Charles  Lawrence 
1841  John  Sabin 
1859  James  Adams 
18C1  Stephen  Jarvis 
1S63  Charles  Edward 
1863  William  May 
1874  George  Grindley 
Spence 

1877  Henry  Grovev 

1878  Harry  Wright 

1879  Albert  Thompson 

Periy 

1743  Jonah  ? 

1851  George  Browne 

1851  Marshall  Sears 

1852  John  Gardner 
1858  Edward  Wright 
1871  Frederick  Gardiner 

1873  Charles  Laselle 

1874  Francis  Asl)ury 
1877  Samuel 

1884  John  Richards 

Peters 

1822  John 

1823  Alfred  Langdon 

1833  Thomas  ilcClure 

1834  Alexander  Hamilton 
1844  Francis  Aloiizo 

1881  Frank  Reed 

1883  ATilliam  Morris  Austin 

Peterson 

1877  Reuben 

187D  Charles  Albert 

Pettes 

1863  George  Wesley 
18C3  James  Lawrence 

Pettigrew 

1881  George  Darsie 

Pfaff 

1858  Edward 
1870  Charles 

Phelan 

1882  Walter  Jordan 

Phelps 
1816  Charles 
1310  Francis 

1832  Charles  Abner  Wisner 

(Charles  Abner; 
1856  Charles  Harris 
1856  Dudley  Mark 
1874  Frank  Johnson 
1877  James  Franklin 
1879  John  Samuel 


Philbrook 
1SC3  Levi  Xelson 

Philipps 
1876  Moses 

Philips 
1740  Samnel?  t 
1740  Thomas  ?  + 
1742  John  ?  t 
1742  Samuel  ?  + 

1744  John 
1746  Joseph  ?  t 
1763  Turner  ? 
1767  Isaac  ?  J 

Phillips 
1734  John 

1745  William? 
1750  Benjamin? 
1750 

1758  William 

1776  Vv'illiam 

1816  John  Charles 

1819  George  William 

1822  Wendell 

1826  Grenvillc  Tudor 

1838  John 

1852  Samuel  Dunn 

Phinnej' 
1859  Henry  Kirk 
1864  Eben  Nye 
1871  George  Alcott 
1881  Wallace  Berton 

Phipps 
1730  David? 
1776  D;;nio]th 
1864  Charles  Edward 
1864  William  Brown 

Pickens 

1830  Samuel 

Pickering 
1857  Edward  Charles 


Pierce 
1769  Joseph 
1815  Chaiies 
1819  Stephen  F. 
1835  George  A.  O. 
1844  William  Lewis  Green 
1852  George  Winslow 
1862  Charles  Fletcher 
1867  Matthew  Vassar 

1867  Quincy 

1868  Ebenezer  Nelson 
1871  Frank  Wheeler 
1874  Walter  Elsworth 
]  881  Edward  Joseph 
1882  Edgai' 


Pierpont 

1768  Robert 

1771  James?  t 

1773  William 

1820  William  AUston 

1832  Johu 


Pilkington 

1884  William  Alexander 
Cunningham 


Pingree 
1880  Arthur  Howe 

Pinkham 

1864  Henry  Morris 

Piper 

1866  William  Taggard 

Pipon 
1787  John 

Pitcher 
1883  Fred  Bradley 

Pitts 

1747  John 

1748  James 
1752  Thomas 
1752  William 
1756  Samuel 
1758  Lendall 

1877  George  Franklin 

Place 

1865  William  Henry 

Plaistead 

1763 


1763  Benjamin 

Plaisted 
1735  William 

Plimpton 
I860  Charles  William 
1862  Arthur  Wellesley 

Pluiub 

1878  Fred  Dennison 
1880  Albert  Hale 

Plumer 
1874  Luther  Boutelle 

Plympton 

1827  John  D. 


1876  Joseph  Alexander 

Pollard 

1757  Jonathan 
1759  Jonathan  ? 

1763  Benjamin? 

1764  Joshua? 
1764  Peter  ? 

1880  Frederic  Henshaw 

1881  Luther  Bigelow 


372 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Pond 
1835  Benjamin 
1852  (Jeorge  Edward 
1878  Albert  Edwin 


Pool 

1681  

1768  Fitch 

Poole 

1837  Samuel 

1858  Henrv  Judkina 

1882  Edward 


Poor 

1837 

1838 
1843 
1840 
1853 
1855 
1864 
1871 
1879 
lt81 


Popt 


Georjre  Frederic 
Charlet)  Augustus 
Arthur  Herbert 
Henry  Francis 
Albert  IJonjaiiiin 
(leorge  Frederic 
Daniel  Leivis 
James  Ridfpvay 
Ariel  Low 
Edward  Waldron 


1787  Paschal  Paoli 
1823  Thomas  Butler 
1829  Augustus  Russell 

1866  Alexander  "W'iuihrop 

1867  Frank  Edward 

1874  "William  Chijiman 

1875  Harrv  Mel  vine 

1877  PerciVal  Wentworth 
1879  Henry  Temple 

Popkin 

1794  William 

Portei- 
1747  James  ? 
1820  John  Kirkland 
1852  James  Frederic 
1854  Daniel  Rey 

1876  Oeorge  Jonathan 
1881  Frank  James 
1883  Frank  Binaldo 

Potter 

1763  John  ? 

1883  Harrv  Staples 

1884  Henry  Austin 

Povali 
1873  Robert  Samuel 
1875  Albert  John 

Powell 
1762  AVilliam  Dummer 

Power 

1827  Thomas  Frederic 
1801  Thomas  Addis  Eramott 
1869  Davi.l  Ewin 
1881  MUfurd  Suward 


Powers 
1877  Irving  Melvin 

Prager 
1875  Benjamin  Adams 


Ebenezer? 

Benjamin 

William 

Daniel  C. 

David  Brainard 

George  Langdon 

Jairus 

Oeorge  "Washington 

Edward  j:ilertou 

George  "Williams 

Herbert  James 

John  Taber 


Pi-att 

1742 
1767 
1815 
1832 
183S 
1838 
1838 
1841 
1842 
J  843 
1854 
]S5^ 

Pray 

1822  Isaac  Clark 
1832  Edward  Willard 
1870  John  Wheelock 

Pi-eble 
1863  Alpbonso  Lionel 

Prentice 
1800  Theodore  Henry 

Pi'entise 

1824  James  M. 

Prescott 

173C 


1738 

1812  John 

1822  Frederic  William 

1823  Thomas  Oliver 

(see  Hillyer) 
1840  William  Amory 
185C  Calvin  Brooks 
1804  Benjamin  Taylor 
1874  Walter  Conway 
1878  "William  Crowell 

Preston 

1819  Joshua  Putnam 
1858  Samuel  Somes 
1874  William  Trutch 


Price 
1734  Benjamin?  t 
1730  Ezekiel  ?  % 
1740  Henry 
1751  Henry 
1770  .Tames 


Pi'ichard 
1867  Oilman 


Priest 
1825  John  Lathrop 
1845  Josiah  Stedman 


Prince 

1729  Thomas 
1743  James  ?  t 
1748  Samuel? 
1 759  f  ieorge  ?  t 
1769  Job-.' J 
1762  Thomas 

1765  .Tames 

1766  James 

1768  Samuel  ?t 

1769  John 

1776  S.-uuuel 

1807  Samuel 

1808  William? 

1820  Thomas  James 

1821  James 

1822  Albert  Gordon 
1824  William 

1827  Charles  H. 

1827  Frederic  Octavius 

1835  James  H. 

1803  Charles  Albert 

18&-1  Gordon 

1805  Morton  Henr\- 

1870  Frederic  Henry 

1880  Horace  John 

Procter 

1777  Samuel 
1777  William 
1785  John 

Proctor 

(see  Procter) 
1789  Henry 
17^7  Edward 
1798  Samuel 
1866  Frederic  Town 

Pronk 
1824  Edwin 
1834  James  X. 

Prout 
1681  Samuel? 
1730  Timothy 

1761  

1777  Joseph 

Pi'ovan 
1878  Albert  William 

Pnlsifer 
1878  George  Harris  Wilder 


Pntn; 

1850 
1850 
1852 
1W3 
1855 
1857 
1800 

1876 
1878 


ini 

(Jranville  Bradstreet 
Riihard  Fletcher 
Wailare  Ahira 
Edniuuil 

("liarlos  Pickering 
■lames  .lackson 
John  Aiimry  Lowell 

l.Iiihu  Anioi'v » 
John  Edward 
Arthur  Collins 


Pynchon 

1832  Thomas  Ruggles 
1841  William  Lyon 


INDEX. 


73 


Quigley 


1884  William  Alfred  Syl- 
vester 


Quincey 

1734  Edmund 

1735  Henry 

1742  Jacob 

1743  Samiiel 
1754  Josiah 

1767  Edmund  Hurst 
1771  Samuel 

Quincy 

1711  Edmund  * 
1770  Thomas 
1810-11  John 
1841  Josiah  Phillips 
1845  George  Hem-y 

Quinn 

1882  William  Alphousus 

Rablin 
1882  John  Richard 

Racldin 
1881  Frederick  Stocker 

Rae 

1877  Alexander 


Rand 

1723  Richard 
1723  William  * 
1731  William 
1735  John 
1762  John  ? 
1777  Isaac 
1777  James 

1781  Bartholomew 

1782  Edward 

1783  John 
1787  Roljert 

1805  Isaac  Hopkins 
1812  Caleb  Hopkins 

1828  William  Wilberforce 

1829  Thorndike 

1846  Edward  Sprague 
1852  Benjamin 
1803  Francis  Kimble  Thorn- 
dike 
1883  Mark  Winthrop 


Randall 

1768 


1864  Frank  Eldredge 


Randolph 


1876  Charles  Augustus 
Sumner 


Ranlett 
1878  Foster  Pierce 


Ranney 

1837  William  H. 
1876  Alfred 

Rantoul 
1845  Robert  Samuel 

Ratshesky 
1879  Abraham  Captain 

Ray 
1755  Daniel 
1879  John  Thomas 


Raymond 

1743  Thomas  ?  t 
1855  Thomas  Cole 

Read 

1686  John* 

1858  Frederic  Frank 

(Frederick  French) 
1858  William 


Readdy 
1882  Albert  Michael 

Reardon 
1861  John  Bernard 

Redfield 
1864  Luther  Clark 

Redington 
1857  Robert 


Reed 

1794 
1794 
1827 
1827 
1827 
1839 
1846 
1847 
1849 
1852 
1852 
1852 
1864 
1865 
1867 
1868 
1869 
1871 
1874 
1876 
1877 
1878 
1882 
1883 


Charles 
Ralph 
Alfred  A. 
David  H. 
Reuben  A. 
John  Hooper 
Lucius  Junius 
James 
Thomas 
Arthur 

Joseph  Sampson 
Samuel  I'ayne 
James  Russell 
Benjamin  Webster 
George  Henry 
James  Munroe 
Frank  Bigelow 
Charles  Harry 
John  Sampson 
Frederic  James 
Fred  Waldo 
Joseph  Albert 
William  Redman 
Eugene  Austinella 


Rees 
1871  Warren  Jarrett 


Regan 
1883  John  Bernard 

Reid 
1870  George  M. 

Remick 
1840  Samuel  Tucker 

Remond 
1877  Charles  Lenox 

Renouf 
1829  Edward  Augustus 
1857  Edward 

Revere 

1783  Joshua 

1784  Joseph 
1798  John 
1S32  John 

1840  Edward  Hutchinson 

Robbins 
1842  Paul  Joseph 

Rejmolds 

1802  Edward 
1837  John  Phillips 
1848  Francis  Wayland 

1870  John 

1871  Edward 
1874  John  Phillips 
1874  Paul  Revere 

Rhodes 

(see  Roads) 
1767  William 


Rice 

1828 
1832 
1852 
1858 
1859 
1859 
1859 
1861 
1875 


Henry  Gardner 
George  Edward 
Lewis  Frederick 
Frank  Munroe 
Fenelon  B. 
George  Staples 
William  Munroe 
John  Hamilton 
Edmund 


Rich 

1822  Charles  Heath 
1855  Thomas  I'hillips 
185G  James  Rogers 

1867  Irving  Hale 
1878  James  Walton 
1883  Henry 

Richards 

1816  Francis 

1816  Hemy 

1822  Joseph  Lovering 

1825  Joel 

1846  William  Whiting 

1857  Georcc  Edward 

1862  Henrv 

18G2  Herbert 

18G4  William  Reuben 

1868  Melville  Augustus 

1869  James  Symmes 
1877  Frank 

1877  AVarner  Symmes 


11 

374 

1 
PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 

llicliardson 

Robins 

Ropes 

1744  Jacob? 

176C  Jonathan  Darby 

1824  William  Hooper 
1836  William  Ladd 

1745  Heurv 

17&0  Nicholns  ISovleston 

17.9  Uichard 
1816  Uichard 

179<)  Tliomas  ISnyleston 

1819  Henry 

Islo  Augustus  ll. 

18M  Edward  lilake 

Rosenberg 

1820  Geortje  Wa»liington 

1883  Abraham 

1W3  Wiiliain 

]S28  Daniel  JIe«sen}:er 

Robinson 

1S40  Chiystoplior  Alexander 

1831  Willinm  1'.. 

Rosenstein 

Slieikv 

1843  Joseph  Hidden 

1878  Albert  Carl 

1843  Thnm:>s  i'rnncis 

1861  Frank  Wakott 

l(<4<j  IJeiijaiuin  Heber 
IMi)  Horace 

1861  Herbert  Ll-.vd 
1861  Otis  Granviile 

Ross 

li'il  idlwarrt  Cvreniiis 

1864  Frederic  Henrj- 

1820  John 

is:.-.'  Thomas  H'enry 

186D  Henrv 

lt<C2  Waldo  Osden 

li»64  Ambrose  Crosby 

1872  Edward 

1S68  George  Whiting 

lSt>4  (ieorfje  Carr 

1872  Edward  Abbot 

1870  John 

1870  Josiah  Rro\vne 

18S1  Nathan  Stf)ne 
1882  Joseph  Dearborn 

Rossiter                                  I 

1S71  Frank  Chase 

1834  George  A.                            ' 

1878  Daniel  Merchant 

Roby 

1878  Georfje  Tilton 

Rotch 

1880  r^Ivron  M'allaee 

1881  Herbert  Appleton 

1776  Henr>- 

1831  Francis  Morgan                  \ 

1884  Charles  Oliver 

Roche 

18C9  Patrick  Joseph 

Rourke 

Richmond 

1"C3 

1870  John  Andrew 

Roekw<  lod 

1881  Joseph  Edward 
Rowe 

1804  Jaiue?  Howard 

1866  Elbert  "Weir 

1880  Henry  Bradford 

1845  WilUam  Henry 

Riley 

RodgCl'S 

Rowell 

1881  John 

1874  Samuel  Henry 

1854  Henry  Augustua 

Ripley 

Roeth 

Royal 

1808  Thomas  Baldwin 

1809  Henry  Jones 

1864  Adolphe  Gaston 

1735  Jacob  ?                                    : 

1876  Laurence  Grenvllle 

Rogers 

Riuldell 

Ritchie 

1808  John 

1866  Thomas 

1820  Charles 

1813  Henry  Bromfleld 

1821  Andrew 

1815  I'eter  Roe  Dalton 

Ruffin 

1823  John 
1855  John 

1818  Heurv  N. 

1819  Samuel 
1837  Edward 

1870  Hubert  St.  Pierre              j ' 

1838  Robert  Possac 

Ruggles 

Rives 

1842  Marty n  Mills 

1745^  John 
1745  Samuel 
17.50  William?  t 
1786  Samuel 
1806  Samuel 

I860  'William  Cabell 

Roads 
1761  Henry 

1853  Henrv  Munroe 

1870  JnhnThomas 

1871  "William  Stanton 

1875  Isaac  Lotlirop 

1876  Charles  Aiip;ustus 

1877  Emery  Herman 

Robarts 
1861  Charles  Theodore 

1877  AVintiirop  Lincoln 

Rumble 

1878  Henr\-  Tracey 

1879  Henry  Biomtield 

1863  John  William 

1882  George  Lyman 

Rumory 

Robbins 

1810-11  Chandler 

Rogerson 

1860  Francis  Cutter 

1846  Chandler 

1857  William  Beaman 

1846  Chandler 

Ru.sehenberger 

1852  ^VillianlHenr^' Prentice 
18';4  Kdward  Gilln-rt 

Rolfe 

1861  Charles  Wistor 

1855  Kugene  Patterson 

1730  

1737 

Rusliton 

Roberts 

1856  GeorjfC 
1856  Henry 

1744  

1730  Joseph  * 

182:i  Francis  Ralph 

Rollins 

18.38  Charles  Mertens 

Rnss 

182;i  Kicliard  Smith 
1875  Tlionia.s  Henr>' 

1879  George  Hermon 

1876  A  rtliur  Everett 

1871  Francis  Widdr.m 

Russol 

1878  Herbert  Lincoln 

1878  Edward  Albert 

1878  John  Milton 

1881  Abbott  Hem-)- 

1860  Cabot  Jackson 

__ !1 

INDEX. 


375 


Russell 

1736  Beujamin  ?  % 
1736  Johii?  + 
1714  Joseph 
1750  William?  t 
1768  Thomas 
1778  Daniel 
1806  Edward 
1817  Benjamin 
1817  Horatio 
1820  Charles  James 

1820  William  M. 

1821  James  Button 

(see  Duttou) 

1822  Thomas 
1832  William  J. 
1834  Walter  H. 
1853  Albert  Cuvp 
1860  Frank  We'lister 
18G2  Benjamin  Greenleaf 
1862  Charles  Frederick 
1862  Edward  Baldwin 
1867  Walter  Herbert 
18C8  Thomas 

1873  Arthur  Hastings 

1874  John  Henry 
1876  Franklin 
1876  Harold 

Rust 
1876  Philip  Sydney 

Rutledge 
1852  James  Jones 


Ry 


an 

1852  Georce  Parker 

1853  Charles  Wilder 
1875  John  Bernard 
1880  Cornelius  Francis 
1880  William  John 


Ryder 
1819  Thomas  Philander 
1866  Eliot 

Sabine 
1821  John  Theodore 

SafibrtI 
1840  George  Blagden 

Sale 

1735  John  ? 
Salisbury 

1743  Josiah  ?  t 
1749  Samuel 
1755  Stephen 
1787  Josiah  ^ 

1823  Stephen 

1824  Edward  Elbridge 
1828  Daniel  Waldo 

Salmon 
1865  George  AUen 

Saloni 
1870  Edgar  Louis 


Salter 

1728  Richard 

1739  John  ? 
1759  :Malachi  ?  % 
1778  John 

1787  Richard 

1857  Richard  Henry 

Saltniarsh 
1855  Edward  Cbanniug 

Saltonstall 

1635  Henry  * 

1740  Richard 
1755  Kathauiel 

Sampson 
1866  Charles  Edward 

Sanborn 

1852  Edward  William 
1852  Jeremiah 
1878  Frank  Edwin 
1882  Charles  Manuel 

Sanders 

1873  Orrin  Burnham 

Sanderson 

1866  Lewis  Frederic 

Sanford 

1867  Alpheus 

1873  Joseph  Briggs 

1874  George  Baj'hes 
1874  Samuel  King 


Sanger 

1830  Whiting  Phipps 
1858  John  White 
1861  William  Thompson 
1864  George  Partridge 

Santayana 
1874  George 

Sargent 

1755  Epes 
1759  Winthrop 
1794  Winthrop 
1807  Daniel 
1817  Charles  Lennox 
1821  Henry  Jackson 
1821  Henry  Winthrop 
1821  Howard 
1821  John  Osborne 
1821  John  Turner 

1823  Epes 

1824  John  Turner  Welles 

(Turner) 
1828  George  Barnard 
1833  James  Otis 
1845  Heni-y  Jackson 
1854  Howard 
1856  John  Turner 
1850  William  Story 
1864  Arthur  Winthrop 
1867  Charles  William 

1872  Henry  Ruf  us 

1873  Richard  Joseph 
1877  George  Winthrop 


Saunders 
1863  Edward  Martial 

Savage 

1755  Samuel 
1757  William 
1774  John 
1845  James 
1865  Henry  Albert 
1870  John  Henry 

1874  Wilson  Henry 

1877  Harry 

Savary 

1881  Edward  Hosmer 

Saville 

1873  Frank  Eveiett 

Sawyer 

1843  James  Henry 

1860  Russell 

1865  Charles  Frederic 

1870  Hubert 

1870  Jacob  James  Augustus 

1875  Walter  Earle 

1881  Homer  Eugene 

Sayer 

1880  Albert  Derby 

Sayles 

1834  Francis  Willard 
1840  Henry 

Scandred 

1734 

Scanlon 

1874  John  Joseph 

Schayer 

1882  John  Joseph 

Schimmler 

1884  Ernst 

Schindler 

1881  Otto 
1881  Paul 

Schlegelmilch 
1884  Frederick  Charles 

Schley 

1880  Thomas  Franklin 

Schmitt 

1873  Karl 

1878  Frank  Philip 

Schouler 
1851  James 
1800  John 

Scoboria 

1874  Charles  Quantic 

Scollan 

1862  Michael 


376 


PUBLIC   LATIN'   SCHOOL. 


Scollay 


1753  John 
175C  James 
17C.1  Daniel?* 
17f4  'William 
17Cr>  Henjaniin 
1797  "William 
ISOl  John 

Scott 

1739  John  ?  X 

1740  PMward  ?  * 
1753  Daniel  ?  + 
1771  George 

1770  Daniel 
1786  John 

1874  Edward  David 

1882  Herbert  KendaU 

Scudder 
1845  Jeremiah  Evarts 
(Evarts) 

1853  Horace  Elislia 

1854  Francis  Henry 
1854  Henry  Blatchlord 

Seacomb 
1721  Joseph  *■ 

Sears 

1790  David 
1843  Winthrop 

(KnyvPtt  Winthrop) 

1865  Frederic  Richard 

1866  Edmund  Hamilton 
1871  George  Grav 

1883  Harrj-  Edward 

Seaver 

1776  Ebenezer 
1776  Zachariah 
1779  I'eter  Johonnett 
1845  Xonnan 

1874  Henry  Ellison 

Seavey 
1664  Oscar  Fitz 

Seavy 

1877  Ai  Manson 

Seg:iu- 
1880  Willard  Biossom 

Selby 
178C  "William  • 

Selinger 
1862  Henry  Clement 

Selkrig 

1771  Robert 

Sellon 

1875  Arthur  Clayton 


Sewall 
1686  Samuel 
ir.;>6  Joseph 
1722  Samuel  • 
1727  Heuiy  • 
17o7  Jonathan? 
1T;.||  Hull 
1750  Samuel 
1755  Jonathan  Mitchel 
1755  Stej)hen 
1765  Samuel 
1760  Joseph 
1838  Josei)h  S. 
1845  "William  Bull 

Sepiiour 
1858  Lewis  Charles 

Shackelford 
1791  Richard 

Sliackford 
1865  Charles  Chauncy 

Shannon 
1873  Edward  "Weston 


Shapleigh 

1861  John  Rogers  "Went- 
worth 


Sharp 
1859  Edward  Thresher 


Shattuck 
1786  "William 
1708  John 

1822  George  Cheyne 
1858  Georfre  I>(>ane 
1861  Frederic  Cheever 
1882  Alvin  Froctor 


Shaw 

1800 
1822 
1824 
1830 
1837 
1830 
1842 
1844 
1844 
1864 
18M 
1864 
18115 
18(i.t 
1860 
1874 

Shea 
1869  John  Joseph 
1873  Daniel  Joseph 
1876  Thomas  Bernard 
18)42  William  Henry 
1883  Daniel  Webster 


Jones 

Francis  George 
Samuel  Farkman 
John  Oakes 
Benjamin  SliurtlefT 
(ieorgc  Shattuck 
Lenmel 

Henry  Southworth 
Samuel  Savajio 
George  Uussell 
John  Oakes 
Uobert  (iould 
Edward  Thomas 
AUerton 

Lawrence  Nichols 
"WiUie  Edgai- 


Sheafe 
1829  Charles  Cashing 

Sheaffe 

1737  Jacob 
1760  William 
17f.2  Nathaniel 
17i>.->  Thomas  Child 
1770  Roger  Hale 
1778  William 

Sheahan 

1866  Joseph  Maurice 

Shed 

1774-80  Sanmel  A.* 
1786  William* 

Shedd 

1851  Robert  Gav 

1856  Charles  Frederic 

Power 

Sheehan 

1882  Edward 

Shelton 

1852  Eugene  Edward 
1855  Henrv  Sanlord 
1855  Robert  Gould  Shaw 

1857  Charles  Parkman 

1858  Benjamin  Homer 

1858  Joseph 

Shepard 

1864  Walter 

1868  Walter  Prescott 

1874  Lindsley 
1878  Arthur 

Shepherd 
1877  James 

SherbuiTie 

1760  Josei)h 

1859  Manly  Hardy 

Sherman 

1867  Thomas  Foster 
iscs  Frank  Herbert 

1875  Frauk  Winthrop 

Shorwiii 

1853  Thomas 

1854  Edward 

Shiinmin 
1823  William 
1828  Johu  Parker 


Sliipton 

1748  William  WilloUKhly 

1749  Samuel? 


INDEX. 


377 


Shirley 

1737  Thomas 


Slioninger 
1877  Ferdinand 

Shorej 

18ti7  Henry  Hunt 
1881  John  Lymau 

Short 

1849  James 
1868  Thomas  E. 

Shuman 
1881  Sidney 

Shurtleflf 

1822  Nathaniel  Bradstreet 

1850  Nathaniel  Bradstreet 
1852  Hiram  Smith 

1874  Ernest  Warburton 

Shute 

1883  Thomas  Loring 

Sigourney 

177i5  Andrew 
1778  Daniel 

Silsbee 

1791  Enoch 

18C2  "William  Edward 

Silva 
1861  George  Henry 

1875  Frank  Manuel 


Simmes 

1738  Thomas 

Simmons 
1821  "William  Hammatt 
1828  George  Frederic 
1828  Henry  Hammatt 
1830  Charles  Francis 
1853  George  "Washington 
1866  Edward  Emerson 
1866  Thornton  Howard 
1877  "Walter 
1879  Samuel 

Simonds 

1828  Charles 
1877  Edward  Otis 


Simpkins 
1776  John 


Simpson 

1736  Thomas  ? 

1737  John 
175S  John 
17G1  Jonatlian 
1763  Jonathan 
1771)  Henry 
1779  Isaac 
1802  Jonathan 
1835  Thomas  H. 

1862  Michael  Henry 
1866  Frank  Otis 

Skillings 

1863  James  "Worthley 
1868  Julius  Palmer 

Skinner 


1753  "William 
1756  Francis?  + 
1781  William  Sutton 
1821  "William  R. 
1843  Francis  Lucas 
1861  Aaron  Nichols 
1861  Frederick 
1875  Edward  Symmes 
1877  Prescott  Orde 
1880  Vernon  "Villiers 
1884  Macy  Millmore 

Slack 

1863  Henry  "S'aunevar 

Slade 

1837  Daniel  Denison 
1842  John  Milton 
1861  Frederic  "Warren 

1868  Dennison  Rogers 

1869  Henry  Bromtield 

Slader 

1884  Claude  "William 

Slater 

1859  "Winthrop  Leeds 

Slattery 
1876  John  Richard 
1879  Charles  Henry 

Sleeper 

1862  John  "Wesley 
1884  Herbert  Allen 

Sloan 

1874  Charles  Francis 

Small 

1873  Frank  Otis 

1881  Herbert 

1882  Cyrus  Kendrick 

Smibert 

1743  "William 

1744  Nathaniel 

1746  John 

1747  

Smith 
170'J  Thomas  * 
1756  Isaac 
1764  "William 
1785  Henry  Lloyd 
1799  William 

1802  Isaac 

1803  William 
1820  Ebenezer 

1S20  Samuel  Francis 
1822  Isaac  Townsend 
1824  John  Harris 
1826  Jeremiah  G. 

1828  George  W. 

1829  Amos 

1830  George  Alexander 
1836  Joseph  Edwin 
1840  Charles  Weyman 

(see  Wev'maii) 
1842  Edward  Sutton 
1842  George  Augustus 

1845  George  Washington 

1846  Henry  Freeman 
1848  Horace  Holley 

1850  Fernando  (jrville 

1851  Thomas  Parker 

1852  George  Melville 

1852  Vernon 

1853  William  Vincent 

(see  Carter) 
1859  George  Homer 
1859  Newmarch  Prescott 
1866  George  William 
1866  Hamilton  Irving 
1869  Donald  Kennedy 

1869  Herbert  Roberts 

1870  Hamilton  Sutton 
1870  Walter  Allen 
1872  Frederic  Richards 
1872  Frederic  Swan 
1872  Howard  Linley 
1874  George  Chittenden 

1874  John  Somers 

1875  Charles  Llewellyn 

1876  Arthur  Howard 
1876  Ernest  Herman 
187(j  Frank  Warren 
1876  Joseph  Leonard 
1876  Robert  Dixon 

1876  Thomas  Edwin 

1877  David  Arthur 

1878  Francis  Albert 

1878  Jason  Bent 

1879  Arthur  Reinhardt 

1880  Harold 

1881  William  Lincoln 

1882  Asa  Newhall 

1882  George  Battennan 

1883  Albert  Greeiileaf 

1883  Leonan  Jason 

1884  Harrison  Willard 

Smithett 
1857  William  Brett 

Smithwick 
1777  James 

Smyth 
1874  George  Chittenden 

Snelling 
1804  Samuel 
1808  Andrew  Symmes 
1810-11  George'Henry 
1852  Charles  Henry 
1874  Washington 


378 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Snow 
1782  Gideon 
1K07  Caleli  Hopkins 
1814  (tideon 
1820  The.jdore  William 
182J  Roberi  Hallowell 

1843  Itaniel  Webster 

1844  HeiijaminT.  Ober 
1><44  Samuel 

J»^^.'  Heiin-  Haker 

l-^T.^  Charles  Armstrong 

187G  Frederic  Wheeler 

Sobei' 

1769 

Sohier 
1768  Martin  Brimmer 
1770  Edward 
1772  John  Baker 


Soley 


1772  John 
1776  Nathaniel 
1776  Samuel 
1817  Edward 


Somerby 


1868  Samuel  Ellsworth 
Somes 

1779  John 

1787  Thomas 

1791  Xehemiah 

1871  William  Wyman 

Sonnei'mann 
1881  George  Adolph 

Sonrel 
18GS  Louis  Agassiz 

Soule 
1854  Charles  Carroll 

Southack 

1781  John  B. 

Souther 
1852  Winslow  Lewis 
1859  Emery  Francis 
1875  Harrison  Abbott 

Southwick 
1859  Philip  Rowell 

Sowdon 
1825  Richard 
1831  William 
1849  Arthur  John  Clark 

Spalding 
1870  George  Frederic 

Spare 
1883  James  Arthur 


Sparhawk 

1754  Nathaniel 

1755  William  Pejiperell 

isee  reiiperell) 
1760  Samuel  Hirst 


Spaulding 

1874  Hollon  Curtis 

1875  Frederic  Henry 
1S75  William  Wavland 
1882  Harry  HoUaiid 


Speakman 

1753  William 
1794  Thomas 


Sj) 


ear 

1772  David  ?  X 
1804  Edmund  Doe 
1880  William  Fenno 


Spelman 
1827  Israel  Muuson 

Spicer 
1S81  Paul 

Spooner 

1739  John 
1739  John 
1742  John? 
1744  William 
1749  Nathaniel  ?  t 

1750 

1764  John  Jones 

1769  William 

1805  William  Jones 

1807  John  Phillips 

1813  Francis 

1S22  Andrew  Oliver 


Spr 


ague 
1747  Samuel  ? 
1760  Edward 
1760  John 

1760  Lawrence 

1761  John 

1783  John 

1784  Charles  Harrison 
1787  Charles 

1787  John 
1789  Samuel  John 
1796  Lawrence 
1805  Thomas  ? 
1845  Francis  Pcleg 
1857  Henrv  Harrison 
1873  Henrv  Woo-ter 
1870  William  I'ardle 
1877  James  Frederic 


Spring 

1865  Arthur  Vincent 
1875  Charles  Francis 
1881  Edward  Colton 

Sproul 

1873  Thomas  John 


Squadron 
1875  George 

Squire 
1868  Edmund  Barnard 
1877  John  Adams 
1884  John  Edward 

Stacey 
1880  Charles  Franklin 

Stackpole 
1787  William 
18.W  Henr\' 
1858  William 
1868  Edward 

Stafford 
1860  Marshall  Paddock 

1866  Charles  Edward 

Standish 
1856  James  Henry 

Stanford 
1884  Joseph  Eliot 

Stan  if  or  d 
1875  Frank 

Stansbury 

1867  Howard  Maaon 

Stanwood 
1856  Lemuel 
18oS  Francis  Manning 
ISt'iO  Charles 
1S61  Francis  Coolidge 
1864  William  Gardiner 

Stanyan 

1863  Franklin  I'orter 

Stark 

1822  John 

(see  Newell) 


Starkey 


1759 
1759 


Stearns 
1819  George 
18«H  Charles 
1864  Richard  Sprague 
I8i.'.i  Kdwin 

1872  Frederic  Mnynnrd 
1877  John  Warren 
1881  Edward  Burnhani 
18S3  Frauds  I'phum 


INDEX. 


379 


Steclman 
1843  Charles  Ellery 
1834  Francis  Dana 
ISGl  Henry  Rust 
1861  Walter  Rockwood 
18G2  Josiah 
1875  Livingston  Boyd 
1SS4  Frederick  St.  John 

Steedman 
1869  Charles  John 

Steel 
1728  Thomas  ? 


Steele 

1723  Samuel  * 

1840  Mumford  Richards 

1871  Frank  Gilbert 

1872  Charles  Breed 

Stenzel 
1883  Bernhard  Harry 

Stephenson 

1810-11  Thomas 
1862  Benjamin 
1862  Hubbard 

Stern 
1877  Edward  Randolph 

Stetson 

1867  Joshua 

1868  Robert  Church 
1870  Clarence 


Stevens 
1736  Benjamin  ?  + 
1736  Ebenezer?t 
1823  John  A. 
1830  AVilliam  Burdick 
1837  George  A. 
1843  Charles  Edward 
1851 

1858  Seriah  D. 

1859  Jsorman  Curtis 
1862  Charles  Edward 
1867  Oliver  Crocker 
1870  "William  Stanford 
1877  Warren  Lord 
1882  Jesse  Fenno 
1884  Joseph  Earle 

Stevenson 

1742  Robert  ? 

180S  Jonathan  Greely 

1S08  William  Thomas 

1814  Thomas 

1817  Joshua  Thomas 

1S50  Thomas  Greely 

1851  Robert  Hooper 

Stewart 

1723  John  * 

1874  Georse  Andrew 

1875  Charles  Henry 
1875  James  Edward 


Stickney 
1785  John 
1842  Austin 

1857  William  Brun°wick 
Curry 

Stillman 
1776  Morgan 

1785  George  Washington 
1785  John 

1801  Benjamin  Morgan 
1806  Samuel 
1842  Benjamin  Morgan 

Stimpson 

1768 

1776  Jeremiah 

1778  Samuel 

1779  Joshua 

1812  William  Cutter 
1815  Frederic  Henry 
1848  William 
1872  Theodore  Fiske 

Stockbriclge 
1865  Arthur  Beauvais 
1880  Wales  Roger 

Stodard 

1731  

Stoddard 
1651  Solomon  * 
1738  Thomas  ? 
173S  William?  t 

1742  Lindal? 

1743  John  ?  { 

1748  John  Bentley  ?  t 
1845  Charles  Augustus 

1879  Charles  William 

Stodder 

1776  Jonathan 
1800  Jonathan 

Stone 

1755  Robert 
1764  William 

1839  Edward  Flint 

1840  Archibald  Morrison 

(see  Morrison) 
1842  Frederic 
1842  William  Franklin 
1861  Uriah  Thomas 

1864  Edwin  Palmer 

1865  Frank  Melzar 
1865  Henry  Bennett 

1880  Milton  Jerome 

1881  Charles  Louis 


Storer 
1737  Ebenezer 
1768  Charles 
1772  GeortiC 
1810  Horatio  Robinson 
1842  Francis  Humphreys 
1850  William  r>randt 
1864  Frederic  Albion  Spring 


Storey 

1753  Elisha 

1856  Moorfleld 

StOlTS 
1884  Eugene  Frederic 

Story 
1756  William 
1758  Isaac 
1826  Francis  W. 

Stoughton 

1G40  William* 

1858  Charles  Bradley 

Stover 

1883  Willis  Whitimore 

Stowell 

1860  Henry  M. 

Stratton 

1857  Charles  Edward 

Strauss 
1878  Julius  Warren 

Sti'eeker 

1876  Charles 

Street 

1877  Fred  Lappage 
1877  James 

Streeter 
1824  Sebastian  Ferris 
1832  Roswell  B. 

Strong 
1846  Edward  Alexander 
1870  George  Alexander 

1884  William  James  Henry 

Stuart 

1820  Charles 

1876  Frederick  William 

Studley 

1874  John  Butler 

Sturges 

1875  Tracy 

Sturgis 

1800  James 

1821  Henrv  Parkman 
1832  William  Watson 
1823  Charles  J. 

1826  George 

1845  John  Hubbard 

1845  Russell 


380 


PUBLIC   LATIX   SCHOOL. 


Sturtevant 
isr,r,  Charles 
1873  Albert 

Sullivan 

1782  "William 

1783  John  Langdon 
1788  Kichard 

1791  licorpe 

1791  William  Hant 

1820  Georfre  Richard 

(see  Bowdoin) 

1821  James  Swan 

1821  William  Amory 

1822  James  HowUoin 

(see  Howdoin) 
1822  John  Turner  Sargent 

1841  John  Langdon 

1842  James  Amory 
1845  John  Henry 
1853  Henrv'  Dorr 

18.07  George  Smith  Blake 
1861  Thomas  Russell 
1875  Cornelius  Joseph 
1875  Michael  F. 
1877  James  Barry 
1879  Cornelius  Patrick 
1882  Josei)h  James 

Sumerfield 

1866  Charles 

1867  Edward 

Sumner 
1771  Joseph  ?  t 
1777  Samuel 
1782  Benjamin 
1782  Josias 
1814  Coffin 

1817  Thomas  Hubbard 
1821  Albert 
1821  Charles 
1824  Henry 
182!)  Francis 
1838  Arthur 
187C  Charles 

1876  John  Osborne 

Sussman 
1884  Henry  Seivers 

Suter 
1841  Hales  Wallace 

Sutermeister 

1877  Gottlieb 

1878  Fred  Arnold 

Sutten 
1736  WilUam? 

Swain 

1817  Francis  R. 

Swan 
1851  Francis  Henry 
1851  William  Willard 
1854  Charles  Hirt.crt 
18ii0  Charles  IIcrLert 
1877  Harold  .Meriuni 
1881  Charles  Louis 


Swasey 


186C  Frank  Qneen 
1876  William  Arnold 

Swayne 

1864  Edward  C. 

Sweetser 

1836  Harrison  T. 

1864  Frederic  C. 

Swett 
1818  John  Appleton 
1822  Samuel  Bourne 
1822  William  Gray 
1831  John  Barnard 
1839  Joseph  Coolidge 
(See  Coolidge) 

Swift 

1768 

1773  Foster 
1773  Jonathan 

Swin<31ehurst 

1865  Amos  Lawrence 

SjTnmons 
1747  Thomas 

Sj'mpkins 
n76  John 

Sympson 
1803  John 

Taff 

1874  John  Henry 

1874  William  Walter 
1880  Edward  Walter 

Taft 
1865  Walter  Chandler 

Talbot 
1803  George  Newell 
18G9  George  I'ark 

1875  Herbert  Capen 
1877  Winthrop  Tisdale 


Tappan 


182G 

Lewis  William 

1827  Francis  W. 

1838 

Mortiniei-  T.rockway 

1839 

.Ii>.si:ili  Salisbury 

1852 

Lewis  William 

1853 

Hi  nrv  Swift 

1853 

John  lOliot 

1863 

William  Bingham 

1864 

Frederic  Herbert 

1865  Walter 

1868  Herbert 

Tavbell 

18C6 

William  Croswell 

Tate 

1858 

Henry  Marshall 

Tattuin 

1738 

Taylor 


1736  Richard?! 
1744  William 
174«;  John 
1751  Winslow 
1754  Joseph 

1762  

1767  John 
1767  John 

1769  Nathaniel 

1770  William 
1773  Sauiuel 

1778  Georije  Minot 

1818  Charles  Joseph 

1819  Geor;,e  Augustus 
1857  James  Valentine 

(see  Fox) 
I8t52  Edward  (;raham 
18(''2  Sidnev  Wentworth 

1873  Henrv  Willard 
1S75  William 

IST'J  John  Thompson 
18S0  Charles  Henry 
18S3  William  Osgood 

Teainoh 
1876  Robert  Thomas 

Tebbets 
1872  John  Sever 

Tebbetts 

1874  Marston 

Temple 
1772  Grenville? 
1874  Frederic  Henry 

Templeman 
1774-89  George  • 

Terwilliger 
1867  Frank  Lyell 

Thacher 

1635  Thomas  • 
1685  Peter  • 
1687  Oxeubridge  • 
1727  Oxenbridge  • 

1741  

17.V.)  Peter 

17S4  Thomas  Cushing 
1785  Joseph  Warren 
1785  Peter  Oxenbridge 
17'.h;  Samuel  Cooper 
1797  Charles 

1818  George  MacDonough 

1819  Theodore  <)xenbri(lL;e 
1822  Joseiih  Stevens  Bui'k- 

unnster 
1825  Charles 
1825  William  Vincent 
1827  Samuel  Cooper 
18,13  Peter  Oxenbridge 
18.34  Peter  F. 
1851  Ueorgo  WiUiams 

Thatcher 

1763  Thomas  ? 
1832  John  F«'arinc 
1842  Albert  Elbrldgo 


INDEX. 

381 

Thaxter 

Thornton 

Toniy 

1733  

1862  Charles  Solon 

1855  Patrick  W. 

1818  Adam  Wallace 

lS6-t  Duncan  McBeane 
1         1876  Roland 

1880  Ebeu  Blanchard 

Thurston 
1824  William 

Toomey 
1867  Daniel  Bernard 

Thayer 

Thwing 

Toppan 

1739  William?  t 

1807  Joseph  Frank 

1742  Ebenezer 

1805  James 

1878  Fred  Lawrence 

1760  John  ? 

1805  Samuel  Clap 

1T8G  William  Lambert 

Torrey 

1805  Ebenezer 

Tibbetts 

1806  Ebenezer 

1735  William  ?  + 

1810-11  Edv.'ardNiles 

1878  Edgar  David 

1735  Samuel?  t 

1810-11  

1750  Ebenezer?  t 

1818  Nathaniel  H. 

Tidmarsh 

1765  Samuel 

1820  Charles  Robinson 

1744  William 

1807  Charles 

1822  William  C. 

1746  John  ? 

1825  Henry  Warren 

1824  E.  R. 

1749  WUliam? 

1838  EUiott 

1824  Erastus  W. 

1843  Charles  Rollins 

1826  Thomas  Baldwin 

1832  Charles  F. 

Tilden 

Tony 

1837  Charles  French 

1751  David  ?  t 

1842  Joseph  Henry 

1788  Nathaniel* 

1710-20  Joseph  * 

1843  Wilham  W. 

1789  Brvant  Parrott 

1855  Patrick  W. 

18G3  Arthur  Simpson 

1789  James 

1868  Benjamin  FraulUin 

1789  Joseph 

Tothill 

1740  Jeremiah 
1743  George  ?  $ 

1868  Franli  Bartlett 
1870  Henry  James 

1808  Christopher 
1821  William 

1873  William  Eldridge 

1828  Bryant  Parrott 

1878  William  Holbrook 

1847  Alphonso  Fitch 

Totman 

Thomas 

Tileston 

1878  George  Rooke 

1763  Nathaniel  Ray 
1778  Thomas  Kimbal 

1763  Onesiphorus 
1823  Howard 

Tower 

1843  Gorham 

1847  John  Boies 

1845  George  Bates  Nichols 

1852  Jaiues  Bourne  Freeman 

1858  Charles  Bates 

1857  Frank  Henry 

Tilestone 

1859  Benjamin  Lowell  Mer- 

1869 AVillis  Frye 

rill 

1878  Hayward  Glazier 

1862  George  Homer 

1883  Percy  Holbrook 

1867  Augustus  Clifford 

1884  George  Henry 

Tilley 

1742  George 

1868  David  Bates 
1884  George  Warren 

Thompson 

1744  William 
1760  John  ? 

Towle 

1741  William 

1760 

1865  George  Henry 

1749  Benjamin?  J 

1866  Edward  David 

1758 

Tillson 

1870  Charles  Frank 

1761 

1877  Wilham  Albert 
1879  George  Napier 

1771  Richard  Gridley?  t 

1740  

1778  Thomas  Kimbal 

1779  Thomas  W. 

Tilton 

1807  Thomas 

1836  Warren 

Towne 

1810-11  Thomas 
1841  Charles 
1859  Heni-y  Fontrill 
1866  Newell  Aldrich 
1872  Frederick  Eldridge 
1876  Frank  Harrison 
1879  John  Gifford 
1879  Walter  Scott 

1840  George  Henry 

1861  William  Payson 

1862  George  Williams 
1870  Joseph  Brown 

Tiltson 

1V50  

1873  William  Fitzgerald 
Townsend 

1C81  James 
1724  Solomon  * 
1788  Samuel 
1791  David 
1801  David  S 

Thorndike 

Todd 

1802  Charles 

1803  Solomon  Davis 

1822  John  Hill 

1878  Thomas  Eugene 

1825  Isaac  P. 

1826  James  Franklin 

1827  Edward  Davis 

1838  George  Emerson 

1831  M'illiam  Edward 

(George  Qulncy) 

Tomlinson 

1833  George  James 

1845  Samuel  Lothrop 

1855  George  Samuel 

1854  George  Miles 

1656  John  Prince  Larkin 

1874  Frank  Gibson 

1868  Walter  Davis 

(John  Larkin) 

1874  Arthur  Farragut 

1859  George  Francis 

Tonks 

1877  William  Smith 

1874  Augustus  Larkin 
1884  Larkin  George 

1879  Robert  Elmer 

1873  Alfred 

1880  Fritz  Edward 

382 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Tracey 

1760  Katlianiel 

Tracy 

1803  Nathaniel 
1858  .Tames  Dennie 
1870  William  John 

Train 
1S'21  Elijah  Nickerson 
18i7  Enoch 

Trainer 
18G7  Charles  Walter 

Trant 

1867  James  William 

Treadway 

1853  Julius  Hemdon 

Treat 
1844  John  Thompson  Meters 

(John  Peters) 
1852  Alfred  Otis 

1854  Charles  Russell 

Trecothick 
17C2  James 

(see  Ivers) 

Trefrey 

1777  William 

Trofitter 
I860  Edward  Turner 

Trolett 
1752  Michael 

Trott 
1821  Charles  15. 
1828  John  Bumstead 

Trouvelot 
1870  (Jeorge  Hippolyte 

Trowliridge 

1859  John 

Troy 
1806  James  Hcrnanl 

True 
1865  Alfred  Charles 

TiniU 

1872  Larkin 

Tryon 

1863  William 


Tuck 
1812  Samuel  IJarrett 
1853  Henr>- 


Tufk 

1782 
17;i3 
1793 
18(10 
1813 
1821 
1823 
1840 
1841 
1845 
1854 
1860 
18C1 
1879 
1882 


or 

Richard  D. 

James 

John  Henry 

Joseph  Cotton 

John 

William  Kirkby 

Charles  Loveland 

Francis  Henry 

Edgar 

Thomas  Horatio 

Francis  Carlyle 

Lewis  Raymond 

Cliarles  K"dwin 

John  Prentice 

Charles  Barnard 


Tuekeriuan 

1789  Joseph 
1821  Edward  G. 
1827  Edward 
1827  Sanmel  Cary 

1832  William  Shaw 

1833  Frederick  Goddard 

1834  Charles  Keating 
1834  Georfre  Ferdinand 
1837  Guotavus 

1837  Newcome  Cappe 
1839  Samuel  Smith 
(Samuel) 

Tudor 

1758  William 
1789  John  Henrj' 
1793  Frederic 
1802  Henry  James 

Tufts 

1834  Francis  W. 
1805  George  Julian 

Tuite 
1867  James  Patrick 

Turcll 
1710  Ebenezer  • 

Turner 

1722  Thomas  • 

1754  William 

1757  William? 

1761  Thomas  ?t 

17G3  Samuel? 

1709  Lewis 

1779  Edward  Dumaresr] 

1779  William 

1782  John 

1784  .Sanmel 

1789  Samuel 

1879  Charles  Cuiinnings 

Tuttk- 
1807  Daniel 
\Ki3  Charles  Henry 
1866  ThomaH  Eilwunl 
1866  William  Henrv 
1883  George  l!:idger 


Twombly 
1832  Israel  S. 

1844  Alexander  Stevenson 
18t;i  Hamilton  McKown 
ISCA  Arthur  Hutler 

1874  Edward  Lambert 
1X74  James  Frederick 

1875  Henr>-  Bancroft 

1875  William  Herbert 
1878  Alexander  Hamilton 
1880  Clifford  Gray 

Tyler 
1722  William  * 
1727  Andrew  • 
1732  Royal 
1737  Josej>h 
1758  William 

17C1  

17<3  Roval 

1777  Elisha 

1798  David 

1857  William  Perkins 

1863  William  Roval 

1866  Columbus  'l^ler 

1876  William  Bartlett 

Tyley 
1722*  Samuel 

Tj-ner 
1874  William  Francis 

Tyng 

1744  Edward 
1744  .Tonatlian 
1744  William 

Tyn-ell 

1877  John  Edward 

Undenvood 

1844  George  I^atham 
1S45  Oliver  Holden 
1861  Walter 

1863  Francis  Henr>- 

1864  Arthur  Roswell 
1874  Edward  Livingstone 

1874  George  Robinson 

1875  Herman  JIuller 

1876  William  Ljnnan 

1877  Klngsley 

Uphain 
18-20  George  H. 
1859  Thomas  KUinwood 
1X08  Albert  (ieorge 
1874  Roliert  Baxter 
1876  Richard  D.ina 
1879  Frank  Bourne 

Upton 

1865  James  Jacob 

Van  Benthuysen 
1872  George  Crystlc 

Van  Hmnt 

1844  Honrv 


Vandei-pool 
1736  — — 
1736 

Yandervoort 
1SC6  Otis  Albert 

Vanhorn 

1731  

1733  John 

Van  Keusen 
1851  Leonard  Myer 

Van  Praag 
1S82  "William  Porter 

Van  Raalte 
1SS2  George 

Vans 
1744  Samuel 

Vardy 
1742  John  ? 

Varney 
1883  Edward  Francis 

Vassall 

1721  John* 

1722  "William* 
1746  John 
1T50  Lewis 
ITGO  "William 

1702  Henry  ? 

1771  Spencer  Thomas 

1772  Thomas  Oliver? 
1772  Leonard  ? 

Veazie 

1851  John  A. 

Vernon 
1776  Fortescue 

Viaux 
1862  Frederic  Henry 

Vibert 

1703  


Vila 
18S0  Joseph 

Viles 
1830  Joseph  Henry 

A'illette 
1745  Peter 

Vinal 
1728  "William 

Vincent 
1749  Benjamin 


Vinson 

1829  Cornelius  Marchant 
1832  Thomas  Melville 

Vintenou 
1741  James  ?  + 

Vinton 

1855  Alexander 

1856  Alfred  Clarence 
1872  Charles  Henry 

Virgin 
1858  Samuel  Henderson 

Vogel 

1876  Frank 

Von  Hagen 
1810-11  Peter  Albertus 
(see  Ballard) 

Vose 
1784  Peter 
1§18  Elisha  Joshua 

Wade 

1S13  Henry  Stockbridge 
1869  Robert  Stowe 

Wadleigh 

1846  Albra 

1861  Georce  Allen 

1878  "William  Henry 

Wads"\vorth 
1696  Recompense  * 
1850  Oliver  Fairfield 
1852  Alexander  Fairfield 

1877  Harry  Lincoln 

AVainwright 
1807  Henry 
1810  Benjamin  G. 
1843  Henry  Augustus 
1845  Isaac  Parker 
1864  Henry 
1874  Amorj'  Davis 
1874  Arthur 

1879  Francis  Chetwood 

Wakefield 

1883  Harry  Benjamin 

Walbacli 
1863  George  Gorham 

Waldo 
1730  Joseph  * 
1734  Samuel 
1736  Francis 
1744  Ralph 
1703  Jonathan  ?  i 

1770  Daniel 

1771  Samuel 

1772  John  Erving 

1773  John  ? 
1776  John  Jones 
1776  Samuel 


Waldock 

1837  James 

1837  AVilliam 

Waldron 

1853  Hampden 

Wales 
1823  Robert  Beale 

Walker 
1737  Isaac 
1741  Thomas?  t 
1746  Edward 
1750  James 
1785  Charles 
1819  Edward  B. 
1821  Dudley 

1838  Edward  Charles  Rollin 
184G  Henry 

1847  Freeman  Andrew 
1853  Edward  A. 
1853  Marcellus 
1863  Grant 
1800  Orin  Treat 
1871  James  "Wise 
1874  Clement  Adams 
1876  Edward  Augustus 
1876  Edwin  Garrison 
1881  Frank  Lawson 
1881  Stoughton 

Wallace 
1802  James  Thomas  Richard 

Wallcut 
1763 


17C7  Thomas 
Walley 

1723  John  * 
1777  Thomas 
1782  Charles 
1786  Samuel  Hall 

Wallis 

1734 

1741  Thomas? 
1744  Gamaliel 

Walsh 

1832  "William  Sargent 
1877  Frank  Joseph 
1877  "Walter  James 

1883  John  James 

1884  Peter  David 

Walter 

1679  Nehemiah 
1774  Lynde 
1790  Arthur  Maynard 
1805  Lynde  IMinshull 
1808  AVilliam  Bicker 

Walters 

1871  Arthur  Augustus 

1872  John  Forrest 

Walton 
1863  George  Frederic 

Walworth 
1857  Arthur  Clarence 


Wanton 
1740  Josepli 

Waples 

1872  Rufus 

Ward 

1827  Samnel  Gray 

1828  M'illiain 

1841  Thomas  "William 
(Thonias  Wren) 

1845  David  Henshaw 
1855  John  Tucker 

1855  William  Lefflngwell 
18C8  Charles  H.  Applet^a 
1872  Langdon  Lauriston 
(John  Lauriston) 
1874  Harold 
1877  Samue!  Ervin 

Wavdwell 

1877  Stephen  Holden 

Ware 
1827  John  Fothergill  W'ater- 
hoase 

1841  John 

1843  Loammi  Goodenow 
1W3  Robert 

1846  Edwin  Adams 
1851  Georfre  Oherlin 
1864  Albert  Chaffin 
1882  Richard  Darwin 

Warner 

1842  Herman  Jackson 
1842  William  Autmstus 


Wan- 

1751 
1756 
1786 
1788 
1804 
1807 
1820 
1820 
1822 
1833 
1852 
1852 
1853 
1856 
1859 
1800 
1861 
1862 
1864 
1864 
1806 
1H70 
1870 
1872 
1877 
1877 
1878 
1878 
1881 
1884 


John  Collins 
Joseph 
Henry 
Charles 
John 

Jonathan  Mason 
James  Sullivan 
Frederick 
Horace  Winslow 
John  Collins 
fieorKu  Willis 
Charles  Frederic 
Stanley  Perkins 
John  Calvin 
James 

Joseph  Warren 
Henry  Lt^c  Jayues 
Samuel  Dennis 
Russell  Alonzo 
Charli'S  Everett 
Eugene  Montressor 
Franklin  Cooley 
licntlcy 
Henry  Dexter 
Ccorgo  Flint 
William  Homer 
George  Albert 
John  Broadttcld 


Warring 

1884  George  Edwin 


AVarshauer 

1867  Henry 

Wasgatt 
1866  Frederic  Morell 

Washburn 

1829  Edward  Abiel 
18;J0  Alexander  Calvin 

1853  William  Tucker 

1854  Francis  Tucker 
\Sf<S  Marshall  I'rince 
1877  John  Marshall 

Washington 
1874  George  William 

1877  Horace  Lee 

Wassei'boehe 

1857  Wilhelm  Christian 

Eberhard  Claudius 

AVaterliouse 

1754  Richard 

1755  Xathaniel 

Waterman 
1854  Thomas 
1883  Henry 

Waters 

1756  Josiah 
1780  John 
1780  Josiali 

1805  Robert  Henry 

1868  Orson  Uailey 

1878  John  Cornelius 
1&>4  Bertram  Gordon 

Wati'iss 
1866  Charles  Edward 

Watson 

1801  Henry  Monmouth 
1805  John  Lee 
1810-11  

1827 

1.S45  :\I:u-ston 
isfui  .l:'.nies  Edward 
1874  AlliertSmith 
1876  Ashley 

1878  Morrill  Wyman 

1879  Frank  Tonnely 

!  V.'atts 

1727  Samuel* 
17J8  Richard* 
1840  Francis 

Wearc 
1738  John  ? 

Webb 

1742  Samuel  ?  t 
1771  WiUiiuu 

1814 

1854  Rirliard  A^key 
isc,7  Henry 
1679  Christopher 


Webster 

1725  Grant  " 
1824  Daniel  Fletcher 
(Fletcher) 

1830  Edward 
1834  William  W. 
1857  Andrew  Garish 
1857  Augustus  Floid 

1857  Frederic  Hedge 
1861  Ashburton 
1874  Hosea 

1881  Eugene  Carroll 

Welch 
1742  Elienezer? 
1744  Hezekiali  ? 
1744  John 
1740  Nathai.ier.' 
175-1  Francis 
1780  Francis 
1803  John  Adams 
1819  Benjamin  R. 
1819  Francis  William 
1819  John  Porter 
1822  Edward  Minchin 

1822  Henrs-  Hovev 

1823  Charles  Alfred 
1827  John  Hunt 

1831  John  Holker 

(Edward  Holker) 
1837  Thomas  Jefferson 

1858  Charles  AUred 
1861  William  Howe 
1863  Francis  Clark 
1866  Francis 

1876  Michael  James  Joseph 

1877  Percival 

Welchman 
1748  William 


Wold 
1803  Benjamin  Lincoln 
1814  Daniel 

1817  Encrene 

1818  David 

(Aaron  Davis) 
1820  John  Davis 
1826  Francis  M. 
1830  Moses  Williams 
1839  AVilliam  Gordon 
1848  Richard  Harding 
1855  Sanniel  Bradlev 
1874  Edward  Franklin 


AVi'ldon 
1874  AVillio  Amasa 


Welles 

1734  Arnold 
1734  Samuel? 
1739  Arnold? 
1769  Arnold 
1771  John 
1779  San.uel 
1795  Framis 

1819  Arnold  Francis 

1820  Bt'iijauiin  Pratt 
18;r2  John  II. 

1855  f;e<»rge  Derby 
1871  Slartiu 


"Wellin^on 

1828  Heliodonig 
1853  Fred.  Augustus 
3  853  Henry  Myron 
]  soo  Arthur  Mellen 
18(i7  Edward  Winslow 

Wells 
17: '.3  Arnold? 
17-16  John?  J 
1751  Henry? 
1751  William? 

1751 

1791  BenjaTnin 
1797  Benjamin 
1797  Ebenezer 
1797  Samuel  Adams 
1799  Henry 
ISOO  Thomas 

1806 

1807  John  Doane 

1807  

1808 


j 810-11  

1814  George  Wadsworth 
1817  Charles  Bartlett 
1821  William  Boott 
1852  Charles  Bartlett 
1S53  Frank 
ISGl  George  Doane 
18c>7  John  Walter 
1870  Charles  Luke 
1875  Stiles  Gannett 
1882  Samuel 

Welsh 

(see  Welch) 
1700  Thomas 
1791  Edward 

Welsteed 

1705  William* 

Wendall 

1749 


Wendell 

1722  Jacob 
1739  John 
1743  Abraham  ?t 
1743  Abraham  ?t 
1743  John?  J 

1746  Jacob  ?  t 

1747  John?t 
1749  Isaac? 
1719  Jacob  ?  t 
1749  Jacob? 
1770  Edward 

"Wentwortli 
1754  Henry 
1758  Samuel 
1763  Henry 
1SG2  AVilliam  Hall 

Werner 
ISCO  Julius  Dominique 

Wescott 
18G1  George  Washington 

Wesner 
1879  Frank  William 


INDEX. 


Wesson 

1860  Herbert  Warren 

West 
1748  Francis  ?  t 
1800  David 
1804  John 
1823  Benjamin 

1866  Edward  GraeCf 
1871  William  Badger 

(see  Lawrence) 
1877  Edward  Howard 

1881  Montgomery  Sears 

1882  George  Leon 
1884  Paul  Clarendon 

Weston 
1871  Charles  Galen 

1876  George  Henry 

Wetherbee 

1833  William 
1875  Albion  Otis 

1877  Winthrop 

Wetherell 

1834  John  Gordius 
1868  Charles  Bradlee 

Wetherhead 

1741  

Wetmore 

1786  William 

1804  Samuel  Waldo 

1804  Thomas 

Weyman 

1840  Charles 

(see  Smith) 

Weymouth 
1852  Albert  Blodgett 

Whalen 
1884  William  Bartholomew 

Wharton 

1741  John 

Wheatland 
1875  Philip  Dumaresq 

Wheaton 

1861  George  Byron 

Wheeler 

1738  Samixel?  t 
1743  Thomas  ?  t 
1818  Joseph  Porter 

1867  Henry 

Wlieelock 

1845  Henry  Gassett 
1851  George  Gill 
iy02  Francis  Hale 
1864  George  Sidney 


Wlieelwright 
1725  Jeremiah  * 
1764  John 

1766  Charles  Apthorp 
1772  Samuel?  t 
1S07  John  Tower 
1807  Lot 

1833  Henry  Blatchford 
1841  "William  Coombs 
1874  Arthur  William 
1877  Harral 

Whetmore 

1786  WUliam 


^Vliidden 
1SC7  William  Marcy 


Whipple 

1774-89  George  * 
1877  George  Amiel 

Wliiston 
1832  Francis  Gamett 

"Wliitaker 
1880  John  Sherman 


Whitcomb 

1834  DeWitt  Clinton 
1867  Charles  Wilbur 
1881  Howard 


White 

1778  Timothy 

17S0  James 

1784  AV'illiara 

1800  Jlichael 

1824  Ferdinand  Eliot 

1829  Franklin  C. 

1831  William  Augustus 

1832  Charles  Eugene 
1832  Grenville  Blake 
1832  Wallace  Barnard 
1846  Frederic  Charles 
1846  John  Gardner 
1852  Charles  Sunnier 

1852  William  Greenough 

1853  Rop.er  Sherman 

1864  Joiin  Silas 

1865  Charles  Huntington 
1806  Everett  Park 

1809  Franklin  Davis 
1871  Charles  Addison 
1874  McDonald  Ellis 
1874  Perrin  Ellis 
1877  Franklin  Kittredge 
1877  Herbert  Warren 

1877  William  Edward 

1878  Francis  Winthrop 
1878  Harry  Howard 
1881  Charles  James 
1881  Frank  Herbert 
1881  Frederic  Russell 


386 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


"Whiting 
1755  Stephen 
1755  Thomas 

1833  "William  Henry  Chaso 
1874  Frederic  Jacques 
1881  Charles  Allen 


Whitlock 

1799  Henry 

"Wliitman 
1803  Uenjamin 
1818  Caleb  Strong 
1818  John  "SVinslow 

(George  Henry) 
1829  Benjamin  Gardner 
18C>5  Charles  r.umham 
1875  John  Monroe 

Whitmarsh 

1857  "William 
1881  Joshua 

Wliitmore 
1S44  Charles  John 

1851  "William  Henry 

"Whitney 
1816  Jonathan 
1827  Giles  Henry 

1829  Benjamin  "Wliite 

1830  Alfred 
1830  Henry 

1839  Emery  Stone 
1841  Israel  Goodwin 
1844  George 

1852  Francis  Lincoln 

1857  Henry  Francis 

1859  James  Phineaa 

1860  George  Alfred 

1869  Alfred  Brown 

1870  "William  Lincoln 
1872  Arthur  Giles 

1875  lidson  Leone 

1876  Frederic  Augustus 

\^^^iton 
1844  James  Morris 

Wliitridge 
1870  Roland  Barker 

"Wliittemore 

1796  John 
1849  George 

1858  J<.hnl)e"Witt? 

1800  Gi'lston 

1875  Kdwin  Bassett 
18M  I'arker  "NVilUams 

"Whittlcr 

law  Cliarlos  Alliert 

1866  Kaiidal 

18C9  Kihnond  Atkinson 

Whittlngton 
1783  William 


"Wliitwoll 

1748  "WiUiam 

1761  Benjamin 

1762  Samuel 
1780  Benjamin 
1782  "William 
1785  John  Parker 
1816  AVilliam  Augnstns 
1818  William  Scollav 
1821  Charles  F.-l ward 
1821  Isaac  SroUay 
1828  Benjamin 

1800  "William  Scollay 

Wliitwortli 

1750  John? 
17C1  Miles 
17f4  Nathaniel 
1704  


"Wier 
1779  Robert 
1783  David 
1791  Edward 
1803  Robert 


1859  Charles  Edward 


1823  Samuel 
1823  Thomas 
1852  Edward 

"Wilber 
1870  John  Fremont 

"Wilbj- 
1830  Joseph  Hibberson 

Wild 

1800  Abraham 
1803  M'illiam 
1800  Charles 

"Wilde 

1845  Goorgo  Frederic 
1870  Edward  Cabot 
1870  George  Cobb 

Wilder 

1848  Daniel  "Webster 
1861  Fiau.is  Blaisdell 
1863  Nathanitl 
1884  Frank  Wilbur 

Wildes 

1854  Frank  Waldo 

1855  Frank 

Wiley 
1823  William 

Wilkins 
1858  All>ert  Henry 
1858  8umuel  May 


Wilkinson 
18'>2  Arthur 
1855  Edward  Tuckennan 

Willard 

1C79  John  • 

1C84  Simon  • 

1689  Josiah 

icao  Richard  • 

169-  "VN'illiam* 

1706  Richard* 

1712  Samuel 

1728  Daniel  or  William  ? 

1842  Sidney 

l!!45  Alfretl 

1^15  Joseph 

1850  Josiali  Newell 

1851  Robert 

1869  John  Howard 

Willey 

18C2  Walter  Tolman 
1883  Herbert  Bryant 

Williams 
1682  Nathaniel  • 
1747  John?t 
1747  William?  t 
1755  Robert 
1700  Edward 
1762  Robert 
1704  John 
1778  Jonathan 
1780  John 

1782  William 

1783  Jacob 
1783  Jonathan 
1786  Jotham 
1790  Charles 

1807  Robert  Breck  Garven 

1807  William? 

1S13  John  Da\'is  Weld 

1815  Samuel 

1818  Elipb.alet  G. 

1818  George  Foster 

1820  David  Weld 

1823  Frederic  A. 

1828  Francis  Stanton 

1828  Henry 

1829  William  H. 

1831  Franklin  Delano 
18J1  Moses  Blake 

1832  Charies  D. 

1833  Heniy  Willard 

1838  Frederic  Dickinson 

1839  (Jeorge  Frederic 

1840  Benjamin  Jiangs 

1841  Natlianiel  L:ujgdou 

(Langdon) 
1844  Pelham 
1847  William  Brown 
1849  Willinm  Roscoe 
1800  Charles  Herbert 
li^l  Reuel 
1862  Abbott 
1862  Francis  Honrj' 
1862  Henrv  Manning 
IStvj  Henry  Webb 
1866  Francis  Herbert 
1872  CharlcH  Collier 
1S72  Franklin  Delano 
1872  William  Cuwlcs 
1874  Henry  Jules 
1874  J  ame"s  Augustus 
1874  Sidney 
1H75  Henry  Morland 
1S77  George  I'ercy 
1882  Frank  Backus 


IJSTDEX. 


387 


Willis 

1817  Nathaniel  Parker 
1823  Thomas  Leonard 
1830  Richard  Stons 

1837  Horatio  Parris 

1838  Henry  Clement 
1846  Charles  Justin 
1876  Alvah  Ellsworth 
1878  Harold  Neal 


Willson 
1863  John  William  Dela 
Fletcher 


Wilson 

1635  John  * 

1741  

1823  William  H. 
1828  George  M. 
1861  Cecil  Porter 
1864  William  Power 
1867  William  Henry 
1878  Edward  Chase 
1878  Stephen  Edmund 
1884  John  Sebastian 


Wiltshire 

1747  John 
1751  Thomas 


Winchester 
1810-11  Edmund 

Windship 

1782  Charles  Williams 
1801  John  Cravath  May 
1823  Charles  May 

Wing 
1863  Clifton  Ellis 
1875  Harvey  Thayer 

Wingate 

1858  Abbott  Pomroy 
1858  William  Tobey 

Winn 

1877  Charles  Henry 


Winslow 

1730  Edward 

1734  John  ? 

1742  Pelhara 

1741  Joshua 

1745  John  Hay  ward? 

1745 

1748  Theophilus?  + 

1750  John  ? 

1751  Isaac 
1765  Samuel 
1784  Isaac 
1784  Thomas 
1786  John 
1794  Benjamin 


1795  Joshua 
1799  Edward 

1805  Andrew  Gardner 

1806  Samuel 
1812  Isaac 
1815  Edward 

1817  William  Henry 
1819  Benjamin  Pollard 
1819  T.  B, 
1822  George 
1827  Francis 
1829  Charles  M, 
1852  WUliam  Cutler 

(William  Copley) 
1856  Charles  Myron 

(Kenelm) 
1874  William 
1876  Kenelra 
1876  Willard 
1883  Charles  Fenno 


Winsor 
1842  Frederic 
1845  Justin 


Winter 
1754  Francis 


Winthrop 

1721  John  * 

1756  Adam 

1761  John 

1800  Thomas  Lindall 

1806  James  Bowdoin 

(see  Bowdoin) 
1819  William 

(see  Andrews) 
1821  Grenville  Temple 

1821  Robert  Charles 

1822  John 

1847  Robert  Charles 


Wise 
1859  Charles  Frederic 

Wisher 
1876  Aaron  Commodore 

Wisner 

1822  BametJNorton 

Wiswall 
1878  Samuel  Clement 


Witherhead 

1746  Samuel 
1754  Thomas 


Withington 

1809  

1814  George  Richards  Minot 
1318  Nathaniel  W. 
1818  Oliver  Wendell 
1869  Joseph  Cotton 


Wolcott 

1762  

Wolf 
1877  Isaac  David 


Wood 

1810-11  John  S. 
1810-11  Samuel 
1854  William  Converse 
1880  Charles  Lincoln 
1882  Frank  Lansdowne 
1882  Harry  Johnson 


Woodason 
1874  Henry  William 

Woodberry 
1724  William  * 

Woodbridge 

1846  William  Reed 

Woodbury 
1873  Frederic  CUnton 

Woodmansey 

1646  John  * 


AVoods 

1825  Alpheus  W. 
1874  James  Haughton 

1874  Joseph  Fitz 

1875  Ambrose 

1875  Thomas  Henry 
1882  Arthur  Hale 
1882  Thomas  Smith 


Woodvine 

1884  Liverus  Hull 


Woodward 
1820  George  Wheelock 
1820  William  Gustavus 
1871  Arthur  Stanley 
1880  Francis  William 
1884  John  Sebastian 


Woodworth 
1872  Herbert  Grafton 

Wooton 
1772  William 


Worcester 

1849  John 
1849  Joseph 
1871  Theodore 


Wortliinglon 

1831  William  Francis 
183T  Francis  W. 


Wrijrlit 


1752 

1799  Jouatlian  Mountfort 

1800  William 

1816  Winslow  Warren 

1823  Frederic 

1824  John  Harvey 

1825  Isaac  Hull 

1833  William  Aucnistus 
1840  Charles  Lowell 
1852  James  Edward 
1857  Alexander  Hamilton 
1861  Wendell  I'hillips 

1865  Charles  Huntington 

1866  Frank  Vernon 


1876  Merle  St.  Croix 
1876  Arthur  Henry 

(SCO  Cromptou) 


Wyman 


1805  Samuel  Wheeler 
1808  William 
1816  Zaocheus  Brooks 
1845  William  Henry 
18i;i  William  Cutter 
lf«;5  John  Palmer 
]8(;5  Samuel  Edwin 

1870  Charles  Albert 

1871  James  Tyler 


Yenetchi 

1872  Henry  Ainswortb 


Young 

1812  Alexander 

1S20  William 

1HJ4  Richard  Sharpe 

l-vW  Ell  ward  James 

1842  Charles  Ix);iii4 

1.S52  George  Hrooks 

If^  Francis  Greenwood 

1H55  John  hrooks 

1K')7  Frederic  Haseltine 

1858  Beujauiin  Loriug 

1864  James  lluldeu 

18C5  Ernest 

iw^S  I'hilander  Shnrtleff 

1866  Charles  ifarvcv 

1867  ReerinaUl  Heb.'r 
1871  Sanford  Edmund 
1877  Frederic  Stevens 
1877  Royal  15o«worth 

1882  James  Everett 

1883  Henrv  Dudley 

1884  Maurice 


ADDENDA. 


The  following  information  has  been  obtained "  while  these  pages 
were  passing  through  the  press,  but  too  late  for  insertion  in  the 
proper  place. 

UNDER  THE  INSTRUCTORS. 

Ushers.     Page  18. 
1714.     Edward  Wigglesworth  is  shown  to  have  been  in  office  before 
Jan.  171|,  by  the  following  certificate  of  Nath'l  Williams,  the  original  of 
which  is  in  the  possession  of  Jeremiah  Colburn,  Esq.,  of  Boston. 

Boston  Jan.  7.  1714/1.5 
Gentlemen 

This  may  certifye  you  that  Mr  Edward  Wigglesworth  has  continued  to  assist 

me  in  keeping  the  Grammar  School  another  quarter,  even  to  this  day, 

Yr  humble  Servt 

Nathl.  Williams 
To  the  Select  men  for 

the  Town  of  Boston. 

On  page  52. 

It  is  possible  that  the  name  of  John  Vaughan  Apthorp,  Harv.  1818,  should 
be  inserted  between  those  of  Moses  Shaw  and  John  Brazer  Davis. 

On  page  328. 
In  the  Index  to  Teachers,  under  Groce,  Byi'on,  insert  12,  before  30. 


1735 

The  History  of  the  Ancient  and  Hon.  Artillery  Company,  by  Whitman,  2d 
edition,  contains  on  p.  280  a  notice  of  Edward  Bromfield,  who  may  be  our 
pupil  here  ;  and  on  page  311  a  reference  to  Adino  Paddock. 

1736 

Copeland.  Against  this  name  Dr.  Homer  has  written  Copely,  Pamter,  but 
this  must  be  an  error,  as  Copley  Avas  not  born  until  this  year. 

1737 

Samuel  Hewes  is  probably  the  father  of  Samuel  H.  Hewes  of  our  Class  of 
1770,  and  is  perhaps  the  Samuel  Hughes  referred  to  in  Sabine. 

George  Craddock.  On  the  Bui-ial  Register  of  King's  Chapel,  under  date  of 
1  July,  1771,  is  the  record  of  the  death  of  George  Craddock,  Merchant,  aged 
37  years,  who  is  very  likely  this  one. 


390  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


1738 

Page  55.  To  note  5  shoukl  be  aiKled :  See  also  Bridgman's  PilL'rims  of 
Boston,  and  tlie  reference  to  the  Proceedings  of  the  ^lassachusetts  Historical 
Society  shouhl  be  xiv,  -21  lO. 

In  Note  0,  the  conjectured  spelling  given  is  found  to  agree  with  the  state- 
ment of  Dr.  Homer. 

Kobeit  Treat  Paine.    See  tlie  Polyanthos  for  June,  18U. 

Caleb  Blanchard,  an  Assessor,  died  aged  71.  See  Bur.  Reg.  King's  Chapel. 

1739 

Malem  is  i)erhaps  John  Maylem,  who  died  11  June,  1747,  in  the  17th  year 
of  his  age.     See  Bridgman's  King's  Chapel  Epitaphs,  p.  75. 

Addington  Davenport.  See  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.  Jan.  1856,  p.  115,  and 
Jan.  1879,  p.  25. 

Paddock.  A  letter  received  from  Morris  V.  Paddock,  Esq.,  of  St.  John, 
N.  B.,  makes  it  probable  that  this  was  P^noch,  a  brother  of  Adino  and  John 
of  our  class  of  1735. 

1741 

Miliar  is  perhaps  Joseph  Hillar,  referred  to  in  Curwen's  Journal,  4th  edit, 
p.  5G1. 

Xote  13  ;  p.  59,  a  reference  to  Joseph  Fitch,  mentioneil  here,  \vlll  be  found 
in  the  2d  edition  of  ^Vhitman's  History  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Aitillery 
Comijany,  p.  2X2. 

1742 

Blanchard  is  pi-obably  Edward,  b.  Boston,  1734,  died  18  July,  1792,  a  mer- 
chant on  Long  Wharf. 

1745 

The  first  name,  Gatiomb,  is  very  probably  incorrect  for  Gatcomb. 

Henry  Green.  The  date  of  death  is  probably  incorrect.  He  was  known 
to  be  living  in  Dec.  1774,  and  is  thought  to  have  died  in  1775  or  6. 

Page  65,  note  2.  The  2d  edition  of  the  History  of  the  Ancient  and  Honoi-- 
able  Artillery  Co.  gives  a  dift'erent  statement  of  the  pai'entage  of  William 
Phillips,  and  also  gives  the  date  of  his  death  as  1771. 

1746 

Page  66.  To  note  4,  add  See  also  Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  His- 
torical Society,  1881-2,  p.  4UG,  note. 

1748 
James  Pitts.     Perhaps  son  of  James,  b.  1741,  d.  1772,  at  New  Providence. 
See  Goodwin's  Pitts  Genealogy,  p.  3."). 

Pago  69.  To  note  13,  (Samuel  Allyne  Otis),  add  Al^o  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen. 
Reg.  ii.  292. 

1755 
Apthorp.     Dr.  Homer  suggests  that  tiiis  was  William,  and  we  liave  so 
lilled  tiie  blank  conjecturally,  though  he  1ms  probably  confoundeil  him  with 
tije  Williain  in  the  previous  column. 


ADDENDA.  391 


1756 

William  Oxnard.  Dr.  Homer  says  tins  should  be  Edward,  very  likely 
confounding  him  with  the  Edward  below. 

Samuel  Pitts.     See  Bridgman's  King's  Chapel  Epitaphs,  p.  275. 

1758 

Samuel  Gore.  See  History  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Co., 
2d  edition,  p.  336. 

Daniel  Jones.  May  be  Rev.,  Coll.  New  Jersey,  1766,  but  more  probably 
is  as  we  have  given  in  the  text. 

To  note  15,  (William  Coffin,)  add  Son  of  Nathaniel  the  Cashier,  brother  of 
Nathaniel  of  our  Class  of  1757  and  Gen.  John  of  1765  and  Sir  Isaac  of  1766. 

1759 

Page  80.     To  note  l,(John  Joy,)  add  Bapt.  1st  Church,  29  Dec.  1751. 
Jonathan  (?)  Pollard.     Perhaps  the  Jonathan  of  our  Class  of  1757  is  the 
one  whom  we  have  supi^osed  to  have  been  identified  here. 

1760 

Thomas  Edwards.  See  Memorials  of  Massachusetts  Cincinnati  by  F.  S. 
Drake,  p.  19. 

Pei-ez  Morton.  Note  17  has  reference  to  a  spelling  of  the  name  Moreton, 
oi-iginally  given  in  the  text,  but  altered  without  changing  the  note. 

1761 

Minott.  To  the  suggestion  in  note  -1,  page  82,  we  would  add.  Possibly 
Francis,  who  died  Dec.  1774,  set.  28. 

Prout.  A  William  Front  was  at  the  North  Grammar  School  fi-om  1768-74, 
but  woiild  probably  have  been  too  old  then  to  be  our  boy  here. 

To  note  12,  p.  82,  (William  Eustis,)  add.  See  i\Icmorials  of  Massachusetts 
Cincinnati  by  F.  S.  Drake,  p.  19. 

John  Sprague  is  unquestionably  identical  with  the  J.  S.  of  our  Class  of 
1760,  and  should  have  been  omitted  here.  If  he  is  another  boy,  however, 
the  line  Harv.  1772,  A.M.  should  be  stricken  out. 

1765 

Benjamin  Joye.  Bapt.  1st  Church,  27  Feb.  1757.  Dr.  Homer  gives  this 
name  Charles. 

Joseph  Loring.  Add  U.  S.  A.  and  as  a  note.  See  History  of  the  Ancient 
and  Honorable  Artillery  Co.,  2d  edition,  p.  ;)56. 

James  Prince.     To  note  8,  p.  87,  add  Dr.   Homer  gives   this  name  as 
John. 

Samuel  Doggett.  Dr.  Homer  gives  this  name  William.  See  note  16  on 
page  85. 


392  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


1766 

A  notice  of  this  class  will  be  found  in  the  Columbian  Centinel  of  15  Feb., 
1826. 

To  note  fi,  page  88,  add,  See  Historical  Sketch,  p.  40,  for  a  contemporary 
accoiuit  of  this  ti-ansaction. 

To  the  note  on  General  Ilaldiinan,  at  the  bottom  of  the  page,  add  He  was 
of  Swiss  descent.     Sue  Drake's  Biograpliioiil  Dictionary. 

Jacob  Eustis  was  a  brother  of  (Governor)  William  of  our  Class  of  17G1. 

1767 
James  Gould.    Dr.  Homer  supplies  the  name  here  as  Samuel. 
James  Millar  Church  was  a  son  of  Dr.  IJenjamin  of  our  Class  of  174.J. 

1768 
Benjamin  Cobb,  Jr.,  b.  2  Nov.  1759,  was  a  brother  of  Samuel.    A  Mer- 
chant, of  the  firm  of  B.  Cobb  &  Sons,  22  Long  Wharf. 

1769 

Arnold  Welles.  See  History  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Co., 
2d  edition,  p.  .'379. 

1770 

Charles  Bulfinch.  To  note  1,  p.  96,  add.  See  Bridgman's  King's  Chapel 
Epitaphs,  p.  282. 

1771 

Jonathan  Davis  was  a  Merchant. 

Edward  McLane,  Dep.  Secretary  of  State.  Buried  21  March,  1S26 ;  see 
Burial  Register  King's  Chapel. 

1772 

Thomas  Green  (?X)  Hubbard.  Dr.  Homer  supplies  Joseph  as  the  name 
here. 

John  Soley.  See  the  By-laws  of  St.  Andrew's  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  (edi- 
tion of  1871,)  p.  164. 

John  Baker  Sohier.  The  age  in  Hunt's  Catalogue,  given  in  note  4,  must 
be  wrong,  as  he  was  liorn  in  1707. 

1773 

Benjamin  Homans  was  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts. 

1774 
P^dward  Blanchard  was  born  in  1760.     If  the  conjecturoil  Edward  of  1765 
is  correct,  he  is  tlie  same  Ijoy,  but  tliat  conjecture  is  very  likely  wrong. 

1776 
Benjamin  Anikews.     See  Recollections  of  Sainu»>l  Broek. 
Thomas  Curtis.     A  Merchant.     See  Burial  Register  King's  Chapel. 
Page  108.     To  note  12,  (Thomas  Fleet,)  add.  See  Buckingham's  Reminis- 
cences, i.  145. 

John  Hoskins  was  baptized  at  King's  Chajjel,  17  April,  1765. 


ADDENDA.  393 


James  Lloyd  was  the  donor  of  the  Lloyd  MedaL 

Samuel  Prince  was  baptized  at  King's  Chapel,  7th  April,  1769.  The  date 
of  his  death  is  given  in  the  Burial  Register  of  Iving's  Chapel. 

1777 

George  Bethune  entered  in  1778.  Add  Treasurer  of  the  Roxbury  and  Bos- 
ton Mill-Dam  Corporation. 

Page  112.  To  note  1,  (John  Sweetser  Lillie,)  add,  Also  Buckingham's 
Reminiscences,  ii.  315. 

William  Mackay  was  the  first  City  Treasurer  of  Boston. 

1780 

Benjamin  Whitwell.  See  A  History  of  the  Law,  the  Courts,  and  the  Law- 
yers of  Maine,  by  Wm.  Willis,  p.  242. 

1781 

Page  116.  To  note  4,  (Thomas  Paine,)  add.  See  also  Buckingham's  Remi- 
niscences, ii.  247. 

1782 

William  Mackay  is  very  likely  identical  with  the  Wm.  M.  of  1777. 

1784 
Page  120.    To  note  7,   (Francis  Johonnot  Oliver,)  add.  See  By-Laws  St. 
Andrew's  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  ed.  1874,  p.  162. 

1796 

Benjamin  Andrews.  It  is  not  unlikely  this  is  the  Benjamin  (Andrews) 
Hitchboi'n  of  1795.  The  confusion  of  names  will  be  explained  by  consult- 
ing the  Recollections, of  Samuel  Breck,  p.  22.     See  note  10,  p.  131. 

1810-11 

To  Henry  Kemble  Oliver  add  Mus.  Doct.  Dart.  1883. 

1815 

Charles  Pierce.  PDartmouth  1825,  A.M.  *1852.  Perhaps  tlie  pupil,  aged 
13,  at  Phillips  Andover  Academy  in  1817,  from  Newburyport.  *1858. 

1816 

Jonathan  J.  Gardner  should  probably  be  inserted  in  this  Class.  See  Annual 
Catalogue  of  1832. 

Charles  Frederic  Langdon.     Add  Dart.  Med.  Seh.  1828. 

John  Lemon.  Possibly  the  same  who  appears  in  the  Boston  Directory 
until  1854  as  John  Leman,  Ship-Smith. 

1817 

Francis  Caleb  Loring  should  probably  be  in  the  Class  of  1819  with  Willis 
and  Bradlee,  but  as  he  was  put  here  on  the  old  Catalogue  and  this  page  was 
cast  before  we  had  reason  to  think  the  change  ought  to  be  made,  we  have 
thought  best  not  to  make  it. 


394  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


1819 

Benjamin  R.  Welch.  It  lias  proved  impossible  to  ascerUiin  whetlier  R  in 
this  name  is  for  Rand  or  Renkin. 

1820 
Josejih  Henry  Gardner.     Dele  Clerk,   *18S1,  and  add  Sec.  of  Neptune, 
and  President  of  Triton  Ins.  Cos.     *188G. 

1823 

Thomas  Oliver  Prescott,  afterwards  Oliver  Prescott  Ilillyer.    Add  *1878. 

1824 

Edward  Belknap,  John  L.  Hooper,  George  C.  McBride,  John  W.  Randall 
are  all  given  on  the  annual  Catalogue  published  in  1826  as  having  entered 
school  in  tliis  Class. 

The  Catalogue  of  1847  gives  Thomas  E.  Willis,  but  he  is  omitted  in  Messrs. 
Greenough's  and  Haynes's  interleaved  Catalogues. 

1825 

The  annual  Catalogue  of  1832  gives  a  William  Peabody  as  of  this  Class, 
but  perhaps  this  is  a  mistake  for  Wellington. 

1827 

Leonard  S.  Parker  and  Frederick  R.  Sherman  are  given  on  the  annual 
Catalogue  of  1831  as  members  of  this  Class,  and  Samuel  S.  Noyes  on  that  of 
1832,  but  perhaps  the  latter  is  a  mistake  for  James  Sullivan  Noyes,  whom 
we  give. 

1828 

Charles  Henry  Appleton  Dall.     Add  *1886. 

1832 

John  Revere.    Add  *1886. 

1833 
Charles  Frederic  Adams.     See  Memorial  Biograjjliies  of  N.  E.  Historical 
Genealogical  Society,  iii.  p.  IGG. 

1837 
Charles  Dudley  Homans.     Add  President  Mass.  Med.  Soc.     *1886. 

1845 

A.  F.  Chapin  is  on  the  School  Records  as  a  member  of  this  Class,  but  ho 
left  after  a  few  days. 

Samuel  Pieri)ont  Langlcy.  Sec  the  Popular  Science  Monthly  for  July 
1885. 

1846 

John  J.  Pratt  and  J.  A.  Wilson  are  on  the  School  Register  as  of  tliis  Class, 
but  appear  to  iiave  loft  after  a  few  days. 


ADDENDA.  395 


1849 

William  Gray.     Add  *t88G. 

1852 
Edgax  Marshall  Newcomb.     A  Memorial  Sketch  has  been  published  by 
Dr.  A.  B.  Weymouth. 

1854 
Henry  Fitch  Jenks.     After  Lawrence  add  Canton. 

1866 

Isaac  Bonney  Mills.    Add  Ilarv.  1878. 

William  Croswell  Tarbell.     Entered  as  William  Crosby  Tarbell. 

1868 

Frazar  Livingston  Montague.     Add  Harv.  1884. 

1869 
John  King  Hastings.    Add  S.  T.  B.  Harv.  1883. 

1872 
Francis  Marion  Holden.     Add  M.D.  Harv.  1884. 

1873 

Burnside  Foster.     Add  Yale  1882,  M.D.  Hajrv.  1886. 
Frederic  Clinton  Woodbury.     Add  MT.D.  Harv.  1886. 

1874 

Thomas  Tileston  Baldwin.     Add  Harv.  1886. 
Edmund  Dwight  Codman.     Add  Harv.  188G. 
Joseph  Rutter  Draper.     Add  Williams  1885. 
Ezra  Palmer  Mills.     Add  Harv.  1885. 
George  Patrick  Morris.     Add  Harv.  1883. 
Thomas  Aloysius  Mullen.     Add  Harv.  1884. 
George  Read  Nutter.     Add  Harv.  1885. 
George  Santayana.     Add  Harv.  1886. 

Augustus  Larkin  Thorndike.     Add  Afterwards  Larkin  Tliorndike,  Harv. 
1884. 
Edward  Lambert  Twombly.    Add  M.D.  Harv.  1886. 

1875 

David  Hill  Coolidge.     Add  Harv.  1886. 
Henry  Edward  Eraser.     Add  Harv.  1886. 
Paul  Revere  Frothingham.     Add  Harv.  1886. 
Newbert  Jackson  Hall.     Add  M.D.  Harv.  1885. 
Charles  Nathan  Harris.     Add  LL.B.  Harv.  1884. 
William  Mather  Marvin.     Add  Williams  1886. 
John  Andrew  Noonan.    Add  Harv.  1884. 


396  PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL. 


Stiles  Gannett  Wells.    Add  Harv.  1886. 
Albion  Otis  Wetherbee.     Add  Harv.  1885. 
Edson  Leone  Whitney.     Add  Ilarv.  1885. 
Henry  Morland  Williams.    Add  Harv.  1885. 

1876 

Victor  Clifton  Alderson.     Add  Harv.  1885.     Superinlendi-nt  of  Scliools, 
Dublin,  Ind. 

Frederic  Codman  Cobb.     Add  Hai-v.  1884. 
Selwyn  Louis  Harding.     Add  Harv.  1886. 
John  Wells  Morss.    Add  Harv.  1884. 
Edward  Hall  Nichols.     Add  Harv.  1886. 
James  Henry  Payne.     Add  Harv.  1886. 
Francis  Warren  Smith.     Add  Hai'v.  1886. 
Robert  Dixon  Smith.     Add  Harv.  1886. 
Kenelm  Winslow.    Add  V.M.D.  Harv.  1886. 

1877 

Lawrence  Litchfield.     Add  Harv.  1885. 
William  Henry  McKendry.     Add  Hai-v.  1884. 
William  Fogg  Osgood.     Add  Harv.  1886. 
Reuben  Peterson.     Add  Hai'v.  1885. 
John  Adams  Squire.    Add  Harv.  1884. 

1878 

Clifton  Rogers  Clapp.     Add  Harv.  1884. 
William  Stanislaus  Murphy.     Add  Harv.  1885. 
Francis  Winthrop  White.     Add  Harv.  1885. 

1879 

Robert  Sloan  Bickford.     Add  Harv.  1885. 
Frederic  Milton  Mayo.     Add  D.ALD.  Harv.  18S6. 
Charles  Albert  Peterson.     Add  Harv.  1.SS5. 

1880 

Henry  Bartlett.     Add  Harv.  18,s5. 

Jolm  Henry  Huddlcston.     Add  Harv.  ISSi;. 

Myron  Wallace  Richardson.     Add  Harv.  l.ss(i. 

1881 

Francis  Alexander  Kendall.     Add  Harv.  1S86. 
Edward  Mc(]lyiiii.     Add  iM.D.  Harv.  188(5. 


ADDENDA 

397 

1885 

The  following  is  the  list  of  boys  who  entered  this  year. 

Benjaruin  Adams 

James  Everett  Frame 

Walter  Foristev  Adams 

Charles  Stratton  French 

Arthur  Child  Allen 

Frank  Senter  Frisbee 

Bernard  Melzar  Allen 

Charles  Buzzell  Frost 

Roger  Trowbridge  Atkinson 

William  Henry  Furber 

Albert  August 

Guy  Harlan  Gage 

Malcolm  Harlow  Baker 

Arthur  Joseph  Gai'ceau 

Theodore  Dickinson  Baker 

Arthur  Orlando  Garrison 

Edward  Arthur  Baldwin 

Earle  Deen  Gay 

Richard  Brackett  Baldwin 

Frederic  Gillmore 

George  Allen  Bath 

Ernst  Benzon  Gogin 

Fred  Warren  JBeekman 

Ezra  Frederick  Plumer  Goodwin 

Francis  Gano  Benedict 

Charles  Raj^mond  Gould 

Frederic  Sherwin  Bennett 

George  Louis  Graham 

Frank  Winthrop  Bigelow 

Joseph  Henry  Graham 

Henry  Fordyce  Blake 

Walter  Greaves 

Arthur  Albert  William  Boardman 

Noah  Lincoln  Greene 

Alfred  John  Boyle 

Frank  Washburn  Grhmell 

Daniel  Patrick  Brickley 

Harry  Ernest  Hammond 

John  Bell  Briggs 

Harry  Fairbank  Hartwell 

Percy  Browne 

George  Ebenezer  Hazelton 

Thomas  Dalton  Brown 

James  Henry  Hickey 

Albert  Purcell  Browning 

Ralph  Waldo  Hobbs 

William  Parker  Bullard 

Harry  Kent  Plolmes 

Frederick  William  Burgess 

Herman  Hormel 

John  Daniel  Cameron 

Giles  Wilson  Howland 

Patrick  Thomas  Campbell 

Harold  Hurd 

Ralph  Wyland  Clark 

Benjamin  Dwight  Hyde 

Charles  Samuel  Cliilbrd 

Charles  William  Johnson 

William  Elmore  Converse 

Jonathan  Edward  Johnson 

Walter  Scott  Crockett 

Theodore  Woolsey  Johnson 

John  Vincent  Cronan 

Otis  Norcross  Jones 

Charles  Frazer  Dadley 

Carl  Tilden  Keller 

Frederick  North  Damon 

Lawrence  Anton  Kiander 

Frederick  Spaulding  DeLue 

Meyer  Ralph  Lasker 

Charles  Dickinson 

Norris  Hastings  Laughton 

Benjamin  Nathaniel  Donncll 

Oscar  Curtis  Lieber 

John  Joseph  Dowling 

Albert  Henry  Lovett 

Carl  Dreyfus 

John  Henry  ISIarks 

David  Abram  Ellis 

John  Aloysius  McCauley 

Thomas  Farrell 

John  Augustus  Mc Williams 

James  Richard  Flanagan 

Evan  Walter  Dunstar  Merrill 

Randolph  S  Foster 

Fred  Heniy  Mitchell 

398                                         PUBLIC    LATIN 

SCHOOL. 

Harris  Peyton  Mosher 

George  Henry  Simoiuls 

William  Alfred  Xaylor 

John  Tuttle  Slade 

Arthur  Byron  Niles 

Solon  Bartlett  Small 

Charles  Dennis  Noonan 

Frederick  Stedman  Snow 

Harry  llichnionil  Noyes 

William  Hein-y  Snow 

Frank  Allen  Nutt 

Frank  Edward  .Soles 

Charles  O'Neill 

Fred  oMaurice  Spalding 

Orlow  Benediet  Peckham 

Frederick  Spalding  Spear 

Edward  Luther  Perry 

Samuel  Romney  .Spring 

Charles  Dudley  Pieper 

Edward  llemenway  Stedman 

Morton  Woodbridge  Plumnier 

John  Thomas  Stone 

Alexander  Carleton  Potter 

George  William  Sullivan 

Arthur  Ozro  Pratt 

Joseph  Matthew  Sullivan 

Chester  Wells  Purington 

Ernest  Lyman  Thompson 

Leone  Francis  Quimby 

Winthrop  Pitt  Tryon 

James  Ambrose  Quinn 

Frederick  William  Van  Choate 

Chai'les  Ignatius  (^uirk 

Samuel  Payson  ^Valdron 

Thomas  Francis  Ray 

William  Bradford  Ware 

Philip  Jerome  Reagan 

Joseph  Edson  Waterhousc 

John  Wesley  Rice 

Arthur  Wissw.ald  Weysse 

Harvey  Woodbury  Robertson 

William  Bradley  Whitney 

Godfrey  Harding  Robinson 

Charles  Lewis  Wilsun 

Henry  Charles  Rowan 

George  Bennett  Wilson 

Frederick  James  Ruisseau 

John  Thomas  Wilson 

Arthur  Woods  Sawyer 

Clarence  Hahneman  Young 

George  Henry  Shuman 

Jonathan  Frank  Young 

FRANKLIN  MEDALS,    1885. 

Chaki.es  C.  Batciieldku. 

FiJKDEiiicK  W.  Faxon. 

Setii  Beai.e. 

Co KN ELI  us  F.  IIknnessey. 

William  H.  Clifkokd. 

William  A.  Levy. 

Stillman  K.  Dunuam. 

PnEscorr  0.  Skinnek. 

William  II.  Wai: 

ItKN. 

ROSTER  FOR   1885-1886. 

Joseph  Vila,  LI.  Colonel. 

Arthur  II.  Pingree,  l.st  Lieutenant. 

Henry  E.  Burton,  Mnjor. 

I'iiilip  S.  ParkiT,                 '* 

Clement  G.  Morgan,  Ailjnlant. 

Kicbar.l  1).  Ware. 

Vernon  0.  Skinner,  (jr.  Master. 

Fiaiiklin  L.  Codnian,          " 

George  L.  West,  Sfjl.  Major. 

Walter  H.  Lamkin,             " 

Robert  C.  Johnson,  Cnplain. 

Iladley  (i.  Fuller,                 " 

Charles  II.  Taylor,         " 

William  A.  (,>uinn,  '2il  Linttinant. 

ClitTonl  (1.  Twonibly,     " 

Francis  W.  Bacon,               " 

George  L.  Osgood,          " 

Joim  W.  T.  Leonard, 

Joseph  E.  Kourkc,         " 

Almon  G.  Morse,                 '* 

j                Andrew  M.  Morton,      " 

John  U.  Hoynton,               *' 

1                George  V.  Losiliy,           " 

Francis  E.  Burke,                " 

Thomas  S.  Woods,  ]sl  Liculrnant. 
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